Re: [Myexperiment-discuss] New look for the application

[Matt Lee]

Alan R Williams wrote:

> I've an immediate worry that some (most?) people would have no idea what 
> an OpenID is.  As www.openid.com is not a real site and the initial page 
> for openid.net is unhelpful, you are in danger of putting people off 
> because they can't see how they can register/log in.

Oh, there's no intention to go anywhere near openid.com or .net - the 
new login screen explains all :)

Steve Pettifer wrote:
> I agree with Alan; OpenID is a great idea, but it's rather daunting for
> a non CS person at present, enough to put a casual visitor off I reckon.
>

People already have multiple accounts for things like gmail, yahoo, 
flickr... simplifying that is the right thing to do.

matt