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@@ -58,3 +58,22 @@ points to a fairly useless xml document, rather than a web page. --[[Joey]]
 > I've added buttons that submit the two above URLs for logging in with a Google and Yahoo OpenID, respectively, to my locally changed OpenID login plugin.
 
 > Using the Google profile page as the OpenID is really orthogonal to the above. --[[kaol]]
+
+>> First, I don't accept that the openid google returns from their 
+>> generic signin url *has* to be so freaking ugly. For contrast, 
+>> look at the openid you log in as if you use the yahoo url.
+>> <https://me.yahoo.com/joeyhess#35f22>. Nice and clean, now
+>> munged by ikiwiki to "joeyhess [me.yahoo.com]".
+>> 
+>> Displaying email addresses is not really an option, because ikiwiki
+>> can't leak user email addresses like that. Displaying nicknames or
+>> usernames is, see [[todo/Separate_OpenIDs_and_usernames]].
+>>
+>> It would probably be good if the openid plugin could be configured with
+>> a list of generic openid urls, so it can add quick login buttons using
+>> those urls.
+>>
+>> The ugly google url will still be exposed here and there where
+>> a unique user id is needed. That can be avoided by not using the generic
+>> <https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id>, but instead your own profile
+>> like <http://www.google.com/profiles/joeyhess>. --[[Joey]]