Log in to an OpenID enabled websites has become more user friendly for Google users. They can use their Google profiles URL for login now.
Google has been an OpenID provider since October 2008 already. However users had to remember a rather cryptic URL, www.google.com/accounts/o8/id, which was the same for all users. Alternatively, relying parties and users could rely on the Google login button (see below), which led to the infamous NASCAR problem of OpenID, a term coined by Daniel Burka and made famous by Chris Messina.
Now users can log in with their Google profile URL. If you have a Gmail account or use any other Google service you already have a Google profile. Simply click this URL to find your profile: www.google.com/profiles/me. That’s definitely a URL which is easier to remember for users. Below is an example of a login with a Google profile:
Curiously, I wasn’t able to complete a login into Spread OpenID using my Google profile… I was prompted for my Google credentials, I authorized the login and I finally got redirected into your login form without further detail…
Trying it with my own Google profile URL here.
OK, it worked here as well. I wasn’t asked for any additional information on this blog. The only funny thing is the name Google sends to the login form (changed it for this reply, though).
Which fields of the login form did you fill? You only have to fill the “Web” field with your Google profile URL: http://www.google.com/profiles/yourname
Carsten
I didn’t even know that the comment form allowed you to log in. I tried the “log In” link in the top bar.
I see. Older versions of the OpenID plugin displayed a text indicating that the “web” field is OpenID enabled. But the information is gone now. Maybe we should add the information to the comment form ourselves. I will ask my partner in crime, Thomas.