byjpHi folks! capjamesg suggested I ask in here if anyone has considered a microformat (or other indexable method) for sharing recommendations for independent retailers or — more generally — products and services. (I have some context ready, but I don't want to spam the channel!)
LoqiA review is a post evaluating a product, service, or experience, usually involving a written description, sometimes with summary numerical evaluations, also known as just a rating if it’s just a single numerical value or iconic representation like stars (★★★★☆) https://indieweb.org/review
byjpThanks capjamesg — I just realised my own reviewes were missing the h-review tag! I just added it (example: https://www.byjp.me.test/posts/reviews/movies/barbie/) — but I guess I’m back to the bootstrapping problem: if no-one else is/is interested in posting reviews of products/services, then there’s no data to index to offer recommendations.
byjpI’ll try to add my own reviews of things like that in the coming weeks, to see if it’s useful to others — though I suppose the major issue would be what kind of a taxonomy to use to allow people to find things. Has anyone here thought about cross-site taxonomies/ontologies for the IndieWeb?
[Murray][aaronpk] what format is the video in you FedCM post using? (I have a recurrent issue on Firefox with videos "playing" but getting stuck on a specific frame, so just trying to debug; I think this is a me-specific issue, not something on your end)
[Murray]awesome, thanks. QuickTime appears to be a common thread, so that's a useful additional data point 🙂 Also, sorry I couldn't watch along with IWC this weekend, but this looks awesome and I'd definitely be interested in using it with http://webmention.io as a test case aaronpk++
[snarfed]aaronpk great FedCM experiment project, thanks for writing it up! I hadn't grokked that it lets sites register to be IdPs like that. seems like it could be useful in the fediverse to improve the remote follow UX problem, ie your instance could register as your fediverse IdP, and then other fediverse instances could pop that up as a login option instead of making you type in your instance...?
GWGaaronpk: Did you write any thoughts about how FedCM might work with an IndieAuth implementation? For example, can I just add a privacy policy and terms of use to the existing metadata endpoint?
pcarrierI guess I'm hoping the choice between Google vs Apple vs Twitter vs GitHub evolves toward most people entering what they think of as their email address / selecting it from a list as you demoed
aaronpksince nearly every website lets you log in with an email address, they're technically already letting you bring your own IdP, since you can run your own email server
pcarrierI'm more and more on the side of not providing _any_ identifiers when I sign up for something. I like the balance I struck with https://xmit.co: you can give me your contact details if you want to, but you can get started without my knowing anything about you other than a public key…
aaronpkyeah i hope more sites move to that with passkeys, but the reality is a lot of sites will want an account recovery method, the easiest of which is an email address
pcarrier(you can prove your identity to me by providing me with an API key and/or making a change in DNS and/or having a contact detail stored in your account and/or have one on the website you published)
pcarrier(providing an email is the most straightforward solution for everybody, so I might hint a bit at that approach on first login, but it'll always be skippable)
byjpHey folks, a chat in #indieweb earlier today made me write up a prototype I’ve been working on to bring distributed search to the IndieWeb. I’d appreciate any thoughts or feedback on this bit of fun I’m having! https://www.byjp.me/posts/indiesearch/
[Murray]Oh Omnivore looks interesting. Do you know if you can take notes directly on a webpage via the browser plugin? Or export those notes in something like Markdown or just plain text format? I currently use (and enjoy) Readwise Reader, but always on the lookout for alternatives