Aral, What about the OAuth process do you see as sucking? And please answer with two assumptions: 1) the environment is the iPhone and 2) the Twitter OAuth page is optimized for mobile experiences.
Abraham On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 05:14, Aral Balkan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raffi, > > maybe call me naive, but i for one, am not convinced the oauth experience >> has to suck. >> >> as mentioned before, i'm really open to having a discussion on how to make >> the oauth UX better. many people have already, and i encourage others to >> just drop me a line if you have ideas... >> > > I think you're missing the issue here. It's not whether or not oAuth has to > suck in the future for desktop/mobile apps. It's that oAuth sucks _today_ > for desktop/mobile apps. And _today_ matters because it's today that Twitter > is penalizing new desktop and mobile apps that don't use oAuth by > withholding the source parameter (and thus the best form of organic > marketing possible for a Twitter app) from them. > > So, yes, please let's keep on working on making oAuth better but, here's > the key thing: do not punish mobile and desktop developers today for not > using the current half-baked and solution that oAuth represents for desktop > and mobile apps. > > My app is not going to sell as well because I cannot get the source > parameter because I will not use a technology that is not ready for prime > time on my mobile app. > > This is not fair. > > Talking about oAuth, getting suggestions, etc., is great. In the meanwhile, > please stop punishing new mobile/desktop apps and creating a terribly uneven > playing field with existing apps that can continue to integrate different > Twitter-related services seamlessly and take advantage of the organic > marketing that the source parameter provides without using oAuth. > > Your call for an open discussion would be great under different > circumstances, but, in the face of the current penalty that that my app has > to live with, it just feels like a slap in the face. > > Aral > -- Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
