Heh, that's a good one. What users are you referring to that are being ignored? Are you able to quantify these concerns?<div><br></div><div>While we're at it, I've written about this idea previously. Curious if you considered these arguments in your post?</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/06/22/announcing-emailtoid-mapping-email-addresses-to-openids/">http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/06/22/announcing-emailtoid-mapping-email-addresses-to-openids/</a></div>
<div><a href="http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/10/28/openid-usability-is-not-an-oxymoron/">http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/10/28/openid-usability-is-not-an-oxymoron/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Have you taken a look at <a href="http://eaut.org">http://eaut.org</a> and <a href="http://emailtoid.net">http://emailtoid.net</a>?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Frankly, I could care less what the form of the identifier is, as long as one can prove that they have exclusive dominion over it.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:18 PM, santrajan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:santrajan@gmail.com">santrajan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The history of the internet is strewn with the carcasses of technologies<br>
that didnt listen to the users, and went by what the "committee" wanted. You<br>
may have heard the maxim "A Camel is a horse designed by a committee". I<br>
think this maxim is appropriate for OpenID.<br>
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