G+7 has been using an external, auxiliary application (googleauthenticator.exe) to perform authentication in Google+. This caused quite a few problems. The external application introduced dependancy on .NET framework. Some users with non-latin languages reported problems with authenticating, which was caused by the authenticator using heavy screen-scraping techinques to perform authentication. Some virus scanners (esp. Norton) flagged the authenticator as a potential threat, as it launched from a non-standard location (gadget installation directory).
But worst of all, the authenticator was a total hack and a worakround for not being able to properly log in to Google+.
Well - the authenticator is no more. Starting with G+7 version 1.4 (released a minute ago), G+7 authenticates using your regular Internet Explorer credentials. It became more lightweight, it does not depend on any external frameworks, it behaves better. Enjoy.
As usual, you can get G+7 from
here
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