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i beg to differ. here are "serious" websites that doesn't do user authentication: - google.com (the original search engine) - techmeme.com - wikipedia (the orig
by mtw 18y ago
i beg to differ. here are "serious" websites that doesn't do user authentication:
- google.com (the original search engine)
- techmeme.com
- wikipedia (the original version)
- tinyurl
I could probably find dozens of examples, but those are just the ones I could find on my toolbar. And yes, those are not specifically rails application, but they do prove that there are web applications without user authentication
- tptacek 18y agoOk, I'm not sure you've noticed the past few years of Intertubing, but Google has the second most coveted authentication token on the net. I'm not sure what a techmeme.com is, but I definitely know that Wikipedia has logins, and admin logins, and like 3 levels of authentication above that.
- michaelneale 18y agoI guess is any app of value will eventually need authentication. Otherwise why are you using rails? Apache + fast CMS would probably be better ;)