[OpenID] HTML-Based Discovery incompatibilities

[Lachlan Hardy]

> So, I'm sympathetic to your desires, Eran, but I don't think forcing people
> to upload/reference another file is a viable solution. It does mean that the
> OpenID libraries need to be more complicated and more robust, but really,
> the OpenID libraries should be doing the brunt of the work anyway. Our
> emphasis should be on making this stuff excruciatingly easy to implement.
> Consider that, for the most part, Facecbook Connect can be setup with a line
> of JavaScript (same with Google Friend Connect). We need that level of
> simplicity if we're going to stand a chance on the open web.
>

I agree with all of Chris's points. And, of course, there's the fact that
removing it from the spec (even deprecating it) would invalidate and/or
render useless the majority of efforts that have been made so far to make
OpenID delegation available for those 'everyday users' we like to talk
about.

Lachlan Hardy
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