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The important conclusion, at least from this summary, is that the users saw the utility of OpenID once it was explained to them. I suspect that before the mid-
by drinian 18y ago
The important conclusion, at least from this summary, is that the users saw the utility of OpenID once it was explained to them.
I suspect that before the mid-1990s most people would be confused by the concept of "username" and "password," too.
- jamesbritt 18y agoThe site admits to bias, and I think they were favoring selective upbeat comments from users.
- jasonkester 18y agoStrange. The important conclusion that I read is that OpenID is basically unusable unless you have somebody explain it to you. And then it's still really unintuitive. OpenID needs to go away soon so that something useful can replace it. Something where you type in a username and password. Something that does what OpenID set out to achieve, yet does it in a way that real users can figure out.
- drinian 18y agoWhat if OpenID became the default option to log in, rather than hidden behind a tab, as it often is? From a technical perspective, I don't think it's possible to ask folks to input a username and password combination into an untrusted third-party Web site. What would prevent a hostile site operator from stealing passwords?
- mechanical_fish 18y agoWhat if OpenID became the default option to log in, rather than hidden behind a tab, as it often is? Good luck with that.
- jasonkester 18y agoThis would happen: http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2008/10/how-close-to-zero-friction-is-your.html http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2008/10/how-close-to-z... (It never occured to me that I was opposed to OpenID until somebody put up a website that required me to use it!)
- misuba 18y agoThe old political adage: "If you're explaining, you're losing."