[Shotwell] Can't publish to Flickr because can't log in

[Eric Gregory]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Joel Duckworth <joel at duckworth.me> wrote:

> Hi, when you try to log into flickr in Shotwell it open's a browser
> embedded
> in the application. I use my google account to log into Flickr and when I
> try to do it from Shotwell it won't open the new window that normally pops
> up to log in via google.
>
> A simple fix for this would be to print the URL that it is loading under
> the
> login button so you can open it in your own browser and complete the
> authorization yourself then have a button back on the page to initiate
> access with newly authorized code.
>
> If you have a look at the Flickr Uploader (postr) application in the Ubuntu
> repositories it does it quite nicely there. Much better than embedding a
> browser which I think is just asking for trouble myself...
>
> I'm guessing this would also be a problem for people who log in via their
> facebook account too.
>
> Cheers, Joel
>


Hi Joel,

Unfortunately, this is one of those things Shotwell just doesn't support
right now. It's more than just a matter of the embedded browser vs. external
-- we need to add support for a whole new authentication mechanism in order
to support this.

We currently have a ticket open on this very issue here:
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3445

  - Eric