One of the cool things to come out of the whole online 'Social Networking' movement has been the invention and widespread adoption of OAuth.  OAuth is an open standard for site authorization.  Among other things, it allows users to manage one set of credentials (user name and password) and use those credentials for logging into sharing information with other sites.

Kompoz has, for some time, supported Facebook as a single sign-on (SSO) provider.  As of last night, we now also support Dropbox, Foursquare, Google, and Twitter.  This means that if you have an account on one of those sites, you can now use that account to log into Kompoz.  

Why is this cool?  Well, for one thing, it means you don't have to remember yet another password.  Use your favorite social networking site user name and password to log into Kompoz.  It also means that you can bypass that annoying CAPTCHA field that appears on the Kompoz login page.

But more importantly, we will be rolling out some very cool features based on these sites.  For example, very shortly, we will be adding the ability to download Kompoz tracks directly to your Dropbox acount.  And because Dropbox allows you to access the files directly from your file system (acts like a mapped drive on Windows and Mac), you will be able to drag those directly into your DAW.

If you're already a Kompoz member, you can link your social networking sites to your existing Kompoz profile by going to your My Account page.  If you're thinking about joining Kompoz as a new member, you can sign up quickly using one of the new OAuth links.