[OpenID] Your OpenID is destined to be your email address

[Chris Messina]

I think if you're serious about your concerns, you should take a look at the
efforts that have been made to address this issue and help to push OpenID
2.1 forward, which, among other things, proposes allowing email-style
identifiers to be used in OpenID flows:
http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Authentication_2_1

General OpenID usability is something that we're attempting to address this
year; we're certainly aware of these issues, and the best way to make real
progress is to help by crafting specifications that express clearly how to
address the current shortcomings of the protocol.

To use another aphorism: "talk is cheap". If you are interested or vested in
the success of OpenID and believe that email addresses should be part of the
protocol, you can make a different by helping to push OpenID 2.1 forward.

Chris

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM, santrajan <santrajan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The url's you pointed out and others like those are testimony to the lack
> of
> foresight in the original openid 1.0 specification. Open id 2.0 was the
> bandage and glue applied to 1.0. And directed identity is really the only
> way to go.
> What I find shocking is the obvious attempt by some people to brush our
> concerns under the carpet, by tactics like glossing over the issue, putting
> words into my mouth, diverting the real issue into some other direction.
> However I must admit there were also a couple of responses that tried to
> explain there point of view, which i did appreciate.
> --
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