well, given that each different website api will require custom code for accessing it, requiring a particular auth method based on oauth2 doesn't really increase the complexity much :/
luks
yep
kepstin-work
i mean, it would be nice to have a standard way of handling this so that you don't have to implement separate different auth libraries per api, buut yeah :/
luks
I think it's not that bad actually, because it enabled providers to integrate it better with their service
when seeing the blog about github introducing oauth, I was surprised that they still call *that* oauth :)
they have some weird ways to use the auth tokens
but git with oauth would not be possible if it required some standard auth method
kepstin-work
gmail lets you use their oauth tokens in the IMAP email protocol for authentication.
which is just crazy
but actually works, and is now integrated with gnome 3.
you can login once to google using oauth2 from a control panel in gnome3, and it'll setup and authenticate instant messenger, documents, calendar, email, and contacts all at once.
luks
except it doesn't work without evolution, which I'm definitely not going to use :/
kepstin-work
what do you have against evolution?
kepstin-work is quite pleased with it.
luks
I have no use for it
nikki
heh, that was a funny thing to read pop up in the corner of my screen
luks
but I'd still like to see my google calendar in gnome
nikki
(completely out of context)
kepstin-work
luks: they are actually working on splitting out the calendar into a separate app right now.
luks
I'd really like if gnome was a framework and not insist on particular technologies
kepstin-work
but all of the calendar and contacts stuff is still handled in the backend by evolution-data-server
luks
I have the same problem with telepathy, which has various bugs where pidgin just works, but gnome is so tighthly integrated with it that it doesn't make sense to switch it
kepstin-work is still annoyed that contact merging in telepathy doesn't go all the way down.
(I tried to change the availability icon in the status menu with pidgin but gave up)