- From: Ben Laurie <benl@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:26:41 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: nathan@webr3.org, Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net>, Ben Laurie <ben@links.org>, "public-philoweb@w3.org" <public-philoweb@w3.org>, "public-identity@w3.org" <public-identity@w3.org>, "public-privacy@w3.org" <public-privacy@w3.org>, Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@mit.edu>, "public-webid@w3.org" <public-webid@w3.org>, "saag@ietf.org" <saag@ietf.org>, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
On 22 October 2012 11:59, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > On 10/22/12 5:54 AM, Ben Laurie wrote: >> >> Where we came in was me pointing out that if you disconnect your >> identities by using multiple WebIDs, then you have a UI problem, and >> since then the aim seems to have been to persuade us that multiple >> WebIDs are not needed. > > Multiple WebIDs (or any other cryptographically verifiable identifier) are a > must. > > The issue of UI is inherently subjective. It can't be used to objectively > validate or invalidate Web-scale verifiable identifier systems such as > WebID or any other mechanism aimed at achieving the same goals. Ultimately what matters is: do users use it correctly? This can be tested :-) Note that it is necessary to test the cases where the website is evil, too - something that's often conveniently missed out of user testing. For example, its pretty obvious that OpenID fails horribly in this case, so it tends not to get tested. > > Anyway, Henry, I, and a few others from the WebID IG (hopefully) are going > to knock up some demonstrations to show how this perceived UI/UX > inconvenience can be addressed. Cool. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > >
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