Comments on: OpenID is a Royal Pain http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-54269 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:43:17 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/#comment-54269 I think it's less a PITA and more "OMG, change!" It was a pain explaining it to people when you had to find a service to create one, but I'm really supposed to believe there is someone out there who doesn't have a Yahoo ID that they can use? I think it's way easier than remembering a password for each service. I think it’s less a PITA and more “OMG, change!” It was a pain explaining it to people when you had to find a service to create one, but I’m really supposed to believe there is someone out there who doesn’t have a Yahoo ID that they can use? I think it’s way easier than remembering a password for each service.

]]> By: Peter Nixey http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-53775 Peter Nixey Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:18:22 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/#comment-53775 Hi Mark, You might find www.clickpass.com to be of interest. We address a number of the issues that you describe around OpenID and do a lot of the hand-holding across all sites that support us. I hope you find it useful. Hi Mark,

You might find http://www.clickpass.com to be of interest. We address a number of the issues that you describe around OpenID and do a lot of the hand-holding across all sites that support us. I hope you find it useful.

]]> By: Tony Stubblebine http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-53750 Tony Stubblebine Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:12:39 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/#comment-53750 No need to call that a rant. It's true, OpenID (and all the data sharing standards) could use a lot more information about UI best practices. If you or any of your readers are going to Web 2.0 Expo this month in San Francisco I'm putting together a session on that very subject. It'll be in the Web2Open (unconference) track. No need to call that a rant. It’s true, OpenID (and all the data sharing standards) could use a lot more information about UI best practices. If you or any of your readers are going to Web 2.0 Expo this month in San Francisco I’m putting together a session on that very subject. It’ll be in the Web2Open (unconference) track.

]]> By: Holden Karau http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-53731 Holden Karau Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/07/openid-is-a-royal-pain/#comment-53731 At the same time, throwing it up there in addition to traditional username & password options seems to have very little negative impact. Given that OpenId is (as you say) "a pain in the ass" the people who use it are likely early adopters, so by making it easy for them to try out your service I don't really see any downsides. At the same time, throwing it up there in addition to traditional username & password options seems to have very little negative impact. Given that OpenId is (as you say) “a pain in the ass” the people who use it are likely early adopters, so by making it easy for them to try out your service I don’t really see any downsides.

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