[OpenID] Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update (August 2009)

[John Bradley]

I have never thought that training users to give out there email  
address to whoever asks for it is a good idea.

I understand the attraction of using email address as it is the  
identifier that requires the least explanation.

Would having someone enter there email or identity provider be too  
confusing for people.

I always thought your me.yahoo.com was a good model.

Where we are going to hit serious problems first is with services like  
openID for google domains, and OPX now from JainRain.

The current NASCAR doesn't have enough space for thousands of OPs.

One approach is to come up with a way for users to advertise to RP who  
there preferred providers are.
That way the RP can customize the UI more appropriately for the user.

One approach would be a browser plugin that injects java script into  
the page.

Another would be to have a centralized discovery service, that a RP  
could query via JS in the browser.
OP's would register themselves with the service.

The latter certainly has privacy issues.

John B.
On 29-Aug-09, at 12:42 PM, Allen Tom wrote:

> How about if we ditch the OP buttons and just display this:
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> Enter your email address or Profile URL: [...................]
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> Allen
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> John Bradley wrote:
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>> A better UI is needed however.
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