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Sign in with oAuth where Twitter.com is blocked
In two days, Twitter will start to shut down basic authentication on their API. The only way to connect to the API will then be by using oAuth. This will force anyone who wants to use a Twitter web app to give that app access to their account. Every app has to redirect them to Twitter.com to do that.
However, in some places Twitter.com is being blocked – by censoring governments or overly zealous system administrators. That means that users in those places can no longer use Twitter. But as an app developer, you can quite easily build a workaround for some of those users.
Does Twitter turn its back on Chinese web users?
This week, Twitter has announced that it’s changing the way people sign in to a method called oAuth. From a security point of view, the new sign in system offers several advantages.
However, users in censored countries like China and Iran will no longer be able to use Twitter through the web. Until now, Twitter has not yet come up with a solution for this.
How to create a bulletproof Registration and Sign In flow
Have you ever decided to leave a website when you Log In attempt failed? Or have you ever stopped during a registration process because it was confusing? I certainly have.
You don’t want to lose your prospective customers before they’ve even got started. We have to make your Registration and Sign In flow really fool-proof.
This post offers you a couple of flowcharts which cover every step in a typical Registration and Log In process. To make things easy, I have added a set with example screens in html for every case you might encounter. And for those interested, I’m explaining the underlying thoughts.
Displaying post dates: why Twitter forces you to think
Everyone just seems to love the way Twitter displays its post dates: 5 minutes ago, about 9 hours ago, etcetera. It’s one of those examples where everybody just copies everybody without giving it a second thought. And yes, it certainly has a nice tone of voice, and it looks really user-friendly. But it isn’t. It forces you to think.
Fortunately, it’s easy to improve this elapsed time notation. In this post, I’ll explain how to make it work, and I offer a php function that you can just drop into your project.
Twimply: mobile Tweeting made simple.
Are you looking for a Twitter app for your mobile phone? I was. And if you do not have an iPhone, but something like a Nokia N95 like I do, you’ll probably have noticed that good apps are pretty scarce.
That’s why I created Twimply: a free, simple, mobile-friendly Twitter app (with Instapaper and Delicious support). Try Twimply now, or read more about Twimply’s features…
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