[OpenID] Yahoo OpenID UX Study

[Allen Tom]

Peter Williams wrote:
> Were the benefits first asserted by the trainers, before they participants affirmed their logical value?
>   
After the subjects completed their tasks, we explained OpenID to them 
and asked for their comments and feedback. This was not really part of 
the UX study.

> I don't really understand the second one. I think its saying, openid makes you the consumer free of the email ping to confirm you have control the access password to your personal mbox.
>   
In theory, OpenID can be used as an email verification protocol, for 
emails addresses belonging to the OP. For instance, a user with a 
@yahoo.com email address could verify their email by having the Yahoo OP 
return an assertion containing the user's email address. (Assuming that 
Yahoo supports SReg/AX)

Email verification is a major pain point for websites, so perhaps OpenID 
can be used as a mechanism to streamline email verification for users 
whose email providers are also OPs.

Allen