Have you ever tried to register for Zoomr? "Quick registration" it is not. You get bounced back and forth between different web sites and get to fill in your information not once, not twice, but three times. OpenID is helping how exactly?
Adam Ostrow
· 2 years ago
Registration might have been a poor choice of words - the nice thing about OpenID on Zooomr (and many of the other services listed) is that you don't need to actually create a Zooomr account, you can just login with OpenID. However, while this worked last night when I was writing this, at the moment it is getting me stuck on AOLs sign in page. Perhaps there are indeed some problems with Zooomr's implementation.
Richard
· 2 years ago
Hi,
You can use the social network Ziki with OpenID, then they the oportunity to host your OpenID too.
Peter : OpenId permits to only remenber 1 password and do not have to re-enter information about yourself each time you create an account
Peter
· 2 years ago
Richard you apparently haven't actually tried it. I know that is the promise of OpenID but the truth is that it doesn't come close to delivering that promise -- at least not in the case of Zooomr.
Give it a try... register on Zooomr as both an OpenID-having customer, and also someone who doens't already have an OpenID. As I mentioned, I had to enter my information *three* times.
It might be a flaw in Zooomr's implementation, but I think it speaks to a greater issue -- one that there is this implicit assumption that OpenID is going to make our lives easier, when in reality, so far, the exact opposite appears to be true.
Robert Dewey
· 2 years ago
Way. Too. Complicated.
E-mail address and password, please.
Kev
· 2 years ago
Hey Peter, try this implementation: http://commongate.com/openid as far as I know, is the first social network with OpenID support.
Alex Rudloff
· 2 years ago
Netscape.com has had OpenID for quite some time now, and a pretty solid implementation.
Marshall Kirkpatrick
· 2 years ago
I tried implementing OpenID login for comments on my blog, like Centernetworks has, and it was too difficult to do with ease. There's a simple WP plug-in, but it requires using the command line to install a PHP library. If I can't FTP it, it's going to take more time than I've got.
"14 great ways to use openId", isn't the title itself misleading? "14 places where you can use openId" would be more appropriate.
Rich Sharples
· 2 years ago
wrt to Zoomr.
If you want to "sign in" and have an OpenID already - it's very straight forward - just as it should be. I just tried it - happy with the experience.
If you click "sign-up" you seem to be requesting a new OpenID from MyopenID.com. I think Zooomr could be way more clear about this. The login screen simply needs a link "Don't have an OpenID - get one here" and all would be fine and dandy.
Motorcycle Guy
· 2 years ago
That's cool that you can use your aim sn to login to open Id I didn't know that. Livejournal advertises it but I'd rather use my aim sn anyway.
Brian Ellin
· 2 years ago
Jyte.com is a fun site for building attributes and cred around your OpenID.
Jason
· 2 years ago
I think Open ID is a good compliment to the traditional login and account system. We just recently implemented it as an alternative way to signup an account at our new web 2.0 tools startup CleverTools.com. We did not feel like we should force users to use Open ID as not every knows or wants it.
I never was fond of open id until I realized how useful it was. Probably atleast one time a day I forget a password somewhere and have to recover it. So, if all the site I used had open id support, this would not be an issue.
Adam Ostrow
· 2 years ago
I was in the same boat until working on this post. Now, especially with the AIM integration, I can see myself using OpenID a lot on new services that support it.
connectionfailure
· 2 years ago
What wasn't exactly clear about the article was that if you have a free WordPress blog, then you already have an OpenID! This is awesome. I now have two more OpenIDs then I thought I had.
Joshua C. Lerner
· 2 years ago
BusyTonight (wiki-based city guides) just rolled out support for OpenID:
For the web designer or developer among us, there's also DZone which supports login via OpenID. It's social bookmarking and voting for developers.
Kevin Fox
· 2 years ago
There are also the JanRain sites, Jyte.com (claim and credibility engine) and Pibb.com (online communication platform) which are worth checking out if you have an OpenID.
mark
· 2 years ago
More sites definitely need to support this format.
I appreciate having one, unified way of signing in and out of various web properties, but is OPEN ID the protocol we want to use for this? Where is the actual "secure" verification in the process?
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You can use the social network Ziki with OpenID, then they the oportunity to host your OpenID too.
Peter : OpenId permits to only remenber 1 password and do not have to re-enter information about yourself each time you create an account
Give it a try... register on Zooomr as both an OpenID-having customer, and also someone who doens't already have an OpenID. As I mentioned, I had to enter my information *three* times.
It might be a flaw in Zooomr's implementation, but I think it speaks to a greater issue -- one that there is this implicit assumption that OpenID is going to make our lives easier, when in reality, so far, the exact opposite appears to be true.
E-mail address and password, please.
as far as I know, is the first social network with OpenID support.
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People can login using their OpenID or Yahoo! ID.
If you want to "sign in" and have an OpenID already - it's very straight forward - just as it should be. I just tried it - happy with the experience.
If you click "sign-up" you seem to be requesting a new OpenID from MyopenID.com. I think Zooomr could be way more clear about this. The login screen simply needs a link "Don't have an OpenID - get one here" and all would be fine and dandy.
I never was fond of open id until I realized how useful it was. Probably atleast one time a day I forget a password somewhere and have to recover it. So, if all the site I used had open id support, this would not be an issue.
http://busytonight.com/wiki/Special:OpenIDLogin
http://www.ipernity.com/