On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:16:41PM -0500, David Fuelling wrote: > Couldn't one make the opposite argument -- that most people's email address > NOT working when they plug it into the OpenId login field could actually be > a good thing? (especially in the beginning of OpenID)
> Scenario #2 (WITH email allowed in the OpenId login form): User encounters > an "openid enabled" site, and decides they are curious about the new "way" > to login. If their email domain supports OpenId, then there's really no > reason for a novice user NOT to use OpenId -- it works with the email > address. > > On the other hand, if the RP determines that the specified email address > doesn't support OpenId, it (the RP) then comes back to the User with an > educational page explaining why the email doesn't work, perhaps with a "call > your email provider and encourage them to adopt openid...and here's why". This makes a lot of sense to me. What's appealing to me about OpenID is that it's a very easy (user- and admin- friendly) system for ad-hoc federation/assertions. Relying Parties don't need any special out-of-band pre-authentication setup with IdPs. Nor is there a need for new PKI infrastructures -- the PKI behind https suffices. For users, no special client software is needed. Why try to teach users this homesite/unique OpenID identifier "URL" concept when OpenID could use an identifier the user already understands & has, like an email address, for locating the user's IdP? -Peter > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dick Hardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:06 PM > > To: David Fuelling > > Cc: specs@openid.net > > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Handle "http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Style Identifiers > > A Homesite is a new concept for users, so when they see a prompt for > > it, they will know they have one or not. They are not just typing in > > a random URL. > > > > Pretty much every user has an email address, so a prompt asking for > > an email would suggest to user that their email will work -- which of > > course hardly any will. _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs
