benw: Would this really be so bad? Checkboxes, bitches. When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.) Everything not required is optional/user definable. Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive. Apps would never be allowed to require posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.) I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus. Edit/Update: A little discussion between OAuth contributors broke out on Buzz in response to this.

benw:

Would this really be so bad?

Checkboxes, bitches.

  • When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.)
  • Everything not required is optional/user definable.
  • Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive.
  • Apps would never be allowed to require posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.)
  • I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus.

Edit/Update: A little discussion between OAuth contributors broke out on Buzz in response to this.

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    spot on, exactly how...should behave. Interesting to note that
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    This (or something like it) was always the intent during the initial design work that spawned OAuth.
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