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I agree, that's a bit irritating. I'll reach out to Joel/Jeff and see if they're open to adding other options. But, you can't argue with the success of Stack
by dshah 17y ago
I agree, that's a bit irritating. I'll reach out to Joel/Jeff and see if they're open to adding other options.
But, you can't argue with the success of Stack Overflow (despite being only OpenID, it's done pretty well)
- vaksel 17y agostackoverflow doesn't just use openid, they give you like a hundred different options. It's pretty surprising that they don't have it for stackexchange.
- dshah 17y agoI just rechecked. StackOverflow does support a bunch of different providers -- but they're all based on OpenID. No support for Facebook or a "standard" username/email/password model. I think for the SO userbase, it's likely fine. But, for other more mainstream audiences, OpenID is not ideal. Too much friction in the process.
- mhp 17y agoStackOverflow does just use openid. It just happens that yahoo, google, facebook, etc are all openid providers. But SO only accepts openid as a login method. (Hence SE is the same currently, but that will change.)
- sefner 17y agoFor what it's worth someone asked Joel this after the first DevDays in Boston and he said adding a normal username/password login was at the top of their list.