OpenID

[rhythmaning]

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/

Comments

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Thanks!