Am 15.08.2012 23:11, schrieb Ryan Lane: >> it is not. >> OpenID adds only a short table to the database, where the OpenID is >> connected with the (local wiki) userid. >> Where exactly is the blocking problem for you ? >> > It's not a technical problem, per se. It's mainly a usability issue. > When you allow login as a consumer, you now have two login links. One > link is for logging in with your password credentials and another is > with OpenID. This is confusing for people who don't know what OpenID > is. > > Assuming everyone has some knowledge of OpenID (which is a stupid > assumption, but let's play along), what do you display on the OpenID > login page? Do we have logos that people can click to login to a > provider? If so, which logos do we show? Why are we showing *those* > providers and not others? How do you login with OpenID for providers > not shown? A text box where they can enter the URL? Many OpenID URLs > are long, ugly, and totally un-memberable, which means people will > need to search for their provider URL when they want to login. it seems, that you have /never /installed the Extension. Because then you would not have asked these questions. > Let's assume people are logging in with OpenID. Now there's a > possibility of users getting locked out of their accounts because > their provider went away. Yes, we can allow users to have passwords on > the site too, but then we have two methods of authentication, which > increases the risk of accounts getting owned. Additionally, now we > have to worry about a provider getting owned and all accounts > associated with that provider being owned as a result. > > OpenID as a consumer on the sites without fixing the usability issues > is simply not going to happen. The security issues are a worry too, > but less so than the usability issues. > > - Ryan
Ryan, it seems, that you have never installed the Extension. Because then you would not have asked the questions. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
