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When I join a Google Group, Google asks me "What nickname do you want people in this group to see?". I pick something and I'm in. End of story. Why can't I do
by raghus 18y ago
When I join a Google Group, Google asks me "What nickname do you want people in this group to see?". I pick something and I'm in. End of story.
Why can't I do this with every other site? I'd like to be able to go to foobar.com, click on Register and be taken to a Google page where Google says "What nickname do you want foobar.com to see?". The default is my gmail username but I can change it. I'm in. Foobar doesn't see my email address or a password or my address book contacts or anything else. Can people poke holes in this suggestion?
I think Joe the Plumber would love such a scheme.
- jfarmer 18y agoWhen OpenID people say they're "solving a problem" what they really mean is "we're solving a problem inasmuch as it advances our agenda." Things like Google and Facebook are so ubiquitous as to be effectively universal, but OpenID people object to using them as an authentication mechanism on ideological grounds. They'd rather have a pure solution tomorrow than a good solution today.