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<P><FONT SIZE=2>While everything you say is spot on, I think openid.net is already expected to serve end users as there is not yet a better resource. Through this conversation we shouldn't lose focus on openid.net, but I do see it prudent to work toward multiple sites with different audiences.<BR>
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--David<BR>
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From: Snorri [<A HREF="mailto:snorri@snorri.eu">mailto:snorri@snorri.eu</A>]<BR>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 03:35 PM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
To: 'OpenID marketing'<BR>
Subject: Re: [Marketing] Website Design - Get an OpenID Link<BR>
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Only the important question to answer is “for who is OpenID.net”?<BR>
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- If is just for the community, link or no link, no very important, a<BR>
little cleaning on the Wiki ! who will use the brush? ;-)<BR>
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- But, if is necessary to adapt openid.net (now) to the "End Users", -<BR>
because if my mother read "What is OpenID?" = she understand nothing! (And<BR>
yet she likes already OpenID) ==> That will require a greater adaptation...<BR>
that returns to the email of David " Revamping the Website" (and my answer)<BR>
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...<BR>
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-Snorri<BR>
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De : marketing-bounces@openid.net [<A HREF="mailto:marketing-bounces@openid.net">mailto:marketing-bounces@openid.net</A>] De<BR>
la part de Simon Willison<BR>
Envoyé : jeudi 2 août 2007 17:48<BR>
À : OpenID marketing<BR>
Objet : Re: [Marketing] Website Design - Get an OpenID Link<BR>
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On 8/2/07, Luke Sontag <luke.sontag@vidoop.com> wrote:<BR>
> What are everyone's thoughts on having a link to a list of OP's on the<BR>
> openid.net site. The link would go to a list of OP's that are members of<BR>
> the foundation (meet membership criteria). The order of the list would<BR>
> change each time the page loaded or refreshed (so as to not prefer one OP<BR>
> over another).<BR>
><BR>
> The current state of the site and the fact that end users go there to<BR>
learn<BR>
> or find an OP, I believe is definitely a major point of confusion.<BR>
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I've lost count of the number of people who have told me "I wanted to<BR>
give OpenID a go, but it took me the best part of an hour just to get<BR>
one for myself so there's no way I'll use it on my site". This is a<BR>
very real problem, and a major barrier to adoption. The political side<BR>
of it is tricky but needs to be figured out.<BR>
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Foundation membership sounds like it could be a solution here - not a<BR>
perfect one, but I'm pretty sure a perfect one doesn't (and can't)<BR>
exist.<BR>
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