[OpenID] Thinking About OpenID.com

[Johannes Ernst]

Let's turn this question around. Never mind the domain, what exactly  
is the content?

If we have the content and are really happy with it, finding a place  
where to host it is the easy part.

I'm afraid that we won't come up with much better content, however ...  
lots of people have tried already ...


On 2008/03/18, at 17:32, David Recordon wrote:

> Earlier today I came across a blog post (http://www.jason-preston.com/index.php/2008/03/18/why-openid-will-never-work/
> ) talking about some of the adoption hurdles around OpenID for normal
> people.  The largest concern still seems to come from how OpenID.net
> presents (or doesn't) itself in terms of being dead simple to actually
> get an OpenID.  While I don't agree with every point that Jason makes,
> I certainly understand what he is saying especially with how he ended
> his response to my comment:
>
>> I think it's just that the concept of OpenID is supposed to be
> "braindead simple login for disparate web services,"
>> and when you go to the page, what you see is "confusing multiple
> login accounts, none of which you can do
>> anything with from this page."
>
> Thus the thought in my head is one that has come up in the past,
> though never anything we've done something about.  What if we actually
> purchase OpenID.com (like Jason suggested) and use it to be a dead-
> simple normal person destination site?  OpenID.net can remain more
> targeted for developers and we can stop fighting the battle of trying
> to make one site useful for everyone.
>
> Does this make sense to others?  Would people see this as a useful way
> to spend OpenID Foundation resources?
>
> Thanks,
> --David
>
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