Vox is closing on September 30, 2010. One month seems like very short notice for closing a service of this size, especially since it functions as an OpenID provider so in addition to migrating their content away users may need to sign in to other services and set up an alternative form of authentication. UPDATE: From the comments, Vox accounts that migrate to TypePad will also have their OpenID migrated, and TypePad will continue to serve OpenID requests for old vox.com addresses. Smart solution.
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Darn, they were my OpenID provider. Which alternatives do you recommend, which (ideally) will be around in 5 years time?
Peter Bowyer - 3rd September 2010 09:12 - #
That's tricky :/ I use MyOpenID personally but I can't vouch for their long-term future.
They should have just stuck to making amps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_(musical_equipmen t )
Sam - 3rd September 2010 12:31 - #
They should really just keep the OpenID part running, close the service.
I was wondering what happened to Vox. It wasn't bad, it just always seemed a little overdesigned somehow, both visually and structurally. Mmm.
Anyone using OpenID should also be delegating via a domain they control. :-(
Jeremy Dunck - 3rd September 2010 18:04 - #
Jeremy,
That's exactly what I do and recommend. I use my own domain as my OpenID and delegate to Vox. This way, when Vox shuts down, I can simply delegate to another OpenID provider.
This is part of the beauty of OpenID. Your authentication provider can change without affecting your online identity.
Yea, but that doesn't really make sense because it limits OpenID usage to people who own domains. Not good.
come on, who didn't see this coming?
Morlax - 4th September 2010 04:58 - #
Peter, choosing an OpenID provider is similar to choosing an email provider. It's preferable to have one's email provider stay in business; however, some people can mitigate this by using their own domain. Gmail and Blogger are examples of services that let you use their domain, or your own. The same is with OpenID, for the vast majority of people, using a major provider like Google, Yahoo, or Facebook directly may be the easy way to go. For those that want to use less popular service providers, delegation allows one to take on some more provider risk without increasing your identity risk. So OpenID delegation should be seen as an optional improvement, not a requirement.
Although it's not made tremendously obvious on the closing down site, migrating a Vox blog to TypePad will also migrate the vox.com OpenID identifier to TypePad.
TypePad will continue to service both typekey.com and vox.com OpenID identifiers for the foreseeable future.