I use it (only for StackOverflow) but I don't think it's better or worse than normal logins. Sometimes it's a pain because I always have to do extra clicks to get logged in.
Poll: What do you think of OpenID?
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#12The benefit for me is that you get to choose who stores your password. A random website may store my password plaintext, I have no way of knowing -- so I am forced to use different passwords for each site, and manage them some way.
Ofcourse, I _know_ this, but in general, users don't know and don't care. So, OpenID actually makes the web a safer place for inexperienced users, which is I think is rather important.
Re: Poll: What do you think of OpenID?
#13A better question would be, for those of you who implement OpenID, Facebook Connect, etc. What's the customer percent breakdown against doing it the old fashioned (email & password) way?
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#14I didn't think much of it, but after using it for a week, I wish it was used everywhere.
To those of you who haven't used it, try it out before condemning it.
It's really nice to login with the click of a button (no typing usernames and passwords) and signing up is usually a one click action as well.
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#15The only option for those of us that use it is "use it on a daily basis". Pretty weak options.
I am always happy when I can use OpenID on a site. It's a really low barrier and guarantees that I won't leave at the sign up form. The only reason I don't use it every day is because the sites I visit every day don't support it.
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#16It's a brilliant technology. I feel uncomfortable when i don't see OpenID in the website.
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#17I use it if have to. Prefer the choice of selecting different names/passwords for different sites.
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#18The benefit for me is that you get to choose who stores your password. A random website may store my password plaintext, I have no way of knowing -- so I am forced to use different passwords for each site, and manage them some way. Ofcourse, I _know_ this, but in general, users don't know and don't care. So, OpenID actually makes the web a safer place for inexperienced users, which is I think is rather important.
Except the phishing aspects make it worse for inexperienced users, since an arbitrary website can redirect to a page that asks for a potentially more sensitive username/password, and that's actually considered normal flow.
I don't understand how anyone can promote OpenID in good conscience with this glaring hole in the design. You simply can't rely on user education.
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#19I didn't think much of it, but after using it for a week, I wish it was used everywhere. To those of you who haven't used it, try it out before condemning it. It's really nice to login with the click of a button (no typing usernames and passwords) and signing up is usually a one click action as well.
What's the best way to start for someone who doesn't want their entire internet identity tied with up Yahoo, Google, or Facebook?
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#20I'd much rather have "login with openid" rather than seeing "login with twitter ; login with facebook ; login with posterous" or whichever subset of sites any random service thinks is most valuable to support.
The great thing about login/identity/authentication standards is that there are so many to choose from. Didn't we learn the first time around with web browser capabilities to avoid this kind of fragmentation again?