Via Dive Into Mark, I hopped over to Idly’s MT 3.0b1 First Thoughts. Since MovableType 3.0 is in beta, it makes sense that they’re doing some major testing on TypeKey, their new comment registration system. Noticing that Idly has a TypeKey notice on his comment form, I clicked the link to see if I could sign up. I filled out the form and got an error message informing me that someone was already using my login name. This upset me, being that I’m the ruling daveXtreme in cyberspace.
Turns out that all TypePad users’ login names have been reserved for use in TypeKey, and I was able to log in using my TypePad password.
This was probably a good call by Six Apart, as TypePad is aimed at beginner users who would be confused and upset if they had to maintain different sets of identities for using their own site and commenting on others’. Yay for integration.
I guess privacy-skiddish people might be upset by being automatically thrown into the system, but since Six Apart already has all their contact information from their TypePad bill, they’ll just need to get over it.