Show HN: icare - Open Source carpooling application built with RoR and MongoDB

http://icare.diowa.com

by cesidio • 13 years ago

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icare.diowa.com

jmorton• 13 years ago

This looks interesting, any chance you will add Twitter or Google+ authentication soon? It's mostly just API key configuration, otherwise I would submit a pull request.

cesidio2• 13 years ago

Hi, we are using Facebook at the moment because icare is in a demo state and Facebook provides personal information that is important for a ride sharing project. Unfortunately twitter doesn't provide us e-mail address and people do not use their real name: we think we need our own authentication system to allow pepole linking their own twitter account. Google+ is an option we are considering. It's not just a matter of API because we are caching facebook likes and friends with their ids to highlight common interests.

awjr• 13 years ago

Very cool until you try and connect using FB to find it wants to know a hell of a lot more than just my email address.

Not sure if my political views are that relevant to your site.

cesidio2• 13 years ago

Hi, thanks.

This is not relevant for us but they can be very relevant for your potential travel mate. We are explaining it in the "Why Facebook" modal.

Any feedback to improve this aspect is welcome!

Show HN: icare - Open Source carpooling application built with RoR and MongoDB

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