Comments on JMPInline: Why using RPXNow is a bad idea

Yeah, the whole complexities of OpenID right now f...

2010-07-15T02:33:01.149-07:00

Yeah, the whole complexities of OpenID right now force developers to seek for simpler solutions. And I think wpxnow is only first one to commercialize on this complexities. More will come if whoever is responsible for OpenID as protocol won't do something to make it easier dramtically.

Andrew, after spending three days learning about t...

2009-08-04T03:51:50.188-07:00

Andrew, after spending three days learning about the complexities of OpenID, it was a no-brainer to delegate the task to rpxnow.
Maybe it's because I'm tired of reinventing the wheel, but you wont' see me again trying to get OpenID libraries to work correctly with all providers :-|

Thanks for your comments, Larry. I definitely wan...

2009-01-18T13:54:00.000-08:00

Thanks for your comments, Larry. I definitely want this post to be accurate and I appreciate your clarifying and correction remarks. Here are some extra thoughts to the individual points you made:

1) Point taken. As I said in my post, a customized trust root is an additional cost. $20/month is a good price for what you’re offering though, true enough. As far as confusing the users

I am about to deploy a site using RPXNow. I was q...

2009-01-18T10:05:00.000-08:00

I am about to deploy a site using RPXNow. I was quickly able to allow users to use their google, yahoo, aol or openid account without much code on my end, BRILLIANT!! I do see your points but I feel the ease of use and functionality outweighs them. I for one hope they stick around.

Andrew, I love you, but let me challenge your asse...

2009-01-18T07:24:00.000-08:00

Andrew, I love you, but let me challenge your assertions.

1) site.rpxnow.com. This is the trust root for our free basic service only. For $20/month a site can their own trust root. The cost really isn't that much more than the SSL cert and the labor to configure it. We have not had one single feedback that this trustroot confuses end-users.

2) Stability. You are