[OpenID] What are openids weaknesses?

Johannes Ernst jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us
Tue Sep 4 08:00:45 PDT 2007


On Sep 3, 2007, at 18:43, Simon Willison wrote:

> Most people who use MySpace have no idea what a URI is (or a URL for
> that matter), but they know that their MySpace page is
> www.myspace.com/fuzzybunny1001 - the idea of a URL for identity is
> already mainstream, it's just the terminology that isn't understood.

Good point. So what should the terminology be?
e.g.
  - my home page
  - my home address
  - my web address
  - my website
...?


Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.


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