The CardSpace factor

[Chris Messina]

I would argue that this only accelerates our need to come up with
documentation, use cases, interfaces-in-the-wild (which I continue to
collect: http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/tags/loginform and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/tags/openid), alternative user
experiences and conceptual work to define the user-side experience of
OpenID in all its potential, glorious forms.

I would also suggest that CardSpace as it exists today is a
Microsoft-developed solution -- and hasn't been kissed by the scrutiny
of the open source community. I would also suggest it is now up to us
to effectively reverse engineer, document and dissect the research and
thinking behind CardSpace -- and put it into a form that regular
OpenID implementors can digest and make use of (I've never been able
to stomach the M$ docs system).

So, though they are blessed with billions to push into R&D, I would
conclude that this is simply one large contribution from an important
community member; we haven't committed anything -- and as the
foundation charter should set out, you gain your seat at the table
based on merit, not on the size of your budget.

Chris

On 2/6/07, Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us> wrote:
> So now that CardSpace (and its eventual equivalent on non-Windows
> platforms) is part of the OpenID picture, what does this do to the
> user-experience work on this list?
>
> We could ...
> 1. ignore it
> 2. say that usernames/passwords aren't a problem any more because
> CardSpace solves that for us at OPs,
> 3. broaden the use cases considered to allow OP authentication either
>      a. via username/password (traditional)
>      b. via CardSpace
>      c. via another OpenID authentication process.
>
> Of course, I favor #3 or some variation on it. What does everybody
> else think?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Johannes.
>
>
>
> Johannes Ernst
> NetMesh Inc.
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