Inhouse registration vs. OpenID vs. Google Friend Connect vs. Facebook Connect vs. (etc)

Question

I\'m trying to decide how to allow users to register for my website... there\'s openID, clickpass, facebook connect, google friend connect, etc, or the good old fashioned in-hou

Answer 1

If you will need to maintain state information about your users (preferences and such) then you probably should provide your own user/password mechanism. This does not stop you from allowing users to take advantage of OpenID and its ilk. The question you need to answer is how much time should you devote in your project to supporting more than one method. Like all design decisions, there is a cost and a benefit to everything. Weight them both and pick the answer that fits your budget.