[OpenID] "Nightmare" article on OpenID

[Nat Sakimura]

I am kind of interested in Google OpenID not working but MyOpenID working part.
Perhaps it is OpenID 2.0 only verses OpenID 1&2 provider?

=nat

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Nathan <nathan at webr3.org> wrote:
> No, a web scale open identification protocol should not be that easy to
> screw up that badly, it wasn't all his fault.
>
> OpenID still needs a lot of work on the "open" part, the "id" part, and the
> "protocol" part, that's not me talking OpenID or talking badly of your hard
> work thus far, it's just recognizing that things like this shouldn't be
> happening.
>
> ps: last time I tried to use an openid, my google one, it failed miserably
> so had to use myopenid - in fact every time I've had anything to do openid
> either as a developer or a user, myopenid has been the only one that worked
> properly. But even then, most consumers don't support the personal details
> so it's a bit of a pointless addition in many cases, saves approx zero work.
>
> Best,
>
> Nathan
>
> Nat Sakimura wrote:
>>
>> I think we should make it clear that it is not Google but HE screwed it up
>> by
>> changing his realm, by which OpenID Auth 2.0 Protocol identifies the site.
>>
>> =nat
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Carsten Pötter
>> <carsten.poetter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, I missed that part. I also acknowledge that OpenID could be
>>> easier, especially for RPs. But if there is no such thing as matching
>>> users in the protocol, a developer has to do something about it.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Luke Shepard <lshepard at fb.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Saying "he should have used Simple Reg or AX" misses his point. He did
>>>> try
>>>> that, but he found (as I and many others also have) that there is little
>>>> consistency among providers as far as which attributes are returned or
>>>> when.
>>>
>>>
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