OpenID? We do that.
Friday, May 30th, 2008 by Enrico
Our blog now supports OpenID for leaving comments. OpenID is a “decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity.” You choose an OpenID provider and sign up for an account. This gives you a URL, like mine: http://enricob.myopenid.com/. Provide this URL to any OpenID-compatible site (like this one!) and you will be transferred to your provider to log in. When the provider has successfully authenticated you, it will tell the site you’re using that you are indeed the owner of the OpenID URL that you provided. Your OpenID URL becomes your one identity for use with many sites.
If you have an OpenID — you may already have one and just don’t know about it — try using it to leave a comment on this post. Just enter your OpenID URL in the “Website” field and the rest will be handled for you.
Tags: Announcements, Identity Management, OpenID
May 30th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
It is great to see that you have OpenID enabled your blog comments! If you are interested you should check out JanRain’s newer product called IDSelector. It makes the OpenID user experience much friendlier. All people have to remember is their user name and provider instead of the long URL code. And it’s free! Check it out. https://www.idselector.com/
June 1st, 2008 at 1:16 am
Thank you for your comment!
I’ve seen ID Selector once or twice before and I think it looks pretty cool. If there’s ever an OpenID plug-in for WordPress that integrates with ID Selector, we’ll definitely consider it. Also, I must say that I’m personally very pleased with myOpenID so far. =)