[OpenID] Google OpenID IDP is now live

[Allen Tom]

The idea is to maintain a consistent UI if the user is not already 
signed into their OP. If the user is already signed into their OP, then 
the OP probably already knows the user's preferred language.

The HTTP Accept Language header doesn't work well if the user is 
traveling and is borrowing a computer that is localized for the user's 
current location. Using Martin's example, an English tourist traveling 
in France using their OpenID to sign into a English language website 
would probably want to see the OP UI in English, rather than in French.

Allen



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.
>
>