Comments on: OpenID: What will it take to make it mainstream? http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/ Online Community and Social Media Trends, Topics and Best Practices Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Ken Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:10:41 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-210 Will openID become mainstream? depends how many people like me there are. I'm very old-school when it comes to mass-login services. In simple words - I dislike them! I read here there are 14,000 sites supporting openID already? Imagine someone phishing 1 user:pass and having access to tens if not hundreds of YOUR accounts and services. It's like having one key for all your houses and safes. I just don't like the idea. I refused using openID where available and will keep manually typing my users and passes! Will openID become mainstream? depends how many people like me there are. I’m very old-school when it comes to mass-login services. In simple words – I dislike them! I read here there are 14,000 sites supporting openID already? Imagine someone phishing 1 user:pass and having access to tens if not hundreds of YOUR accounts and services. It’s like having one key for all your houses and safes. I just don’t like the idea. I refused using openID where available and will keep manually typing my users and passes!

]]> By: Chris Ainsworth http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Chris Ainsworth Sun, 11 May 2008 23:08:50 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-199 It's more of a slow creep than a flurry, but OpenID is getting out there. I use mine where I can (currently, only a few places, the most prominent being 37signals, where it's especially helpful for tying multiple accounts together). We can also help further along adoption by supporting OpenID logins with our own sites. After reading your post, I looked into options for my own wordpress blog, and there are already several plugins available allowing readers to manage accounts and comment using their OpenID. I'm gonna try implementing something this week. The support is out there for other blogging tools and services as well. It’s more of a slow creep than a flurry, but OpenID is getting out there. I use mine where I can (currently, only a few places, the most prominent being 37signals, where it’s especially helpful for tying multiple accounts together).

We can also help further along adoption by supporting OpenID logins with our own sites. After reading your post, I looked into options for my own wordpress blog, and there are already several plugins available allowing readers to manage accounts and comment using their OpenID. I’m gonna try implementing something this week.

The support is out there for other blogging tools and services as well.

]]> By: Scott Mace http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Scott Mace Sun, 11 May 2008 22:20:16 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-198 I've had several failures using my TypePad-generated OpenID to log into other OpenID sites. We need to solve problems like these first. I’ve had several failures using my TypePad-generated OpenID to log into other OpenID sites. We need to solve problems like these first.

]]> By: Itay Banner http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Itay Banner Thu, 08 May 2008 20:50:07 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-197 Funny you mention 37Signals. I was using two of their services (Highrise and Basecamp) and tried to switch to login by OpenID. I set up an OpenID on my Flickr account (Via Yahoo!), but alas - Basecamp wouldn't acknowledge it. This is how I came to be aware of different generations in OpenID - 37Signals service rep said something about BC not supporting OpenID 2.0, whatever that is. Talk about OpenID implementation. Funny you mention 37Signals. I was using two of their services (Highrise and Basecamp) and tried to switch to login by OpenID. I set up an OpenID on my Flickr account (Via Yahoo!), but alas – Basecamp wouldn’t acknowledge it. This is how I came to be aware of different generations in OpenID – 37Signals service rep said something about BC not supporting OpenID 2.0, whatever that is.

Talk about OpenID implementation.

]]> By: bill Johnston http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-196 bill Johnston Thu, 08 May 2008 00:28:14 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-196 Brian - thanks much for the thoughtful and informative reply. idselector is very cool. Brian – thanks much for the thoughtful and informative reply. idselector is very cool.

]]> By: Kevin Fox http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Kevin Fox Wed, 07 May 2008 23:07:57 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-195 Nice post Bill. Chris Messina generated a good list of sites (http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/02/15/an-update-to-my-my-openid-shitlist-hitlist-and-wishlist) that have promised OpenID support and have not delivered, ones who have delivered and ones who should. I think it will come down to users demanding OpenID in order to force the hand of all the sites that are currently content to sit on the fence. There are lots of cool new technologies out there like DiSo that will make it harder and harder to merely play lip service to being open. Nice post Bill. Chris Messina generated a good list of sites (http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/02/15/an-update-to-my-my-openid-shitlist-hitlist-and-wishlist) that have promised OpenID support and have not delivered, ones who have delivered and ones who should.

I think it will come down to users demanding OpenID in order to force the hand of all the sites that are currently content to sit on the fence. There are lots of cool new technologies out there like DiSo that will make it harder and harder to merely play lip service to being open.

]]> By: Brian Kissel http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/2008/05/openid-what-will-it-take-to-make-it-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Brian Kissel Tue, 06 May 2008 19:23:29 +0000 http://ocrdev.forumone.com/?p=349#comment-192 At present there are nearly 14,000 OpenID enabled websites (http://janrain.com/blog/2008/05/). Most are user generated content sites - wikis, blogs, discussion groups, social networks, etc. Further, there are nearly 400 million OpenID enabled users, although many of these are not active or may not even know that they have an OpenID since they were passively provisioned by providers such as AOL and Yahoo. We are starting to see OpenID expand into additional mainstream applications such as media (CNN Political Market), group productivity applications (37 Signals), and business networking (Plaxo). What is required for the acceleration of OpenID adoption is easier deployment models for website operators and more intuitive end user tools. One example of this is a recently released OpenID login widget, ID Selector (wwww.idselector.com). The OpenID Foundation and the companies supporting OpenID (Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Google, IBM, BBC, Verisign, JanRain, France Telecom, etc.) also continue to promote adoption of OpenID while enhancing the associated products and services. As the dialog continues, we'll learn more about when and where OpenID-based solutions can address market needs. At present there are nearly 14,000 OpenID enabled websites (http://janrain.com/blog/2008/05/). Most are user generated content sites – wikis, blogs, discussion groups, social networks, etc. Further, there are nearly 400 million OpenID enabled users, although many of these are not active or may not even know that they have an OpenID since they were passively provisioned by providers such as AOL and Yahoo.

We are starting to see OpenID expand into additional mainstream applications such as media (CNN Political Market), group productivity applications (37 Signals), and business networking (Plaxo).

What is required for the acceleration of OpenID adoption is easier deployment models for website operators and more intuitive end user tools. One example of this is a recently released OpenID login widget, ID Selector (wwww.idselector.com).

The OpenID Foundation and the companies supporting OpenID (Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Google, IBM, BBC, Verisign, JanRain, France Telecom, etc.) also continue to promote adoption of OpenID while enhancing the associated products and services.

As the dialog continues, we’ll learn more about when and where OpenID-based solutions can address market needs.

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