[PROPOSAL] Handle "http://user at example.com" Style Identifiers

[George Fletcher]

It might create some confusion depending on the audience.  For the 
audience that doesn't run their own web server, or have their own blog, 
it might be confusing to enter a URI. 

This approach would help those users make the transition without 
restricting the users who do "get it" from entering URIs.  It also 
provides a simple way for RPs to appeal to a larger set of users (e.g. 
my mother-in-law wouldn't understand what to enter if asked for a URI 
based identifier).

Thanks,
George

P.S. Hopefully I've got Thunderbird sending plain text messages now so 
they don't get "scrubbed" in the archives.  Sorry about that.

Recordon, David wrote:
> Yes, potentially.  It is a bit of a hybrid approach I guess.
>
> --David 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Daugherty [mailto:cygnus at janrain.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:59 PM
> To: Recordon, David
> Cc: Drummond Reed; specs at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Handle "http://user@example.com" Style
> Identifiers
>
> # The thing is they aren't really giving them their email address.
> # Rather an identifier which looks like an email address to a user and #
> in some cases may also be an email address.
>
> Isn't that likely to create a lot of confusion?
>
> --
>   Jonathan Daugherty
>   JanRain, Inc.
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