Comments on: Does OpenID need to be hard? http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephan Wehner http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-118478 Stephan Wehner Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:43:26 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-118478 - Would be nice if the open-id-provider selection could be left to the browser! - Also since it is so easy to set up an open-id provider, I think a website admin should care which providers are used. Stephan - Would be nice if the open-id-provider selection could be left to the browser!

– Also since it is so easy to set up an open-id provider, I think a website admin should care which providers are used.

Stephan

]]> By: Blair http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-118447 Blair Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:05:20 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-118447 I like Emir's point about the name OpenId and the possibility that people who don't live and work around the internet might not understand the name and what it entails. I'm assuming they tested that name? I like Emir’s point about the name OpenId and the possibility that people who don’t live and work around the internet might not understand the name and what it entails.

I’m assuming they tested that name?

]]> By: Designing for the gut - SxDSalon: A group blog on social interaction design http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-117277 Designing for the gut - SxDSalon: A group blog on social interaction design Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:31:35 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-117277 [...] experience with choice is an engineer’s solution that I’ve come to accept is bound to fail. Instead, the act of selecting an identity to “perform as” must happen early in [...] [...] experience with choice is an engineer’s solution that I’ve come to accept is bound to fail. Instead, the act of selecting an identity to “perform as” must happen early in [...]

]]> By: Chris Hills http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-117261 Chris Hills Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:30:31 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-117261 The OpenID I use most often is an i-name ("=chris.hills" or "xri://=chris.hills") since it is short and sweet, and has proper service discovery through xrds. http://dev.inames.net/wiki/XRI_and_OpenID The OpenID I use most often is an i-name (“=chris.hills” or “xri://=chris.hills”) since it is short and sweet, and has proper service discovery through xrds.

http://dev.inames.net/wiki/XRI_and_OpenID

]]> By: Some links for light reading (7/4/09) « Max Design http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-117022 Some links for light reading (7/4/09) « Max Design Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:18:01 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-117022 [...] Does OpenID need to be hard? [...] [...] Does OpenID need to be hard? [...]

]]> By: Links for 2010-01-11 | the fabulous freak http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-116415 Links for 2010-01-11 | the fabulous freak Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:39:50 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-116415 [...] Does OpenID need to be hard? [FactoryCity] [...] [...] Does OpenID need to be hard? [FactoryCity] [...]

]]> By: OpenID Connect | FactoryCity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-114903 OpenID Connect | FactoryCity Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:59:07 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-114903 [...] been thinking about how we make OpenID both easier and sexier for quite a while now. As frustrating as the answer may be to technologists, the problem [...] [...] been thinking about how we make OpenID both easier and sexier for quite a while now. As frustrating as the answer may be to technologists, the problem [...]

]]> By: Designing for the gut | FactoryCity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-114187 Designing for the gut | FactoryCity Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:27:58 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-114187 [...] experience with choice is an engineer’s solution that I’ve come to accept is bound to fail. Instead, the act of selecting an identity to “perform as” must happen early in [...] [...] experience with choice is an engineer’s solution that I’ve come to accept is bound to fail. Instead, the act of selecting an identity to “perform as” must happen early in [...]

]]> By: Google Users Profiles Are OpenID Enabled – Spread OpenID http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-113973 Google Users Profiles Are OpenID Enabled – Spread OpenID Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:47:02 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-113973 [...] Google has been an OpenID provider since October 2008 already. However users had to remember a rather cryptic URL, www.google.com/accounts/o8/id, which was the same for all users. Alternatively, relying parties and users could rely on the Google login button (see below), which led to the infamous NASCAR problem of OpenID, a term coined by Daniel Burka and made famous by Chris Messina. [...] [...] Google has been an OpenID provider since October 2008 already. However users had to remember a rather cryptic URL, http://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id, which was the same for all users. Alternatively, relying parties and users could rely on the Google login button (see below), which led to the infamous NASCAR problem of OpenID, a term coined by Daniel Burka and made famous by Chris Messina. [...]

]]> By: Unintended Side Effects - SxDSalon: A group blog on social interaction design http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-113785 Unintended Side Effects - SxDSalon: A group blog on social interaction design Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:43:25 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1318#comment-113785 [...] Now when I go onto a site, a site wanting to embrace open standards, a site committed to allowing their users to sign in with authentication credentials they already have, I am assaulted by a thousand logos and options, usually in addition to the ability to create a new account. Chris Messina, labels this the Nascar problem. [...] [...] Now when I go onto a site, a site wanting to embrace open standards, a site committed to allowing their users to sign in with authentication credentials they already have, I am assaulted by a thousand logos and options, usually in addition to the ability to create a new account. Chris Messina, labels this the Nascar problem. [...]

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