I moved my web based app from basic auth to oAuth just last week. I subsequently got several pleas from Chinese users to put the old version back up, as they could no longer use my app, since access to Twitter.com is blocked in China.
This issue has discussed in this group before here: https://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/39b8b326d8b679c6 Being a frontend developer, I may have misunderstood the outcome of that discussion (I certainly hope so). But from Raffi's last comment there ("understood, but, right now, not in the plan. web apps will have to use the standard oauth workflow.") I understand that web app users in countries like China where twitter is blocked will simply no longer be able to use Twitter via the web. Have I understood this correctly? If not, how can I make sure users in blocked countries can still use my web app? If my users can no longer use my app, what do you suggest I recommend them? Jaron On Apr 24, 5:40 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: > hi all. > > you're going to be hearing a lot from me over the next 9 weeks. our plan is > to turn off basic authorization on the API by june 30, 2010 -- developers > will have to switch over to OAuth by that time. between now and then, there > will be a *lot* of information coming along with tips on how to use OAuth > Echo, xAuth, etc. we really want to make this transition as easy as we can > for everybody. > > as always, please feel free to reach out to this group, or to @twitterapi > directly. if you need help remembering the date -http://bit.ly/twcountdown > . > > -- > Raffi Krikorian > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi > > -- > Subscription > settings:http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en
