<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">Agreed. Should have said "more" vendor neutral. The tradeoff is between neutrality and ease of use. We've gotten plenty of feedback that typing in a url isn't terribly intuitive to non technical users. <br/><br/>We can just put the text box back up but wanted to make sure we were considering other viable options to address concerns, maximize ux, and save cost. <p>========<br/>Brian Kissel<br/>JanRain - OpenID Platform Solutions<br/>503.866.4424 (cell)<br/>503.296.5502 (fax)</p><p><hr size=2 width=100% align=center tabindex=-1><b>From</b>: "Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)" <eddy_nigg@startcom.org><br><b>Date</b>: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:57:15 -0500<br><b>To</b>: board@openid.net<board@openid.net><br><b>Subject</b>: Re: [OpenID board] BOARD VOTE: Motion to update Rails plugin and OpenID.net ...<br></font></p><br> On 12/18/2008 06:35 AM, Brian Kissel:<blockquote cite="mid:419E40647338514BBA4F8031282090AE1978F62044@VMBX107.ihostexchange.net" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}</style><![endif]--> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Consolas; panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas;} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.PlainTextChar {mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050" /></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="Section1"><br> <p class="MsoPlainText">If we wanted to remain vendor neutral, but also make it easier for users (not have to remember the URL format or type in the full URL), we could also put an ID Selector-like front end on that at least shows the top X number of OPs listed alphabetically and still allow the full manual type in interface (see below). <br> </p> </div></blockquote><br> Brian, ID Selector is NOT vendor neutral :S<br><br><div class="moz-signature"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2">Regards </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Signer: </td> <td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jabber: </td> <td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Blog: </td> <td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Phone: </td> <td>+1.213.341.0390</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div></body></html>