[OpenID] Google OpenID IDP is now live

[George Fletcher]

 From section 4...
> This language preference specification should be interpreted by the 
> Service Provider as a UI/UE recommendation. The goal is to provide a 
> better experience for the user.
>
> Note that this is NOT the language preference of the Service Provider.
The key here is that the OAuth Consumer (or I guess RP in this case) can 
provide a recommendation to the SP (or OP) based on what it knows as the 
user's language preference for interacting with the Consumer. The SP (or 
OP) can override this value.

Also from section 7...
> The Consumer SHOULD consider using a higher 'quality value' if 
> precedence over the HTTP Accept-Language header is desired.
So there if the desired behavior is to just serve languages based of the 
HTTP Accept-Language header that is totally supported.

Thanks,
George



Martin Atkins wrote:
> Deron Meranda wrote:
>   
>> I'm not really sure of the whole point to the proposal anyway; isn't that
>> what the HTTP Accept-Language header is for?
>>     
>
> I believe the idea here is to arrange for the OP UI to appear in the 
> same language as the RP regardless of how the RP determined language.
>
> However, I have before raised the concern that if I'm muddling my way 
> through a site that's only available in French I'd still rather have my 
> OP -- that, after all, knows more about me than the RP -- present its UI 
> in English, my primary language.
>
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