# OpenID Marches On - Host: [gigaom.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/gigaom.com/) - Saved: April 24, 2008 (2008-04-24T22:00:00Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/967cfa8d3e83/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/967cfa8d3e83.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) First, JanRain (who run the myOpenID provider service) have come out with an ID Selector widget for web developers. Drop their javascript on your page, and theyll create a control to make it easy for a user to pick their own provider and sign in to your site. Lowering the friction of OpenID use will contribute to its spread. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Dow Jones Acquires Business Networking Tool Generate](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c17c86e31046/) (gigaom.com, April 17, 2008) - [Google Website Optimizer Opens Up](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d62483df3d50/) (gigaom.com, April 18, 2008) - [Wall Street Journal Paper Redesign: Launching Tomorrow; Broader Focus](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/efa2a7407c07/) (gigaom.com, April 21, 2008) - [Traditional Media Companies Fight The 'Lumbering Giant' Tag](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a7834b85ae10/) (gigaom.com, April 29, 2008) - [Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9498cad9331d/) (gigaom.com, May 5, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [Dilbert "Strategic Alternatives"](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1693b48c34c4/) (dilbert.com, April 24, 2008) - [CNBCs Mark Haines on Windows: Im done with this, Im buying a Mac; Ive been happy ever since](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/889259b85927/) (macdailynews.com, April 24, 2008) - [Twitter cans another engineer](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8e9ab1b0e7a7/) (gawker.com, April 24, 2008) - [Why I love working with family people](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/adabc4837b81/) (signalvnoise.com, April 24, 2008) - [Google Finance China, new Finance homepage](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9440af5e8650/) (googleblog.blogspot.com, April 24, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://gigaom.com/2008/04/24/openid-marches-on/