is openID enough?
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charmianhttp://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/147407.html?thread=1076687#cmt1076687
Matgb brings up a good point here: for people whose LJ/DW journals are read by a lot of people who are not LJ users, openID isn't that helpful. OpenID is not that intuitively understandable to the non-technically aware. Even on LJ, where because it's harder to use than other platforms users might be said to be more internet-aware than your average bear, people needed to have openID extensively explained to them before they understood it.
Also, openID works well for users who are already members of livejournal (or blogger). However, although other sites might use openID, it's not clear to the average user which sites do, and even if so, what they must enter in to do so. (For example, in the FAQ there is no discussion of the fact that Gmail and Yahoo also support it). I guess if anyone besides people who already have LJ or DW accounts read this blog, I would also wish that Facebook Connect and Twitter users could comment (Posterous has this).
BTW, Tumblr users: it seems you can use your Tumblr blog as an openID, andif you use IntenseDebate instead of Disqus, you can have openID people comment also.Disqus now supports openID.
Matgb brings up a good point here: for people whose LJ/DW journals are read by a lot of people who are not LJ users, openID isn't that helpful. OpenID is not that intuitively understandable to the non-technically aware. Even on LJ, where because it's harder to use than other platforms users might be said to be more internet-aware than your average bear, people needed to have openID extensively explained to them before they understood it.
Also, openID works well for users who are already members of livejournal (or blogger). However, although other sites might use openID, it's not clear to the average user which sites do, and even if so, what they must enter in to do so. (For example, in the FAQ there is no discussion of the fact that Gmail and Yahoo also support it). I guess if anyone besides people who already have LJ or DW accounts read this blog, I would also wish that Facebook Connect and Twitter users could comment (Posterous has this).
BTW, Tumblr users: it seems you can use your Tumblr blog as an openID, and
