Comments on: Why Hasn’t OpenID Caught On?

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:20:26 +0000

Brilliant. “My first priority is getting my theme updated. Then, I’ll think of other features such as OpenID.”

Make it look better, and only then make it work better.

By: Big Boost for OpenID | Mark Evans

Big Boost for OpenID | Mark Evans — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:33:12 +0000

[...] can read an earlier post that I did on OpenID’s struggles here. As well, Search Engine Land suggests OpenID is aligned with another bigger issue: data [...]

By: Zeev

Zeev — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:21:47 +0000

Regarding the 7 problems above, SlashID claims to have solved many of them. It is an untrusted identity provider that by itself cannot access user’s data.
http://www.slashid.com

By: EnThinnai Blog » Blog Archive » Marketing OpenID

EnThinnai Blog » Blog Archive » Marketing OpenID — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:02:27 +0000

[...] amount of skepticism about the utility and usability of OpenID. For example, only yesterday Mark Evans wrote about his poor experience with using OpenID. So much so he feels that OpenID could become an [...]

By: Chris Messina

Chris Messina — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:30:08 +0000

Actually, you don’t want to use the OpenID Server plugin; instead, you want to install Will Norris’ OpenID plugin:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/

It takes only a moment to setup and works with most themes. It’s really worth giving it a shot.

Now, as for your broader complaint about OpenID, I think you’re right and make valid points. That said, the OpenID 2.0 spec was only finalized last month, so it’s only fair that you give it time to properly seep into various projects and initiatives out there. It’s far too soon to say it hasn’t (or won’t) catch on. It’s just that the pain isn’t acute enough for enough people.

In the next two years, I think this problem will get worse for folks, and with the proliferation of distributed applications, having a universal way to port yourself from one place to another, and attach services as you go, will become necessarily.

I second Gavin’s suggestion though… get OpenID going here and see if you get much pickup. With the DiSo project, eventually your support of OpenID will pay off.

By: Alec Saunders

Alec Saunders — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:52:56 +0000

Mark,

OpenID is trivial to implement WordPress. Here’s the plugin from Automattic

http://automattic.com/code/openidserver/

Cheers, A

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:15:27 +0000

You’re right; perhaps I should be drinking the OpenID Kool-aid but I haven’t seen any demand for it. My first priority is getting my theme updated. Then, I’ll think of other features such as OpenID.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:08:37 +0000

I would love to use OpenID but not enough places support it, and I guess no one is willing to start supporting it, by the way if it’s so good, why doesn’t your blog support OpenID?

By: Tony Stubblebine

Tony Stubblebine — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:01:33 +0000

Just as a data point, 4% of our mostly techie users use openid to login to our service. That’s a lot higher than I expected but not overwhelming in any way.