On June 30, 2010 (8 weeks and 6 days from now), the @twitterapi team will be shutting off basic authentication on the Twitter API — you can see the announcement here (and, this has been previously announced). All applications, by this date, need to switch to using OAuth. Don't fret! @twitterapi is here to help! Feel free to reach out to us directly, or via our Twitter Development Talk group.
The switch to OAuth is a good thing! You, as the application developer,
don't have to worry about exposing the credentials for your users whether through a bug or other means (especially considering that a lot of people use the same password for multiple services);
don't have to worry about the user changing their password — a user can change his or her password and the OAuth "connection" to your app will still work;
don't have to worry about other applications masquerading as your application as only your application can set the byline with your application name;
will eventually have access to more APIs from Twitter that will only be available to "trusted" OAuth-enabled applications; and
give the @twitterapi team more visibility into the network — you help us identify your application when there are bugs, you help us plan for capacity, and you help us squash spam.
yc c on 05 Apr 10Brizzly is a reader for Twitter and Facebook (more to come). It simplifies your browsing and updating experience, while adding a few nifty extras. *See videos and pictures*Brizzly shows videos from YouTube and Vimeo, and pictures from Brizzly, Twitpic, Flickr, and others immediately so you don't have to click away to another page. *Never get Rickrolled again*Brizzly expands shortened URLs from bit.ly, tinyurl.com and other common short URL services. This way, you can see where you're going before you go there. *Muting*Hide a user's updates from your main timeline without having to unfollow them. This is especially useful if you don't want to see someone's updates for a brief period without causing the social shame of actually unfollowing them. You can always un-mute from your settings page. *Share links easily*Want to share a link to the page you're on? Open the Brizzly extension and we'll populate the search box with the URL of your current tab.
