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It became significantly easier when Google (and Yahoo!, and MySpace) became OpenID providers. If you do something like StackOverflow does (click the Google ico
by xiongchiamiov 16y ago
It became significantly easier when Google (and Yahoo!, and MySpace) became OpenID providers. If you do something like StackOverflow does (click the Google icon to login with Google), then it's pretty low-effort to use.
- joeyh 16y agoAnd there is a free version of the login widget StackOverflow uses. (Not quite the same code base, but more or less identical.) At http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/ http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/ When I deployed a version of that on my sites, I got lots more causual users posting comments, etc. Most of them just click on google.
- StavrosK 16y agoAh, that's true. It's a bit odd to use a dedicated icon to log in to something that is exactly the same as the more general option you offer, but the average user won't know that, so it makes sense. Do you know the endpoint for Google? I didn't know they supported it natively.
- xiongchiamiov 16y agohttps://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id
- StavrosK 16y agoThank you.