FindMeOn.com Blog

FindMeOn.com is pleased to announce several new updates.

RapidRegister:

The RapidRegister spec is now public, and we’ll soon be rolling out the live code (fixing a few bugs right now , but people like previews). RapidRegister is a simple concept with an elegant execution - FindMeOn.com users can pre-generate an anonymous OpenID url to use when registering with a new website. The RapidRegister URL supports OpenID’s Simple Registration protocol to maximize efficiency of online registration. FindMeOn.com users can turn a RapidRegister URL into a valid FindMeOn account listing manually, or can approve the foreign website to do so using our QuickList functionality.

By using FindMeOn.coms RapidRegister, QuickList, and API services — along with the standard OpenID protocol — websites can quickly convert FindMeOn.com users onto their own systems. FindMeOn.com essentially manages online profiles , not just for users, but for websites as well. FindMeOn’s proprietary systems differentiate from OpenID-exclusive offerings, in that FindMeOn offers websites and users the opportunity for a ’subscription’ based profile syndication service that does not require constant authentication , along with FindMeOn’s systems designed to offer internet users unparalleled user privacy and identity isolation .

Updated Gif Badges:

FindMeOn.com users now have the option to syndicate their links using our first dynamic gif badge. The dynamic gif badge shows as-many-as the top 3 alternate identities for each account , in the form of a clickable image map. While the dynamic gif badge is not as robust as FindMeOn.com’s flash offerings, it works on all web services — even those that ’strip’ flash media on profiles.

SWF Badge Updates Coming soon:

We’re working on pushing user connection info to display directly within Flash widgets. There’s a bit of issues with it so its not live yet– but we’re getting close. Expect to see these all over the internet soon!

SWF Badge FAQ:

Many people have been writing in since our public launch, asking us to feature comments and messaging in the flash badge.

The definitive answer is this: Sadly, FindMeOn will not be releasing a badge that does those things. While we’d love to do it ( we really would — we even had a test badge that did it pre-launch ), there’s a large problem in that social networks simply don’t like badges that do those things. Our goal is to work with Users and Social Networks alike — so right from the beta launch we’ve been restraining ourselves to not infringe on network services. If the climate changes, we’d be happy to introduce that functionality — but networks today dislike widgets that infringe on their offerings.

OpenID:

Just as a reminder, every FindMeOn.com user has multiple OpenID urls:
1 url for their public FindMeOn.com account ( http://findmeon.com/users/abc )
1 url for their user chosen FindMeOn.com account ( http://findmeon.com/users/myfindmeonaccount )
1 url for EACH online identity registered with FindMeOn.com ( http://findmeon.com/findmeon/123 )