Hi Sam, you should have also shown the .tel version The problem with webfinger isn’t just the ridiculously convoluted technique to find your contact info. The real problem with webfinger is that it makes the email address be your single point of contact, which it NEVER should be: it is dependent on a provider and it is subject to change.
Not so sure… that's certainly true of email up to the current situation, but (like with Google Voice and the possibility of having "one" phone number for a very long time rather than changing depending on area code/provider) I could easily see a very near future where we have the accepted situation of one main email for a very long time (with aliases to accommodate for variables and needs). I'm not sure if email is the best identifier, but it's a much better option (that already has mainstream acceptance) than the other choices of web identity clients in my opinion.
The problem is just that: “the accepted situation of one main email for a very long time”. I don’t think that will work in the long term because your email provider will constantly try to monetize it in some way that ultimately will clash with your needs.Personally, I think over time more and more people will have their own domains (with their email), and free themselves from that issue. But that just my opinion.
What do you think about the .tel domains as an implementation of this concept?
I'm less hopeful about .tel's adoption. It's a good concept, but I don't think it will hit the mainstream (in some form) the way webfinger will.
Hi Sam, you should have also shown the .tel version
The problem with webfinger isn’t just the ridiculously convoluted technique to find your contact info. The real problem with webfinger is that it makes the email address be your single point of contact, which it NEVER should be: it is dependent on a provider and it is subject to change.
Not so sure… that's certainly true of email up to the current situation, but (like with Google Voice and the possibility of having "one" phone number for a very long time rather than changing depending on area code/provider) I could easily see a very near future where we have the accepted situation of one main email for a very long time (with aliases to accommodate for variables and needs). I'm not sure if email is the best identifier, but it's a much better option (that already has mainstream acceptance) than the other choices of web identity clients in my opinion.
The problem is just that: “the accepted situation of one main email for a very long time”. I don’t think that will work in the long term because your email provider will constantly try to monetize it in some way that ultimately will clash with your needs.Personally, I think over time more and more people will have their own domains (with their email), and free themselves from that issue. But that just my opinion.