OpenID is Only Good in Theory
November 21st, 2008
I got myself a shiny new OpenID account from Yahoo, and so far it only worked on 1 out of 3 sites:
- Pragmatic Bookshelf – yep, worked
- DZone – nope, does not work
- Blogger – nope, does not work
Perhaps one day the whole world will come together and agree to implement the spec in a consistent way so OpenID accounts work everywhere. But so far, I’m not even marginally impressed.
Perhaps it just takes a long time until the data is synced to all participating sites?
But good to know …
Yahoo only supports OpenID 2.0 and therefore won’t work on some websites that are still on 1.x. The majority of new website accepting OpenID are accepting both 1.x and 2.0. For webistes that want to take OpenID, opensource libraries can be fond at http://www.openidenabled.com , alternatively a free service that includes facebook support is at http://rpxnow.com
In the future, everything in the internet will require only one account …
the one from google
…or maybe Facebook as the one social account, since it’s popular with non-tech folks too? Full disclosure: I’m working on a high profile Facebook Connect project (citysearch beta & facebook connect). While I do have reservations about their proprietary solution, the end results are pretty cool.
Have to agree with @larry, I use https://www.myopenid.com/ and have yet to find a site where it doesn’t work. I love OpenID and think it really could be the solution, especially if Facebook and other large sites open up and becoming refers and providers.
http://www.stackoverflow.com reckons it works with yahoo.com; they use the consumer library from MyOpenID.com
I like the Open ID concept, and the guys behind it. But frankly, I was running Pligg site and all OpenID gave me was exposure to the spam community. I can’t say it was nice meeting them.