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On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

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Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

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Unfortunately, the app requires that you login with Facebook.

Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)

BrowserID

OpenID

A dedicated account (my preference)

If you require Facebook then you're locking me out when I'm at work.

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#12
post #8
post #3

Unfortunately, the app requires that you login with Facebook.

Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)

Windows Live ID?

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#13
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)

BrowserID OpenID A dedicated account (my preference) If you require Facebook then you're locking me out when I'm at work.

Thanks.

BrowserID is well on our list (Personally I like its approach).

Added a vote for OpenId, and dedicated account.

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#15
post #9

I thought that stuff was well covered already, with the leader being Locale (iirc). Did anyone try a couple of these and can provide a comparison? The article is light on details, the biggest difference that I noticed is the configuration via a website. Well, and the Facebook login downer.

The main difference is that you can write a JavaScript snippet that is pushed to your phone and executes. The JavaScript can register on device triggers and you can control the logic to do whatever you like. You can code it to be very specific in contrast to other rule based platform which have to be broad to cover main scenarios. You still have pre-coded recipes which you can choose and quickly configure and install…

Thanks for the rundown and explanation. And I'm glad that you're planning to make FB optional.

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#16
post #12
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)

Windows Live ID?

Thanks. Added a vote for Microsoft Account (LiveID)

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#19
In some cases this might backfire horribly. Imagine some guy sets his phone up to send an SMS to his spouse when he is held up at work. Imagine he also lets the phone send his location, because he travels a lot at work. Result: "X will be late today, he is currently at [coordinates of his secretary's house]". Don't get me wrong, this feature is awesome but when combined with naivity the device can do things that are equally naive.
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