The other night, I added OpenID support for Golf Trac. I’ve been using it (OpenID) more and more lately and I’m starting to really like it. It’s so easy. Since not everyone uses it (yet), I’ve implemented username/password registration, as well. Going from username/password to OpenID, or vice versa, is no problem. The accounts can be easily merged as long as the email that is registered is the same email associated with the OpenID account.
Technically speaking, managing both login types for the same account didn’t go quite as smoothly as planned. I didn’t want to create a second username/password registration process just because a user had an OpenID, so it was somewhat involved to come up with a work-around. I had a few issues bypassing certain validations, but all is well now. And besides, it’s only a little awkward in the rare case (going from OpenID to username/password). The typical case (going from username/password to OpenID) is completely seamless. If a user already has a username/password, signing in with OpenID will then tell Golf Trac to merge with the existing account.
If you think managing multiple logins is a pain, you really should look into OpenID.
