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The Internet needs BrowserID - a plea to developers

17 points by jmathai 15y ago

hub_ 15y ago
Yes we need browserid. And less security questions. Or "Facebook login"
socrates1024 15y ago
BrowserID is a great long-term design for an identity system (much better than OpenID or WebID) and it already has a great UI. Use this right now on your fancy new webapp rather than asking your users to create a new account and password. This blog post gives the best explanation of how it works: http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works Something to note is that it's _slightly_ too good to be true right now. Although the UI is already polished and usable, the whole authentication backend is currently mocked-up using services hosted by Mozilla. Unlike Facebook connect, however, there is a specific plan to move this process off Mozilla's servers and onto your browser and your web frameworks.
- piranha 15y ago
  > Unlike Facebook connect, however, there is a specific plan to move this process off Mozilla's servers and onto your browser and your web frameworks. Hm, how would this work? I mean right now I already have account in Mozilla BrowserID service and if I want to log in I just need to allow or discard login window. But in case if somebody else has hosted it, I'll have to register again, right? Then how is it better than just regular login and password?
weisjohn 15y ago
And this is going to succeed where OpenID failed how? Facebook Login / Twitter Login are rocking for our clients... In fact, I just used Fb login through Clickpass to register just to make this comment...
- jmathai 15y ago
  It's mentioned in the article. OpenID was convoluted to users. They don't link their identity to a URL. An email address on the other hand is a widely accepted identity handle. I understand that FB and TW are rocking for your clients. But that's not the point of the post and why it's a plea to developers. It hinges on the idea that identity is too important to hand over to Facebook. Again, unsure if you read the entire post. It's a very forward looking post and does not focus on what's easy and accepted today.

17 points by jmathai 15y ago

hub_ 15y ago

Yes we need browserid. And less security questions. Or "Facebook login"

BrowserID is a great long-term design for an identity system (much better than OpenID or WebID) and it already has a great UI. Use this right now on your fancy new webapp rather than asking your users to create a new account and password. This blog post gives the best explanation of how it works: http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works http://lloyd.io/how-browserid-works Something to note is that it's _slightly_ too good to be true right now. Although the UI is already polished and usable, the whole authentication backend is currently mocked-up using services hosted by Mozilla. Unlike Facebook connect, however, there is a specific plan to move this process off Mozilla's servers and onto your browser and your web frameworks.

piranha 15y ago
> Unlike Facebook connect, however, there is a specific plan to move this process off Mozilla's servers and onto your browser and your web frameworks. Hm, how would this work? I mean right now I already have account in Mozilla BrowserID service and if I want to log in I just need to allow or discard login window. But in case if somebody else has hosted it, I'll have to register again, right? Then how is it better than just regular login and password?

weisjohn 15y ago

And this is going to succeed where OpenID failed how? Facebook Login / Twitter Login are rocking for our clients... In fact, I just used Fb login through Clickpass to register just to make this comment...

jmathai 15y ago
It's mentioned in the article. OpenID was convoluted to users. They don't link their identity to a URL. An email address on the other hand is a widely accepted identity handle. I understand that FB and TW are rocking for your clients. But that's not the point of the post and why it's a plea to developers. It hinges on the idea that identity is too important to hand over to Facebook. Again, unsure if you read the entire post. It's a very forward looking post and does not focus on what's easy and accepted today.