[OpenID] OpenID required

[Lachlan Hardy]

Like most anything else in this business, it comes down to your users. If
they don't know about OpenID already, are they the kind who'll accept it
readily? Can you educate them easily? If neither of these things is true,
I'd recommend against it

If you don't know the answers, I advise user testing

I do have some examples:

Tim Lucas and Cameron Adams released http://meetweaver.com/ at Web
Directions South last month. It uses OpenID only, but it has a very specific
audience and could be supported (during the conference) by face-to-face
explanations/coaching

Tim wrote that OpenID Rails code for the as-yet-unlaunched new version of
http://webjam.com.au/?s=ml (the events, not the personal homepage service).
We've got a lot more guidance and help structured around the whole
registration process, but we'll be OpenID only as well

It's still going to be messy, but given our audience are all people
interested in innovation on the web, we're asking them to help us push this.
To find the flaws and help develop the user experience. The launch of
MeetWeaver already gave us some valuable insight and we'll be doing our own
user testing

We'll publish the lessons we learn :)

Good luck!

Lachlan Hardy
Co-founder, Webjam
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