Comments on: Introducing Snapatar: Update your Twitter avatar from your webcam

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:23:40 +0000

This would be really cool as a smartphone app, too!

By: Jeramy

Jeramy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:44:24 +0000

Hey Roy,

Snapatar worked great. Thanks for the cool application!

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Snapatar: Tu foto de la Webcam a Twitter « Locomentarios — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:36:50 +0000

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By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:30:41 +0000

Hi Rémi. We’re looking into that. We’ve set this up with basic authentication for now because it’s easier and it means we can stay on the same page. And even Twitter’s own AS3 libraries don’t use oAuth…

What i really don’t want is for users to have to sign in before they can play with the webcam. I like how really simple this looks (and is) right now. Images aren’t currently stored anywhere, and there are no page reloads or things like sessions or cookies. We’d need some of that for oAuth, and it would still make the user experience worse.

By: Rémi

Rémi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:33:18 +0000

No OAuth? This is so 2008!

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:52:41 +0000

@YaWie: What issue are you running into? Do you have the latest Flash plugin installed?

EDIT: I added a little button in the top right corner that lets you select the right camera. This will help Mac users (and probably anyone with more than one video device).

By: YaWie

YaWie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:20:37 +0000

It doesn’t work on a Mac! (Firefox 3.0.12 + MacBook Pro running Leopard)