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I currently use Disqus as the comment system on this blog, and they made a blog post today about their beta 2 updates. One of the ones that caught my eye was that they’re supporting OpenID and “making the registration process easier.”
This is a good thing since I know someone who managed to make their PASSWORD their USERNAME. Hmmm…that level of confusion doesn’t encourage users to sign up.
But here’s the thing about OpenID: the concept, as far as I understand it, is so very essential. And the implementation is total crap. It will never work, and here’s why:
- Go to www.OpendID.com. There’s nothing there. If you’re serious you buy the domain.
- If you google it and find out it’s OpenID.net, it’s still freaking hard to “get one.”
If OpenID really means business, they need to buy OpenID.com and set up a Google-esque home page where the user has a CLEAR “call-to-action.”
In other words, I want to go to OpenID and be prompted:
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“do you have a login with any of the following sites?” [dropdown box]
Login below:
If not, create your OpenID here:
[box]
[password box]
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Currently, it’s just too byzantine.
