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rhythmaning) wrote2008-06-22 12:27 pm
rhythmaning) wrote2008-06-22 12:27 pm
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OpenID
I was just browsing a friend's blog, and he has OpenID set up as one of the options to leave details when commenting.
I remember people in my f-list talking about OpenID a while back, but it washed over me; this time I decided to investigate.
However, the website doesn't really tell my WHY I would want OpenID - and I can't really work it out. Aside from saving me keying my details in when logging into various sites, what do I gain? Let's face it, I'm not that lazy - and most of the sites I use remember my details - so why do I want - or need - OpenID?
Also, the OpenID website says that if I have an LJ username, or a flickr username, or one of many others, too, I already have an OpenID. So I tried my LJ username in the OpenID login space on my friend's comment box: and it didn't recognise me... So how do I actually use it?
Incidentally, my LJ username and my flickr (=Yahoo!) username are different, because when I registered with flickr, my name had already gone. Of course, this might be why OpenID didn't work...
http://openid.net/get/
I remember people in my f-list talking about OpenID a while back, but it washed over me; this time I decided to investigate.
However, the website doesn't really tell my WHY I would want OpenID - and I can't really work it out. Aside from saving me keying my details in when logging into various sites, what do I gain? Let's face it, I'm not that lazy - and most of the sites I use remember my details - so why do I want - or need - OpenID?
Also, the OpenID website says that if I have an LJ username, or a flickr username, or one of many others, too, I already have an OpenID. So I tried my LJ username in the OpenID login space on my friend's comment box: and it didn't recognise me... So how do I actually use it?
Incidentally, my LJ username and my flickr (=Yahoo!) username are different, because when I registered with flickr, my name had already gone. Of course, this might be why OpenID didn't work...
http://openid.net/get/
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Here's an example that I know works. "Dead Baby Jokes" is one of my favorite non-LJ blogs, and she allows open ID comments.
Go here for an entry:
http://deadbabyjokes.blogspot.com/2008/06/cross-my-palm-with-silver.html
If you click on "Post a Comment" and select "Open ID", you get a place to enter your name. Above it, there should be a dropdown list. If you select LiveJournal, it tells you what format to enter your id.
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