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If you really want to get rid of sign up forms, having a large scale trusted and secure central repository for unique IDs/logins and 'commonly requested' inform
by jgill 19y ago
If you really want to get rid of sign up forms, having a large scale trusted and secure central repository for unique IDs/logins and 'commonly requested' information would eliminate the need for many sign up forms. The majority of web based applications, services, etc. ask you for the same information repeatedly without any actual need or use for the information as a value add in the functionality of the application. Why is that? Why hasn't this been done/worked in the past?
- aykall 19y agoSounds like you are describing OpenID. Once i thought about a little software that would work like a real world id. Every time a web service ask you for personal info you would just click on a icon and show them your id (that means that the software would pass all the details to the service). Would that work? It sounds a lot like google checkout...
- jgill 19y agoYes, something similar to OpenID and Googlecheckout. The problem would be that the Yahoo!'s, Microsoft's, and AOL's of the world would not allow Google to centrally manage all user IDs and registration information on the web (or they would not be willing participants in the centralization of the information to another for profit company).