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OpenID started by Six Apart Inc. tries to create a system where a person only need one ID to access every website. For each website there can be a different profile present, it will not mix up anyone's professional identity and casual identity. A excerpt show what is OpenID:

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity.

OpenID starts with the concept that anyone can identify themselves on the Internet the same way websites do-with a URI (also called a URL or web address). Since URIs are at the very core of Web architecture, they provide a solid foundation for user-centric identity.

The first piece of the OpenID framework is authentication -- how you prove ownership of a URI. Today, websites require usernames and passwords to login, which means that many people use the same password everywhere. With OpenID Authentication (see specs), your username is your URI, and your password (or other credentials) stays safely stored on your OpenID Provider (which you can run yourself, or use a third-party identity provider).

To login to an OpenID-enabled website (even one you've never been to before), just type your OpenID URI. The website will then redirect you to your OpenID Provider to login using whatever credentials it requires. Once authenticated, your OpenID provider will send you back to the website with the necessary credentials to log you in. By using Strong Authentication where needed, the OpenID Framework can be used for all types of transactions, both extending the use of pure single-sign-on as well as the sensitivity of data shared.

Beyond Authentication, the OpenID framework provides the means for users to share other components of their digital identity. By utilizing the emerging OpenID Attribute Exchange specification (see specs), users are able to clearly control what pieces of information can be shared by their Identity Provider, such as their name, address, or phone number.

Today, OpenID has emerged as the de-facto user-centric identity framework allowing millions of people to interact online. With programs such as the I Want My OpenID Bounty, developers of Open Source projects are rapidly adding support for OpenID in order to enable their communities.

A few php application support OpenID, include wordpress with a plugin and the phpbb from phpbb.cc.

These classes could be helpful with PHP developers interested in OpenID:

• NetMesh InfoGrid LID PHP
• JanRain OpenID
• http://taral.livejournal.com/147710.html Server only; conforms to version 1.1.
• Simple OpenID PHP Class - Small class for consumer. Requires CURL.

OpenID is not the only one of the project want "1 user to many sites" idea, but among other projects with that same goal:Lid, iNames and Yadis.
Editor Comment:

I would LOVE all websites start to use OpenID, I'm sick of going around remembering 20 different passwords and user name.

Here are some impressive browser games because these game have gone beyond pure text and pure non-interactive images without use excessive Java or Flash. I will only mention names and websites.

Holy War II

Second Home

Willkommen bei Oreigon

Demonlords

Editor Comment:

These are some impressive games I have met. strangely most of them are not from US. Maybe because most browser games are text based. These ones are good, but it is still not perfect. At least, more Ajax can be applied. Also see Dogs of the Seas

Gravlab shows a impressive Pseudo-Gravity. The site contain few old version of the gravlab. It only works in IE.

Editor Comment:

It's not real gravity...also, it is made in 2002, why there are so many cool JS presentation in 2002?

polyhedra collects many interactive 3-d models. The modles are made with the canvas element and uses Netlib Polyhedra Database and George Hart's corrections. It can be rotated by using arrow keys.

Editor Comment:

I wish to put a 3D model on my site and spin it around and get me dizzy.

Canvas-Tower
Canvas-Tower is an JavaScript version of NS-Tower by Dan Vanderkam. This only runs smoothly in Firefox.

Editor Comment:

New findings always happen when a new door is opened. Sense the day I found Canvas, I can find games, special effects associate with Canvas everywhere.