I don't agree with your analogy. You seem to imply the utility of revoking access is in the symmetry of matching API methods. If they light bulb had no cost (such as electricity) and automatically turns on when needed why would you turn the light switch off? There is a slight utility in that a user might want to actually stop the application from accessing their data but generally they won't be returning to the application so it is a waste of Twitter's resources to implement such a method. It would be better for them to add https://twitter.com/account/connections#appname so they don't have to scroll the entire list.
Abraham On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:41, Robbie Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is why I think this *is* in fact useful: > When you enter a room that is dark, you look for a light. To turn on > this light, you usually look for a switch near this light. Later if > you leave this room (and you're aware of green ideas..) you would > probably want to turn off this light. Wouldn't you expect to be able > to do this by going to that same switch and reverting it back to its > previous state? > > I do not think it is a good user experience to provide them a means to > connect from our site without providing them a means to revoke/remove > this connection from the same place. > > Wouldn't you agree..? > > -- > robbie > > On Apr 20, 6:36 pm, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no oauth/revoke method. Personally I don't see much utility in > one > > except for keeping /settings/connections less cluttered. > > > > Abraham > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 18:15, Robbie Coleman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I do not see it documented, and dev.twitter.com/doc is throwing 403's > on > > > searches, but I do see that your own " > > >http://twitter.com/settings/connections"; "Revoke Access" links call > this > > > on the click event. > > > > > I am trying to provide our users a clean UI for managing all of their > OAuth > > > enabled networks/sites, and twitter is one of those. Both Facebook and > > > Google (their OAuth contact API) provide API calls to revoke a user's > > > access_token/session_key. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Robbie Coleman > > > Software Cleric & Social Shaman > > > Gravity > > > > -- > > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire |http://abrah.am > > PoseurTech Labs | Projects |http://labs.poseurtech.com > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > > > > -- > > Subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en > -- Abraham Williams | Developer for hire | http://abrah.am @abraham | http://projects.abrah.am | http://blog.abrah.am This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
