As with any new system, it will evolve over time and hopefully improve the way it operates. The Internet has evolved primarily by the construction of individual websites that view the people they interact with as "their" customers and so have set up userID's and passwords to let users enter "their"system.
Of course as more and more websites have been built we the users have had to have more and more UserID's and Passwords the we have to remember to enter each website we want to make use of. Of course each website has different rules and processes for setting userID's and passwords. Some ask you to use your email address, some ask for a unique identifier for you that may not be able to be your name. The passwords can be short or long, capitalised, include symbols etc. which makes it impossible to have the same password (not that we should be using the same password should we).
What we need to evolve to is the Internet seeing individuals as real people who need to access more than one site. This is where the Open ID was formed. The Open ID allows you to use an existing account to sign into multiple websites, without needing to create new passwords.
Click here to find out more about Open ID http://openid.net/get-an-openid/what-is-openid/
More and more websites are adopting Open ID or something like it, including some of the big players like Google and Yahoo. This will help users have a better experience on the Internet over time. Bring it on!
Please let me know if you have used Open ID of something similar and let me know if it is improving the experience on the Internet or if it is creating issues for you.
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