I just setup an OpenID account using my domain name and myopenid.com. For the first time I actually have an OpenID that I will remember to use. Even more importantly the 37signals guys did some interesting single sign on features that made it useful to use.
Would it pass the mom test? Heck no. It took me an hour to setup with DNS registration and I didn't have a webserver for verification. Even if my mother finds an IT guy to set it up for her I still doubt she would take the time to learn the insanely long url for login. SSO is still a geek toy and won't be going mainstream anytime soon.
What about bit.ly for OpenID? Still annoyingly long but the more you could shorten the url the better for ease of use. Email addresses would still be the best SSO in my opinion. You have the username@domain. Everyone knows their email address. Why can't I find more documentation to do this instead of http://openid.myopenid.com/username?
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