[Marketing] [OpenID] Website Being Updated Today

[David Recordon]

Hey Drummond,
Yeah, this is one of the things which still needs to get worked on.   
Maybe linking to http://www.inames.net/register.html is a good way to  
proceed.

I took a look at the links provided from there though:
  - EZiBroker doesn't seem to let you actually get an i-name, rather  
just links you to iwantmynamenow.com.
  - 2idi presents you with a form asking you to choose the price and  
them an empty text field, what am I supposed to type in the field?  
(doesn't meet the "simple" test)
  - LinkSafe is much better, though submitting the "Search =i-name"  
button gives me a SSL certificate error.  The "get a free i-name"  
link goes to a year old blog post  telling you to use their contact  
form to request one.
  - 1id.com is probably the simplest so far, but you have to know to  
use the "Check Availability" box in the top right and to first type "=".
  - =you seems to be even simpler than 1id.com so seems like the best  
candidate to link to.
  - INITECH seems to work though shows my password in plaintext, and  
just sends me off to PayPal with no real context.
  - CIM3 also seems to work.
  - EnCirca gives me a giant warning which I don't even understand,  
"Please Note: These are for defensive registrations only. EnCirca  
does not support any services for i-names"

There seems to be a much larger barrier to entry from these i-brokers  
compared to one of the URL OpenID providers currently.

What we tried to do was create a sort of multi-step flow.
   1) you might already have one and don't know it
   2) here are some simple and well known providers within the community
   3) want more?  look at the list on the wiki where every provider  
isn't guaranteed to work (maybe also link to http://www.inames.net/ 
register.html from this paragraph?)
   4) roll your own, learn about delegation or scripts which help you

So really trying to make it as easy as possible.  I wrote a bit more  
about this in a message to general@ (http://openid.net/pipermail/ 
general/2007-October/003600.html)

--David

On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Drummond Reed wrote:

> David, Scott:
>
> While I really like almost everything about the new look and feel  
> and content, there’s one area where I’m worried about the political  
> position that it takes. http://openid.net/get/clearly recommends a  
> set of OpenID providers just by being listed there. And leaves out  
> others simply by not being listed there. For example, none of the  
> XDI.org-Accredited I-Brokers that offer i-names (free or paid) are  
> listed there, nor is there even a reference to the XDI.org  
> directory of i-brokers at http://www.inames.net/register.html.
>
> As much as we want to make it easy for visitors to obtain an OpenID  
> simply and easily, my concern is the community taking any position  
> at all with regard to listing OpenID providers or i-brokers, rather  
> than simply offering pointers to well known directories or public  
> resources for discovering them.
>
> I know it’s not an easy problem to solve, but now that there’s a  
> “there there”, it’s easier to discuss the tradeoffs.
>
> =Drummond
>
> From: marketing-bounces at openid.net [mailto:marketing- 
> bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Bill Washburn
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:02 PM
> To: david at sixapart.com; OpenID marketing
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] [OpenID] Website Being Updated Today
>
> Hey David, Scott, Vidoop team--
>
> Thanks for all your great efforts today.  Fabulous work!
>
> Are there particular things you'd like people to look at first or  
> pay extra attention to?  Are you actually planning on doing more  
> right away - tomorrow, for example?
>
> cheers,
> -bill
> On 10/8/07, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> New website is live!
>
> --David
>
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:32 AM, David Recordon wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> > Just a reminder that Scott and I are out in the wonderful city of
> > Tulsa, OK at Vidoop's offices working to upgrade the website.
> > Pretty soon we'll put up a "maintenance" page so expect the site to
> > be down a bit of today.
> >
> > Screenshot of the new front-page attached, though as you can tell
> > content is still a word in progress!
> >
> > Cool? Cool!
> >
> > --David
> >
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>
>
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