Google and OpenID (+OAuth)

[Randall Leeds]

So Google sort of supports OpenID.
I just tried signing up for melkjug by putting in
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id as my OpenID user url and sure enough
melkjug discovered the provider and redirected me to a Google authorization
page where I authorized melkjug. I was then redirected back to melkjug to
create my user id and created the user 'randall'. Logging in works with the
same provider address.

So logging in with your google account is trivial. But how many people know
what they need to put in as a url? Most people who would make use of this
feature probably don't even know what OpenID is.

But something bugs me about putting a Google logo and login sticker up on
the registration and login pages. What are your thoughts?

Side note: A Google authorization might be all we need to add a 'Share on
GReader' button (the lack of which is a barrier to entry for at least a few
of my friends).

-Randall

[Joshua Bronson]

Post by Randall Leeds
So Google sort of supports OpenID.
I just tried signing up for melkjug by putting in
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id as my OpenID user url and sure
enough melkjug discovered the provider and redirected me to a Google
authorization page where I authorized melkjug. I was then redirected back to
melkjug to create my user id and created the user 'randall'. Logging in
works with the same provider address.

really cool, glad to hear it!

So logging in with your google account is trivial. But how many people know

Post by Randall Leeds
what they need to put in as a url? Most people who would make use of this
feature probably don't even know what OpenID is.
But something bugs me about putting a Google logo and login sticker up on
the registration and login pages. What are your thoughts?

Would we have to put a Google logo up?

[Randall Leeds]

Post by Joshua Bronson

Post by Randall Leeds
But something bugs me about putting a Google logo and login sticker up on
the registration and login pages. What are your thoughts?

Would we have to put a Google logo up?

No one would require or ask us to, but we would need some sort of prompt to
let people know they can log in with their google provided openid. I brought
this up over the summer when I first added the OpenID code and I was looking
at idselector.com, but they require registration and an agreement, so that's
out of the question.

But http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/ looks like just what we could
use.

[Joshua Bronson]

Post by Randall Leeds

Post by Joshua Bronson

Post by Randall Leeds
But something bugs me about putting a Google logo and login sticker up on
the registration and login pages. What are your thoughts?

Would we have to put a Google logo up?

No one would require or ask us to, but we would need some sort of prompt to
let people know they can log in with their google provided openid. I brought
this up over the summer when I first added the OpenID code and I was looking
at idselector.com, but they require registration and an agreement, so
that's out of the question.
But http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/ looks like just what we
could use.

Oh yeah I think I've seen that! Nice, created a ticket for this at
http://trac.openplans.org/melkjug/ticket/389.