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But either way the user has to sign up to something. When you delegate to Email you still have to initially create an account with the site's specialised authen
by bjackman 12y ago
But either way the user has to sign up to something. When you delegate to Email you still have to initially create an account with the site's specialised authentication system. You'd just replace that process with creating an OpenID account.
But yeah, I guess saying "now go to this 3rd party website and create an OpenID account" is pretty ugly. I wonder if it's possible to have your own "sign up" page that's a proxy for creating an OpenID with a 3rd party provider?
- giovannibajo1 12y agoFrom an UX standpoint, the problem with OpenID is that users are forced to remember and type URLs as usernames. People are likely to remember their email if they have one, but URLs are disappearing from user interfaces (see Chrome, Safari, Mobile Safari, etc.).
- pauselaugh 12y agoUh, no. A user probably already has email, thus it usually isn't required. Unlike openID