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Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Uday Pal Singh — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:09:00 -0000

I want to make friends in spain,Americalatina and Russia.....bcoz i like cultures of these countries...

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Brian Kissel — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:17:19 -0000

For a look at what an integrated Facebook and OpenID user experience can be like in production, check out the following websites:

http://uservoice.com/sessio...
https://www.mixx.com/login?...
http://www.kalydo.com/#openid
http://www.interscope.com/

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Steve — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:06:12 -0000

Interesting junction there. I never had an issue with facebook connect although that's not my favorite function of facebook. Like the other poster mentioned, I don't really need all my comments to be "everywhere" for anyone to see. This security site doesn't have any details on it but I'm going to check later.

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

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Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

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Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Adam Ostrow — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:28:44 -0000

@Osvaldo - didn't say I want one company to have control, just seems to be how Facebook wants it to go

@Trae - yep, a lot of it is PR right now. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc don't seem in any rush to let people login with OpenID on their properties either, despite their pledge of support.

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Trae — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:05:33 -0000

I believe the move is simple the OpenID foundation wanting to understand better how to implement a unified login. The greatest failure of OpenID is truly it's implementation. Facebook Connect is done the way OpenID should have from the start. I think Facebook will be there to help improve the user experience of OpenID simply as a PR move.

Everyone knows that Facebook is a closed system, and that's the biggest complaint about Facebook. They throw a little help for an open standard and people won't feel so bad about implementing Facebook Connect. Then as they did with all the application developers, OpenID will be thrown under the bus. It's a bleak outlook, I know...but it's Facebook's chance to prove me wrong.

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Tim — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:13:55 -0000

Personally, I'd much rather see the keys to a global identity standard resting in an organization comprised of thought leaders in the industry rather than in the hands of one fiscally-driven organization.

On the other hand, maybe Facebook is genuinely interested in making the web a better place, and contributing their knowledge and experience towards improving identity standards.

I wouldn't rule it out.

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Forrester — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:08:41 -0000

I just don't get it. The last thing I would want is for all of my Facebook friends to know each and every comment I left around the internet.

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Ben Parr — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:45:37 -0000

All I can say is: Interesting move...

Re: Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Francois — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:36:37 -0000

Facebook might have just remembered the old Microsoft kiss of death trick: "Embrace, extend and extinguish".