For some developers it's not just a pain in the you know what, it's a case of it simply not working. @janole explained how it just doesn't work with symbian. For me, and adobe air app, it's a pain, but we can get over the inconvenience - although it's always nice to have a bit more time. I think 8 to 12 weeks should be standard for changes of this magnitude whenever possible.
On May 19, 1:44 pm, Damon Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > In any security or permissions context the default should be the most secure > and least amount of permissions to get the job done. That is Computer and > Network Security 101. > > A user must explicitly configure more loose permissions on their own after > understanding the implications. This is the way computer network security is > and always has been done. This is part of the reason Linux/Unix et al is way > more secure than Windows ever could be. > > Just because a user isn't sophisticated enough to configure more lax > permissions to get their needs met isn't a reason to default to lower the > security context. This is what FB did _completely_ wrong when they updated > their permissions system. They defaulted everything to being completely open, > accessible and public for purely selfish reasons. They wanted to keep more > user data 100% public thus increasing the amount of public and free (as in $ > to FB) user-generated content created every day. More pageviews, more pics, > more comments equals more ad revenue for them. > > Even though it's a pain in the ass for developer's to rework their apps and > re-auth it's the right thing to do for the end user and the overall safety of > the community. > > I commend Twitter for doing the right (even if unpopular) thing in this case. > > Damon > > > > > > > > On Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 1:50 AM, janole wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > > thanks for your feedback. I think the following paragraph can't be > > generalized, though: > > > > > Why will you not grandfather existing applications into DM access? > > > > Grandfathering all existing read/write tokens assumes they all wanted > > > access to DMs. The feedback we’ve had from users and developers tells > > > us otherwise. We want to give users the opportunity to make an > > > informed choice. -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: https://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: https://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/twitter-development-talk
