[OpenID] Google OpenID IDP is now live

[Martin Atkins]

Steven Livingstone-Perez wrote:
> 
> ... from the .co.uk in your domain I guess you are from the UK and
> "degeneration" implies an English word to me and hence I would guess you
> speak English.
> 
> I guess it depends what significance people place on the semantics of the
> OpenID.

That is a fair point, but note that I've chosen to identify myself in 
this way. As we've established, I don't care about people knowing that 
I'm English and that English is my primary language.

Most people use generic email domains like hotmail.com which aren't so 
great as a basis for this.  I certainly can't guess where *you're* from 
from your email address.

> Perhaps it could be an option to share at the OP.
> 

That's possible, but I'm not sure how you'd present this to users in a 
useful way. You'd basically have a checkbox for enabling a useful 
feature that also carries the caveat that it'll reveal your language to 
arbitrary other people. Even if a user did delve in and find that option 
-- which, let's face it, most wouldn't -- I'm not sure they'd really 
understand what they were enabling.