Gwibber doesn't use webbrowser to authenticate twitter, instead asking users to put in password into the application

[Rory McCann]

Binary package hint: gwibber

Gwibber has no accounts. I am setting up a twitter account. I clicked authorize.

What happens:

A little twitter web page opens in the gwibber application and asks for my username and password

What should happen:

I expect my webbrowser to open a new tab with the twitter "authorise this application" page. I have already signed into twitter on my web browser.

The point of OAuth is so applications don't have to save passwords, however i can't know if gwibber is saving my password.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gwibber 2.32.0.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 28 11:26:26 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gwibber

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

I have sent this requirement to upstream tracker so please be pacient and wait a response of gwibber developers team. Thanks in advance.

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

Currently gwibber uses an embedded web browser to handle the authorization, it doesn't see any passwords. However, there are plans to remove the gwibber accounts dialog completely and use a more system wide solution, which should handle oauth much better. I marked this as won't fix, because the tool in question should be removed completely.