[drzaiusapelord]

>no identity built in the browser

Except a non-commercial identity provider would be wonderful. The status quo of Google/Facebook providing identity is insane. They can also use this as leverage against Mozilla politically. Hell, I get pissed when I can't google login to a site nowadays. Shame Mozilla couldn't be the ones providing this. I certainly see it as important to the web. Mozilla shouldn't be just a browser maker.

I do agree about mobile OS and other things. I don't think every organization should have its own OS. There are way too many right now, if anything, and its a non-trivial project.

[warbiscuit]

Yeah, I was saddened by them abadoning Persona. It was a really great idea, even if there were some flaws related to how one was supposed to change username if you shift emails. I feel like they never gave it the effort it deserved... never even saw a FF addon providing the browser integration they targeting :(

[epoch1970]

> Except a non-commercial identity provider would be wonderful.

We've had that all along. It's called email. It's decentralized. There are already numerous free providers. There are already numerous commercial providers. You can even be your own provider, if you want. You can have multiple identities, and they can be as loosely or as tightly tied to your actual identity as you want. Many services or web site will already let you use an email address, along with a password, to authenticate. What you're asking for already exists!

[Certhas]

And we all use it all the time. But the user experience of google log in or facebook log in is manifestly much much superior.

The fact that the inferior legacy solution is still around lessens the pain, but it's still a tragedy that Mozilla did not succeed to establish a competitive modern solution.

I think it is merely a matter of time until email log in is no longer ubiquitous.