Comments on: What is OpenID and Why Should I Care? http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/ Grab a beer. Let's chat. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jthorp http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-9 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:26:50 +0000 http://oatmealstout.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-9 @Zack: I’ll be anxious to hear if you decide to use OpenID for billQ. You should do a write up for your blog about what its like to implement it.

]]> By: Zack http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-6 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:40:26 +0000 http://oatmealstout.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-6 I’m extremely intriqued by OpenID. We are considering building it into the next version of billQ, but we aren’t exactly sold on it. I’m not a big fan of the extra steps it takes to login (as oppose to the standard single login page). If they simplify the process (and it is indeed secure), then I think this could be an amazing thing for the web.

]]> By: farrelley http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-4 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:14:15 +0000 http://oatmealstout.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-4 Hum.. Sounds cool but at the same time is it secure. Who uses the same password for every site? :-) ha ha well anyways I’m going to check this out more. I might be able to use this on my growing News site http://www.doswfl.com.

]]> By: Pete K. http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-3 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:39:12 +0000 http://oatmealstout.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/what-is-openid-and-why-should-i-care/#comment-3 I’ve noticed a huff of OpenID-related chatter as well.

Wikipedia points out a couple of organizations that are implementing OpenID, namely Microsoft (in Vista), Mozilla (Firefox 3), AOL, and Wikipedia.

They also offer a different breakdown of how OpenId works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid#How_OpenID_works

How do I feel about it? Cautious.

While I’m all for cutting down on the number of accounts I have to register for on the Web, I’m not a fan of complicating the already tiresome issue of authenticating w/a site.

On the other hand, if implementation is widespread, and user awareness goes up, I could see this as being a positive thing.

If there was some factor of trust we could build into it, I think it would be rad.

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