Users Demand OpenID: Google, Twitter Among Top
OpenID enthusiasts have been spoken and they’re demanding OpenID support from Google, Twitter, and other popular websites. The Demand OpenID site was created by provider JanRain and has been active for several months. Will less than 500 people be enough to convince the internet giants to open up to OpenID? Probably not, but it’s a step.
Here’s the top five sites where users would like to see OpenID:
- Wikipedia
- Flickr
Some of the site on Demand OpenID currently half support OpenID. For example, you can login with your Google account on any site that supports OpenID. However, you can not take an OpenID account from another provider and login at Google. It’s like a store giving Canadian dollars as change, but then refusing to take the loonie as payment.
At least one of the sites listed has implemented OpenID. Customer service site Get Satisfaction added OpenID earlier this month, though we can’t say it was due to Demand OpenID.
OpenID may never be something the average user demands. Most people just want it to work. So do we, but it’s going to take a full embrace from these popular sites. Go demand OpenID for your favorites. Of course, to login you’ll need an OpenID login, but you probably guessed that.
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