<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 02008:01:20, at 9:23CST, Peter Williams wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The real test of "UCI adoption" (versus "openid auth" adoption) for me is : can one as a subscriber of record (aka legally accountable) author login to Blogger, using one's chosen openid (possibly managed by a skip or VeriSign plugin). The subscriber-grade enforcing "accountability" feature contrasts to merely: can one leave an "authenticated comment" using openid, rather than Blogger using an HTTP Referer header field for the same, "best effort" purpose.</div></blockquote><br>Don't forget the new vidoop plugin! It and it's contemporaries also bring up the fact that adoption can be pushed by having the OP manage your username/password combos at non-RP sites.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The more people login via their OP, even by kludgy password managers via openid, the more they'll want to use their openid. And desire breeds demand. And demands will lead to results.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>http:// Joseph Holsten .com</div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>