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for people who already use OpenID That's one thing I never got about OpenID and its ilk, though. "We'll fix the way logins work! Just sign up for one more th
by fallintothis 19y ago
for people who already use OpenID
That's one thing I never got about OpenID and its ilk, though. "We'll fix the way logins work! Just sign up for one more thing and then sites that support this will be accessible." Why is this the cure for sign-ups? Yet one more service to fill out some credentials for when sites do not universally accept it? If the latter part were true, then sure, but in the meantime I don't really see the point.
I am ignorant of the major benefits of OpenID, so if anyone could enlighten me, I'd be happy.
Edit: this post helps http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=151376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=151376
- jlam 19y agoAmerica Online + AIM, Yahoo, Flickr, Livejournal, Vox, Typepad/key, Google, and enough widely-used sites, plus Drupal, Wordpress, and other widely-used platforms provide OpenID that very few users would need to create yet another login/password. Those already with many logins would likely already have multiple identity providers from which to choose. Those with few logins would presumably have less of an issue. See http://wiki.openid.net/OpenIDServers http://wiki.openid.net/OpenIDServers for a much larger (but nowhere near comprehensive) list of providers.
- sjs382 19y agoWell, when two sites offer the same features but one offers OpenID and one doesn't, I'll be a little more wooed by the one /with/ OpenID. But then again, maybe I'm not your target audience. ;) My use of Ma.gnolia over Del.icio.us illustrates this. I guess the main idea is that it can't hurt to implement OpenID, it can only help your service. You can still ask your users for all of the data you ask for during a normal registrarion, but /you don't have to/.