[OpenID] A selector for OpenID

[Thomas Roessler]

On 2008-04-20 19:00:44 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:

>> The javascript attaches to an existing OpenID login form.  In
>> the (rare) case the javascript could not load from the (high
>> available) idselector server, the form will continue to work,
>> just with out a default value.

> Unfortunately, the OpenID identity provider is another case of the

I mis-typed: That should have been the OpenID identity *selector*,
as implemented in this case, not the OpenID identity *provider*.

> dreadful "two sites, one DOM" anti-pattern.

On 2008-04-20 11:13:52 -0700, Peter Williams wrote:

> Like message brokering, hosted id brokering in the cardspace
> model has been guilty of having a potential control and tracking
> model. Its the nature of the beast.

The point is precisely that the way in which this identity selector
is being deployed goes beyond the amount of centralized control
that's the nature of the beast.

Regards,
-- 
Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr at w3.org>  +33-4-89063488