[OpenID] [OpenID board] Members Login broken

[Andrew Arnott]

+1, Chris.
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Andrew Arnott
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm generally of the mind that we leave it is as for now and not waste more
> time debating this. I don't think it's worth $2000 of the foundation's money
> to work on this and I think we have more important things to deal with.
> I think if we started with open sourcing the OIDF voting tool, that would
> at least provide a means to inspect the current sign in system so that any
> enterprising member with time or money on their hands could contribute a
> fix, but for the meantime, I think the majority of the membership is served.
>
> I also don't think that a membership vote is what's needed here; instead we
> need leadership and the ability to decide what are absolute priorities that
> will lead to the widest benefits.
>
> While there's cause to provide support to members having trouble signing in
> to the site, I don't think we need to make major modifications to our
> current approach if it is generally accessible and workable for 90%+ of the
> membership.
>
> Perhaps Janrain could provide us with stats on current failure rates with
> RPX so that we could better evaluate the wisdom of making additional
> investment in alternative logn solutions?
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) <
> eddy_nigg at startcom.org> wrote:
>
>>  On 01/27/2009 01:30 AM, Brian Kissel:
>>
>>  Seems there are a couple of questions to answer with login at
>> OpenID.net:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.       What will work the best consistently for all our existing and
>> new potential members (intuitive, reliable, inclusive, cost effective,
>> etc.).  Seems everyone is in favor anything that achieves these objectives.
>>
>> 2.       How important is it that login is neutral (not favoring any OP,
>> not provided by any vendor).  There has been discussion on both sides of
>> this topic, not only for login but for the OpenID wiki (currently at
>> pbwiki), OpenID.net on Wordpress, hosting documents at Google docs, etc.
>>
>> 3.       How much are we willing to spend to fix it and keep it operating
>> properly.  The current estimate that is on the table from Refresh Media is
>> that it will take $1500 to $2000 to fix the original generic type in box UX
>> to accommodate i-names and directed identity.
>>
>>
>> Given that there appears to be a diversity of opinion, would it be
>> worthwhile to use our polling tool to allow the membership to weigh in?  If
>> not, we can just give the green light to Refresh Media to get started.
>>
>> If this is the only way, than I'd would vote for it. Considering that
>> there will be an added benefit for others...but also here the cons and pros
>> have gone around already.
>>
>>   Regards      Signer:  Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd.<http://www.startcom.org>
>> Jabber:  startcom at startcom.org  Blog:  Join the Revolution!<http://blog.startcom.org>
>> Phone:  +1.213.341.0390
>>
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