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The idea behind OpenID is great. The user experience of using OpenID is so bad that even as a technically-inclined person I can't work up the motivation to use

by halo 17y ago

The idea behind OpenID is great. The user experience of using OpenID is so bad that even as a technically-inclined person I can't work up the motivation to use it.

chrischen 17y ago
From a user standpoint, OpenID has little to offer to me usually. Most sites have a simple enough registration (email and password) that it really isn't that much easier to use openid in its place. To add to the confusion, Google and Yahoo have long identifiers, and you must use a seperate button to login with them. From a website owner standpoint, it's so hard to implement, both technically and conceptually (tying into my sites regular registration flow) that it just convolutes the process for the user. For example, as far as I know since the last time I attempted implementing openID, the only info I am guaranteed to receive from an openID identified user is their identifier. So if my site collects email addresses or any other info, I would have to have them enter that anyways. In most cases OpenID registration actually takes longer, just so the user can use one account password.
jp_sc 17y ago
Maybe the integration with the browsers (like shown in this mockup of Firefox: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/identity-in-the-browser-firefox/ http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/identity-in-the-browser-fire...) is the solution.
bcl 17y ago
Why is that? I have my own OpenID (using phpMyID) as well as ids from various places and I have had almost no problems using it. The biggest trouble was when I tried to associate multiple IDs with my StackOverflow.com account -- ended up they had a bug and it was fixed within a day.
- pistoriusp 17y ago
  The point is you took the time to figure it out. My browser keeps my login state and I don't want to figure something out to replace something that works pretty well.

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The idea behind OpenID is great. The user experience of using OpenID is so bad that even as a technically-inclined person I can't work up the motivation to use

by halo 17y ago

The idea behind OpenID is great. The user experience of using OpenID is so bad that even as a technically-inclined person I can't work up the motivation to use it.

chrischen 17y ago
From a user standpoint, OpenID has little to offer to me usually. Most sites have a simple enough registration (email and password) that it really isn't that much easier to use openid in its place. To add to the confusion, Google and Yahoo have long identifiers, and you must use a seperate button to login with them. From a website owner standpoint, it's so hard to implement, both technically and conceptually (tying into my sites regular registration flow) that it just convolutes the process for the user. For example, as far as I know since the last time I attempted implementing openID, the only info I am guaranteed to receive from an openID identified user is their identifier. So if my site collects email addresses or any other info, I would have to have them enter that anyways. In most cases OpenID registration actually takes longer, just so the user can use one account password.
jp_sc 17y ago
Maybe the integration with the browsers (like shown in this mockup of Firefox: http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/identity-in-the-browser-firefox/ http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/identity-in-the-browser-fire...) is the solution.
bcl 17y ago
Why is that? I have my own OpenID (using phpMyID) as well as ids from various places and I have had almost no problems using it. The biggest trouble was when I tried to associate multiple IDs with my StackOverflow.com account -- ended up they had a bug and it was fixed within a day.
- pistoriusp 17y ago
  The point is you took the time to figure it out. My browser keeps my login state and I don't want to figure something out to replace something that works pretty well.