[OpenID] One-Click OpenID: A Solution to the NASCAR Problem

[Francisco Corella]

Dick,

> > It's not a good idea to detect an OP automatically, as you seem to
>   say
> > Sxipper used to do, whether the OP is detected using a heuristic or
> > using explicit markup in the OP's site.  
> 
> We did not add the OP automatically, but we detected that a site
> supported OpenID as an OP, and then gave the user a choice to add the
> OP.
> 
> >
> > As I said before in response to your earlier statement, the relying
> > party can easily detect whether the browser is enhanced or not, and
> > fall back on an ordinary OpenID interface if it isn't.
> 
> Well, I would say that Sxipper worked better, as the RP did not need
> to detect anything.
> 
> The problem at hand is how to solve the NASCAR problem for un-enhanced
> browsers. Your title states that you have solved it. 

The problem at hand for you when you did Sxipper years ago was to
solve the NASCAR problem for unenhanced browsers.  The problem at hand
for me today is to solve it with an enhanced browser.  I do get to
choose what problem I want to work on.

> Solving it by
> enhancing the browse is not new.

So, who has solved the problem by enhancing the browser?

Francisco




>________________________________
> From: Dick Hardt <dick.hardt at gmail.com>
>To: Francisco Corella <fcorella at pomcor.com> 
>Cc: Dick Hardt <dick.hardt at gmail.com>; Markus Sabadello <markus.sabadello at gmail.com>; Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>; OpenID General <openid-general at lists.openid.net>; Karen Lewison <kplewison at pomcor.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [OpenID] One-Click OpenID: A Solution to the NASCAR Problem
> 
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>
>
>On Feb 15, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Francisco Corella wrote:
>
>
>It's not a good idea to detect an OP automatically, as you seem to say
>>Sxipper used to do, whether the OP is detected using a heuristic or
>>using explicit markup in the OP's site.  
>
>
>We did not add the OP automatically, but we detected that a site supported OpenID as an OP, and then gave the user a choice to add the OP.
>
>
>
>>As I said before in response to your earlier statement, the relying
>>party can easily detect whether the browser is enhanced or not, and
>>fall back on an ordinary OpenID interface if it isn't.
>>
>
>Well, I would say that Sxipper worked better, as the RP did not need to detect anything.
>
>
>The problem at hand is how to solve the NASCAR problem for un-enhanced browsers. Your title states that you have solved it. Solving it by enhancing the browse is not new.
>
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