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Google Apps + OpenID = identity hub for SaaS

12 points by blasdel 17y ago

zacharypinter 17y ago
I hope Google makes a nice product here, but I honestly can't think of a more frustrating company to deal with for identity management. I've got a: - Gmail Account - Personal Domain w/ Google Apps - Business Domain (my LLC) w/ Google Apps - Another Business Domain (shared LLC) w/ Google Apps - Several other related Google logins/associations for Google Group invites, Feedburner, Youtube, etc My email and calendar are on my personal domain; however, that breaks the calendar links that sites like EventBrite provide since they assume a gmail-style URL. Also, I've found that my Google Apps email account lags behind the standard gmail features (themes took forever to get enabled). I try to keep my business-related activities isolated from my personal Google logins, so I'm always switching accounts when I log into Analytics/Adsense. I made the mistake of signing up for App Engine (w/ Java) under my personal domain's google account. I eventually made a business-related application, so I tried to setup App Engine under my business domain's google account. However, I had already verified my cell phone number under my personal domain and couldn't use it again. So, I had to borrow a friend's cell number and get the authorization code from him. However, I was logged into Gmail at the time, so the authorization ended up going on my gmail account. I finally gave up when I was prompted to validate a 3rd unique cell phone number. Knowing the hassle of Google accounts, I started consolidating new services under my gmail account. So, when I finally got my Google Voice invite, I used my gmail login. However, if I'm logged into my personal domain's email when I visit Google Voice, then the contacts page is completely broken. I'm always logged in under my personal domain, so I end up having to use a different browser just to access Google Voice. I would really like it if Google started working on a way to manage/consolidate all of its accounts. The reality is that most people have more than one Google account, and switching between them is a major hassle.

12 points by blasdel 17y ago

I hope Google makes a nice product here, but I honestly can't think of a more frustrating company to deal with for identity management. I've got a: - Gmail Account - Personal Domain w/ Google Apps - Business Domain (my LLC) w/ Google Apps - Another Business Domain (shared LLC) w/ Google Apps - Several other related Google logins/associations for Google Group invites, Feedburner, Youtube, etc My email and calendar are on my personal domain; however, that breaks the calendar links that sites like EventBrite provide since they assume a gmail-style URL. Also, I've found that my Google Apps email account lags behind the standard gmail features (themes took forever to get enabled). I try to keep my business-related activities isolated from my personal Google logins, so I'm always switching accounts when I log into Analytics/Adsense. I made the mistake of signing up for App Engine (w/ Java) under my personal domain's google account. I eventually made a business-related application, so I tried to setup App Engine under my business domain's google account. However, I had already verified my cell phone number under my personal domain and couldn't use it again. So, I had to borrow a friend's cell number and get the authorization code from him. However, I was logged into Gmail at the time, so the authorization ended up going on my gmail account. I finally gave up when I was prompted to validate a 3rd unique cell phone number. Knowing the hassle of Google accounts, I started consolidating new services under my gmail account. So, when I finally got my Google Voice invite, I used my gmail login. However, if I'm logged into my personal domain's email when I visit Google Voice, then the contacts page is completely broken. I'm always logged in under my personal domain, so I end up having to use a different browser just to access Google Voice. I would really like it if Google started working on a way to manage/consolidate all of its accounts. The reality is that most people have more than one Google account, and switching between them is a major hassle.