OpenID

OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience. You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

OpenID originally hatched at Six Apart in Brad Fitzpatrick’s office as a plan to allow TypePad, LiveJournal and Vox users to comment on each others’ blogs. Brad dubbed it YADIS, created a mailing list, and an initial implementation.

A week later, give or take, we renamed it to OpenID, someone donated the domain name and I banged out a logo.

Links

• Official OpenID Site
• The OpenID Foundation
• OpenID on Wikipedia
• OpenID Connect Implementations

OpenID, and making glue

This originally was a response to a message posted by Chris Messina to the OpenID mailing list.

April 5, 2009 in OpenID

OpenID Logo Usage Guidelines

Created this back in May for the OpenID Foundation—not sure if it was ever released to the public.

August 18, 2008 in Design, OpenID

Yahoo Supports OpenID

Attaboy, Yahoo!

January 17, 2008 in OpenID

OpenID Assets

OpenID Logo (PDF) Large Large (mono) Treatments Reduced Size Small Small (mono) Raster - 16x16 (favicon)

January 16, 2008 in Design, OpenID

Third Go Around

I’ve been displeased with certain aspects of the OpenID logo as it stands for a while.

January 9, 2008 in Design, OpenID