Scott Kveton

Kim: you’re officially the fastest person in the world at responding to blog posts … :-)

I’ve always said I’m for interoperability … heck, I’ve made a living at it. Choice for the user is always a good thing.

My answer? You build interfaces and test them. You look at the numbers. You test phishing approaches on a wide assortment of people. You find out what works and doesn’t, and keep evolving the interface. If we take this as a starting point, we’ll all end up agreeing.

The problem with redirection within the conventional browser is there is no way to know for sure where you’ve ended up – especially if you aren’t a network engineer.

I actually think we’re in agreement here; we both want to find the best experience for end-users and its going to require their involvement to make that happen. Just as InfoCard may not be the end-all-be-all, so too could be the same for OpenID. Either way, both move the ball forward and conversations are happening to make sure interoperability occurs.

There is wisdom in this. But if Kvelton is against giving the InfoCard visual metaphor a try, then I don’t get it. It does nothing to undermine OpenID.

I’m all for trying InfoCard visual metaphor. I’m just trying to figure out how you drive adoption of such a different paradigm, hence my comments on iterative development and the OpenID process.