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John Panzer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hans Granqvist wrote:</pre>
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2. "I am not a URL." OpenID sees users as web resources, but
identifying yourself with a URL (any type) is geeky and a hurdle
to wide adoption.
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This is not an argument that Yet Another Namespace isn't annoying, but
that there is suggestive history that this isn't a long term problem.</pre>
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I think, that's the weakest argument "against" OpenID. With todays
blogger mentality, a URL makes even sense - specially with bloggers as
a target for adoption in mind. Aren't those URI's exactly like OpenID
URI's? Something like <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://myname.weblong.com">http://myname.weblong.com</a> or
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://weblog.com/myname">http://weblog.com/myname</a> ? That's about as bad as "myname" as user
name...<br>
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I think there are more valid and urgent arguments concerning OpenID's
weakness...<br>
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