[OpenID] OpenID; a single choice

[André Luís]

Agreed.

This is choosing the easier path. We have to try and educate people to
recognize the OpenID icon. (feel free to _explain_ the link between
Yahoo! / Clickpass icons and the OpenID one).

I have strong déjà vu about this... remember when the first "Share
this on digg" icons started popping up everywhere?

Thanks for raising this issue Tom.

--
André

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:27 PM, tom <tom at barnraiser.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  I have just noticed that clickpass is now added to some sign up pages
>  such as this one -> https://www.plaxo.com/signin
>
>  I was a little harassed by Yahoo introducing a choice into the OpenID
>  authentication process (example: "enter OpenID or click for YahooID")
>  and now I see a third option ("enter OpenID or click for YahooID or
>  click for clickpass"). Doesn't this just open the door for every OP to
>  add a "click for X provider login" button? Is it only me that has an
>  issue with this given that before long pages will be covered with many
>  logos and that I'll end up having to search for the OpenID logo?
>
>  I appreciate the "open" aspects of OpenID, but for the user would it not
>  be better to have the browser manufacturers agree on a way to store an
>  OpenID and auto-direct to my OP rather than giving the user a zillion
>  logos on a screen?
>
>  Tom
>
>
>
>
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>  Tom Calthrop
>  Founding director, Barnraiser.
>
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