Comments on: Mainstream OpenID? http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Allen Tom http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid/comment-page-1#comment-37836 Allen Tom Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:23:41 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid#comment-37836 As your blog software itself says, "Spam is a pain." Just because you want to login to a site should not allow that site to get your email address. URLs make fine identifiers because you can't send spam or spim to an URL. Using email addresses as identifiers are a bad idea on the public web because of the spam problem. As your blog software itself says, “Spam is a pain.” Just because you want to login to a site should not allow that site to get your email address.

URLs make fine identifiers because you can’t send spam or spim to an URL. Using email addresses as identifiers are a bad idea on the public web because of the spam problem.

]]> By: Cristian Vat http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid/comment-page-1#comment-37832 Cristian Vat Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:33:08 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid#comment-37832 Not to start a flame here..but most people are not technically literate. I agree that an email is far more suitable for most users. I'm currently working on integrating Shibboleth into an existing application. It's a sort of OpenID for the UK higher-education ( universities and such ). I particularly like their idea of a ServiceProvider, an IdentityProvider(the OpenID service) but also a WhereAreYouFrom service which helps you choose your identity provider. Of course, this is within their closed system, but I think something similar could also be implemented for OpenID. I'd enjoy a discussion about other OpenID issues, since it's clear that it currently has some usability problems. Not to start a flame here..but most people are not technically literate.
I agree that an email is far more suitable for most users.

I’m currently working on integrating Shibboleth into an existing application. It’s a sort of OpenID for the UK higher-education ( universities and such ). I particularly like their idea of a ServiceProvider, an IdentityProvider(the OpenID service) but also a WhereAreYouFrom service which helps you choose your identity provider.

Of course, this is within their closed system, but I think something similar could also be implemented for OpenID.
I’d enjoy a discussion about other OpenID issues, since it’s clear that it currently has some usability problems.

]]> By: Sam http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid/comment-page-1#comment-37831 Sam Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid#comment-37831 Yahoo's support for OpenID 2.0 is about as easy as that standard can get... If you are a Yahoo user you just need to use 'yahoo.com' as your ID. Still completely illogical to the layperson but at least it is short :) Yahoo’s support for OpenID 2.0 is about as easy as that standard can get… If you are a Yahoo user you just need to use ‘yahoo.com’ as your ID. Still completely illogical to the layperson but at least it is short :)

]]> By: Mike http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid/comment-page-1#comment-37830 Mike Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:14:19 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/mainstream-openid#comment-37830 Yes, dumbing down the technology instead of taking the initial time to learn it. Why does the world think our society is so lazy again? Yes, dumbing down the technology instead of taking the initial time to learn it. Why does the world think our society is so lazy again?

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