Following requests from a number[1] of readers, I’ve implemented OpenID for the authentication of commenters on this blog. That means you no longer need to authenticate using TypeKey (although that remains an option). It’s worth pointing out that LiveJournal users already have a OpenID account, just use the full URL of your LiveJournal blog (e.g. http://davorg.livejournal.com).
So the usual caveats apply. If you see anything weird going on with comments in the next couple of weeks, please let me know.
If you run a Movable Type blog and you’re interested in adding OpenID support, then you might be interested to know that I used this plugin. I had one small problem. The plugin includes a version of the Perl module URI::Fetch which is rather old. Too old, in fact, to work with the Feed.App plugin that I also use. Removing the version of URI::Fetch that was bundled with the OpenID plugin solved the problem.
[1] And, yes, one is a number.
Look. OpenID comments. Woohoo!
Yay! Thank you!
Yey, now I don’t have to remember my TypeKey password anymore.
Awesome. :)
Hello!As far as I can see, your OpenID implementation seems to work great.Thanks for your submission to “The OpenID Directory“.BTW: You can let your readers vote for your site and claim ownership at the same time. If you have not registered your site yourself, claiming ownership enables you to to make changes to your description, thumbnail etc. any time you like :).Keep up the good work!Thomas Huhn
openid is the future
Hooray! Now I can finally comment here again.