Comments on: Hybrid: Plaxo and Google collaborate on improved OpenID and OAuth user experience http://www.openparenthesis.org/2009/02/05/hybrid-plaxo-and-google-collaborate-on-improved-openid-and-oauth-user-experience Because these are the early days of a long revolution . . . Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Isabelle Long http://www.openparenthesis.org/2009/02/05/hybrid-plaxo-and-google-collaborate-on-improved-openid-and-oauth-user-experience#comment-906904 Isabelle Long Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:10:18 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/?p=995#comment-906904 Looking back and with the benefit of hindsight we have right now, did this collaboration of Plaxo and Google a boon or bane for users? Looking back and with the benefit of hindsight we have right now, did this collaboration of Plaxo and Google a boon or bane for users?

]]> By: Bill http://www.openparenthesis.org/2009/02/05/hybrid-plaxo-and-google-collaborate-on-improved-openid-and-oauth-user-experience#comment-906150 Bill Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:44:52 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/?p=995#comment-906150 I think you're bang on with the statement... "Technology, like design, is at its best when it disappears" Unfortunately, the ego of the designer and inventor many times crave the attention of people applauding their brilliant work. But if you want to get any real user traction and uptake on something, make it super easy for them to use and the world may literally beat a path to your door. I think you’re bang on with the statement…

“Technology, like design, is at its best when it disappears”

Unfortunately, the ego of the designer and inventor many times crave the attention of people applauding their brilliant work.

But if you want to get any real user traction and uptake on something, make it super easy for them to use and the world may literally beat a path to your door.

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