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A comment on the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Hallelujah! I came back from vacation to an update, and now it works just fine! – montuos, on August 11, 2008 13:20

hansengel replied on July 09, 2008 14:27 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

I consulted a few AJAX experts and they said that the proxy could not be the problem - although I don't see what else could be happening.

Would your office, by any chance, be using a proxy called Squid?

montuos replied on July 07, 2008 18:46 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

1.0, the version that's available from Firefox Add-ons as experimental. I have the same version on all three of my machines.

It works fine at home, on Kubuntu Gutsy with Firefox 2.0.0.15; I never had the least problem with that one.

But it doesn't work at my office, either on Win2K with Firefox 2.0.0.15, or on WinXP with Firefox 3.0. That's why I was wondering about it using the proxy versus a direct connection, because as far as I can tell, it's just plain not reaching the outside world from here.

hansengel replied on July 07, 2008 17:57 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

What version of TwitKit are you using on the machine?

montuos replied on July 07, 2008 17:19 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

I get no messages in the error console at all, even when I try to log out (I still had the manual entries for username and password in about:config) -- although attempting to log out gives me a JavaScript Application error: "There was an error signing out." And it still neither logs me in nor out, even if I reset or clear those manual entries before I try.

hansengel replied on July 05, 2008 16:28 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

I'm fairly sure that proxies would not affect TwitKit - it utilizes a technology called AJAX to make API requests, and Firefox controls the AJAX technology - meaning it adapts the tech if needed for a proxy.

Could you try opening up the error console? Press Control+Shift+J or go to Tools->Error Console. Clear the messages, and then try opening TwitKit. Switch tabs a bit, and try logging in/out. Do any messages appear in the console?

montuos replied on July 04, 2008 16:50 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help. I tried creating the about:config entries right before I left work yesterday, with the result that it now displays my username and the sign out option -- but I still have no actual content displayed.

I don't think TwitKit is actually connecting to Twitter for me in the first place. I'm now wondering whether it's set up to use proxies, or whether it assumes a direct internet connection?

hansengel replied on July 04, 2008 14:59 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

montuous,
It sounds like you have two options here:
1. Manually create the about:config entries with your username and password as the content
2. Try reinstalling TwitKit if you'd rather not perform #1

To add the about:config entries, right-click on the about:config page and go to New->String. Enter `extensions.twitkit.username` and `extensions.twitkit.password` for the names and your username and password respectively for their content.

Good luck!

montuos replied on July 03, 2008 18:35 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

This sounds similar to the problem I'm having. TwitKit works just fine for me on my Kubuntu box at home, but I have never been able to get it to sign me in on either my Win2K (Firefox 2.0.0.15) or XP (Firefox 3.0) box at work. It just sits there saying "Signing in..." forever. I tried looking at about:config, and 'extensions.twitkit.username' and 'extensions.twitkit.password' aren't even listed there! Disabling my other extensions didn't work, either.

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hansengel replied on June 26, 2008 04:02 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Great! You had me worried there for a bit :P

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Christopher S. Charabaruk replied on June 26, 2008 02:05 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

OMG I am king idiot. I forgot that I changed my password and didn't update Firefox or anything on the situation. I fail. It's working now that I've given it the correct password.

You should still look at moving the username and password into password manager and out of prefs, though.

Christopher S. Charabaruk replied on June 26, 2008 02:00 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Oh! I didn't really notice it before, but the Twitter site itself is where the authentication issue is taking place. Put a screencap of it at http://members.gamedev.net/coldacid/i... with my password deleted (typed it back in after taking the pic).

Christopher S. Charabaruk replied on June 26, 2008 01:52 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Still no good.

BTW, on a related note to that last suggestion, it would be better to use Firefox's built-in password manager for storing the login information, rather than prefs. But that's a whole different topic.

hansengel replied on June 24, 2008 15:36 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

If you are already logged in in TwitKit (which I presume you are), please try this:

Type 'about:config' into the location bar and click the button saying "I'll be careful, I promise!" (if it appears). Next, type this into the Filter box that should appear at the top of the screen:

'extensions.twitkit'

A small list of configuration options for TwitKit should appear. Search the list for 'extensions.twitkit.username' and 'extensions.twitkit.password'. Double-click them and set the values to your username and password respectively (even if they are already set as them). Then, restart your browser and try using TwitKit again.

Christopher S. Charabaruk replied on June 24, 2008 05:00 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

"Second verse, same as the first!" Didn't make a difference. Not surprised, though. The other problem is dealing with styling (CSS and images); my problem is with getting a login/authentication dialog that doesn't accept my user credentials and blocks using Firefox at all (at least for that window) until I hit Cancel.

hansengel replied on June 24, 2008 02:20 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

For this person (http://getsatisfaction.com/twitkit/to...) it didn't work the first time he disabled extensions and plugins. Could you please try it again?

If this doesn't work, we'll have to investigate further.. no one else seems to be having this problem.

Christopher S. Charabaruk replied on June 24, 2008 00:24 to the problem "Broken authentication used on most tabs with Firefox 3?" in TwitKit:

Already tried it back when you originally suggested it.