2020-07-10T16:25:05+12:00 http://bluishcoder.co.nz/ Bluishcoder admin@bluishcoder.co.nz 2009-02-27T13:30:00+13:00 http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2009/02/27/user-authentication-openid-and-facebook <p>I'm still looking at the different options for <a href="http://tinyvid.tv/">tinyid</a> to handle registration and authentication of users. My recent change added logging in using your Facebook account using <a href="http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php">Facebook Connect</a>. Another option I'm considering is <a href="http://openid.net/">OpenID</a>.</p> <p>There's a good blog post comparing the <a href="http://www.sociallipstick.com/2008/11/21/an-open-stack-glossary-for-facebook-developers/">Facebook vs the OpenID stack</a>. The same weblog has a post on using <a href="http://www.sociallipstick.com/2009/02/04/how-to-accept-openid-in-a-popup-without-leaving-the-page/">OpenID in a popup</a> without leaving the page, similar to how Facebook Connect does its magic. You can see a <a href="http://openid-demo.appspot.com/">demo of this concept in action</a>.</p>