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> Well my mail set up has changed and (unfortunately) I'm no longer on > Horde. I'm ashamed to admit I actually don't remember what prompted > me to request this feature, so if I was the only requester, it's > probably safe to drop this for now. > > That said, I'm not sure I agree with most of the points in the most > recently linked article. This bug report may not be the best place > for a rebuttal, but here goes: > > 1. The argument that OpenID solves a non-existent problem is poorly > made, especially in the context of email. Half of the proposed > workarounds are essentially: don't use the site if you don't feel > like registering. The other half are: spend 5 minutes registering > and use some 3rd mechanism to remember your login. > > 2. The irony-of-OpenID argument is tired. Yes, you need one > additional registration to save potentially dozens of future > registrations. Yes. you can make it sound ridiculous if you entirely > neglect the second half of that statement, as many people have done > since day 1. > > 3. Really the only valid criticism is that using a URL as an ID is > confusing to end users. This is an education/familiarity issue. Any > *developer* unable to grasp the OpenID credential exchange should not > be handling my data. :) And I doubt Horde ever wants to implement a > Facebook-dependent solution or cave to the argument that "no one > really cares about security anyways." > > So to summarize, I don't need a third-party login feature any more, > but if Horde were to implement such a thing, I still think OpenID is > the way to go. :)
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