Folks,
I've seen discussion here and there on the use of the e-mail address as the
OpenID identifier. Perhaps this one says it best:
http://www.majordojo.com/2007/02/what-openid-needs.php
I share many of same opinions. If OpenID is going to be practically usable
by the average person,
The beauty of the current OpenID spec is that anyone can implement it and go
live. However, with email identifiers you need email providers to support it.
If Google, Yahoo, AOL, or Microsoft announced they are adding such a feature, I
am sure the others are likely to follow. Get 2 of these 4
Eran,
You're entirely correct that this is not an OpenID issue, per se. In fact,
not a single word of text would need to be changed in the current v2 specs,
as far as I'm concerned.
But, I do think that it will take some of the core OpenID team members to
put a stake in the ground and
On 1-Apr-08, at 7:37 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote:
-- that said, with directed identity in OpenID 2.0, a user just
needs to type in yahoo.com, or press the pretty yahoo button. No
typing.
I think this is why we don't need to use emails. People are very
familiar with typing in a URL in
On 02/04/2008, Paul E. Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Folks,
I've seen discussion here and there on the use of the e-mail address as the
OpenID identifier. Perhaps this one says it best:
http://www.majordojo.com/2007/02/what-openid-needs.php
I share many of same opinions. If OpenID is
Brad,
Your point about DNS limitations is valid. Then again, anybody who will be
offering the open identity server is likely going to have control over their
DNS. Still, I’m not opposed to alternatives.
But, since you brought up the fact that one can enter yahoo.com and get
Dick,
On this point, I really have to disagree. Even I rarely enter a URL into a
web browser. Why bother when I know the web browser will figure it out for
me. I don't want to type http:// or https:// :-)
More importantly, you and I are different than the average users. I've
watched
Eran,
I'm not suggesting that the address must be a real e-mail address. I'm
suggesting that the ID has that form. It's easier for users than entering
https://me.yahoo.com/userid. If it happens to also be one's real e-mail
address, fine. That would be a plus for me, but I don't see that as
On 1-Apr-08, at 10:02 PM, Paul E. Jones wrote:
Dick,
On this point, I really have to disagree. Even I rarely enter a URL
into a web browser. Why bother when I know the web browser will
figure it out for me. I don’t want to type http:// or https:// :-)
I don't want to type the protocol
On 02/04/2008, Paul E. Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brad,
Your point about DNS limitations is valid. Then again, anybody who will be
offering the open identity server is likely going to have control over their
DNS. Still, I'm not opposed to alternatives.
But, since you brought up the
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