[OpenID] Support in Browsers

[Paul Tanner]

Thx Tom,

Not having looked since the February announcement, this was an 
enlightening path to travel.  There are some nice demos online but 
they rather bring me back to my original concerns about the user experience.

- Very strong and very flexible signon systems are necessary but not 
sufficient, especially if not cross-platform.  We also need simple solutions.

- Is OpenID's need for proliferation well-served when buried under a 
complex UI?

I would go back to wouldn't it be nice if one could use OpenID in a 
reasonably consistent way on all browsers, regardless of client 
platform, and if the cost of implementing RPs was low, regardless of 
server platform.

I got the impression from earlier discussion on this list that the 
part of the market that wants simplicity is a very significant 
one.  It feels like the multi-platform requirement is also 
growing.  Time will tell ;-)

Paul

At 08:47 17/10/2007, Tom wrote:
>"other popular browsers". ... I believe IE is popular with some folk 
>- It does tabbing or something which makes it cool;) Anyway search 
>this page for "openid" - 
>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/feb07/02-06RSA07KeynotePR.mspx 
>and you'll see Microsoft hinting towards platform level changes in 
>Vista to include OpenID which I guess would include IE.