Comments on: Jimdo: Pages AND OpenID to the people http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/jimdo-pages-and-openid-to-the-people/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 23 May 2012 23:03:40 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimdo’s new PagePartner makes website networks easier than ever. http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/jimdo-pages-and-openid-to-the-people/#comment-364316 Jimdo’s new PagePartner makes website networks easier than ever. Wed, 26 May 2010 04:43:33 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1417#comment-364316 [...] is not a new face in the crowd.  In fact, the site has gotten some rave reviews over the past couple of years for having some stellar site design options, a great content [...] [...] is not a new face in the crowd.  In fact, the site has gotten some rave reviews over the past couple of years for having some stellar site design options, a great content [...]

]]> By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/jimdo-pages-and-openid-to-the-people/#comment-364315 Ernst-Jan Pfauth Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:42:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1417#comment-364315 @Bob, wow that's great. Gravatar has proven it works with avatars, so why not with email. Moreover, it makes perfect sense... email is an identifier already. @Bob, wow that’s great. Gravatar has proven it works with avatars, so why not with email. Moreover, it makes perfect sense… email is an identifier already.

]]> By: Bob Boynton http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/jimdo-pages-and-openid-to-the-people/#comment-364314 Bob Boynton Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:11:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1417#comment-364314 Here is something that might help openid go. It is a service that associates your email address with an openid account. This is how they put it. "Everyone's identity is implicit, if not explicit, in their email address. This is why an email address works well for identity purposes when logging in to websites and applications. Our service, emailtoid, takes an email address and makes it work as an OpenID by mapping email addresses to URLs." http://emailtoid.net/ For many people the email address is much easier to remember -- because it is used more often -- than a url. However, it would probably require a more visible provider for many people to find it even though it is a pretty self-explanatory url. Here is something that might help openid go. It is a service that associates your email address with an openid account. This is how they put it.

“Everyone’s identity is implicit, if not explicit, in their email address. This is why an email address works well for identity purposes when logging in to websites and applications. Our service, emailtoid, takes an email address and makes it work as an OpenID by mapping email addresses to URLs.”

http://emailtoid.net/

For many people the email address is much easier to remember — because it is used more often — than a url. However, it would probably require a more visible provider for many people to find it even though it is a pretty self-explanatory url.

]]> By: maxi http://thenextweb.com/2008/06/23/jimdo-pages-and-openid-to-the-people/#comment-364313 maxi Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:20:27 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1417#comment-364313 Jeah. Jimbo roxxx Jeah. Jimbo roxxx

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