Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

This is interesting although I really really wished they had used oauth v2 since it is so much better and is designed to give a first class experience on mobile devices.

In fact I can't think of any good reason to use the older version but I would like to hear if there are anybody who has different experiences since I haven't worked much with it.




If you use the SDKs on mobile devices, users can auth via their Dropbox native app if they have it installed. https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/sdk


OAuth 2 is way simpler but requires HTTPS, which may have overhead at scale.


Everything has overhead at scale. I think the 'HTTPS is hard on computers' stage has passed by though...its just not that computationally intensive on modern hardware.


Obligatory reference: "SSL/TLS is not computationally expensive any more."

http://www.imperialviolet.org/2010/06/25/overclocking-ssl.ht...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: