[OpenID] Fwd: Excellent critique of OpenID usability

[Peter Williams]

We need a consumer rationale for accepting the 7 as "reputable".

Let me add another, building on the earlier interoperability requirement to accept _each others'_ claims:

Each site shall process credit card trasactions as a merchant, and must retain a merchant account with either a visa or mastercard acquiring bank, and shall  display the associated logo.

In this way reputation is tied to e-commerce reptation signals - the right to display a major credit card symbol.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Martin Atkins" <mart at degeneration.co.uk>
To: "general at openid.net" <general at openid.net>
Sent: 8/20/07 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenID] Fwd: Excellent critique of OpenID usability

Joseph Holsten wrote:
> 
> Where do I get an OpenID?
> - A concise list of reputable OpenID Providers, with some explanation  
> of their niche. Can we possibly keep this limited to ~7, with a link  
> to a complete (user-submitted?, moderated?)  list like we currently  
> have?
>   esp: AOL, Livejournal, TypePad, MyOpenid, ClaimID
> 

It may be wise to highlight some of these differently where an OpenID 
identifier isn't the only service offered. "Do you already have an AIM 
Screen Name? You already have an OpenID!". Same for LiveJournal.

MyOpenID, on the other hand, is quite clearly only an OpenID provider, 
so makes a good one to recommend for people who can't or don't wish to 
make use of an existing account.


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