The main problem with openID as it is currently implemented on DW, to my way of thining, is that you have to be already looking for it in order to find it. I am thinking about adding a simple page to my DW: "Don't feel like signing up for a DW account just to comment here? If you have an account with [X services] you can create a limited profile at DW just for commenting. Sign in using [] and your other service password. Passwords are not saved or utlized for any purpose other than to verify your identity."
Ideally people would see this similar message on the comment reply page and be able to sign in // sign up that way, and not have to bother with a separate page at all. (The first time they did it, they could get an authentication message confirm their identity.)
This seems really important to me because there are big barriers to signing up for an account at dreamwdith, so without something like this in place, you are limiting your audience to the small pool of dreamwidth users or folks who don't mind going anon.
Anyway, thus is my dream XD. I think where openID falls down compared to something like facebook connect is in the pricipled way it is typically implemented, which calls for a full explanation of how the login info is going to be used (and not misused) before anyone can sign in / create a profile. Most web users really aren't aware of that stuff and don't want to read the whole history and philosophy of a service before they sign up for it - they are content to sign first and figure out how it works later.
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Ideally people would see this similar message on the comment reply page and be able to sign in // sign up that way, and not have to bother with a separate page at all. (The first time they did it, they could get an authentication message confirm their identity.)
This seems really important to me because there are big barriers to signing up for an account at dreamwdith, so without something like this in place, you are limiting your audience to the small pool of dreamwidth users or folks who don't mind going anon.
Anyway, thus is my dream XD. I think where openID falls down compared to something like facebook connect is in the pricipled way it is typically implemented, which calls for a full explanation of how the login info is going to be used (and not misused) before anyone can sign in / create a profile. Most web users really aren't aware of that stuff and don't want to read the whole history and philosophy of a service before they sign up for it - they are content to sign first and figure out how it works later.