I would be more keen on this if you'd phrased it in less antagonistic language. The LiveJournal engine is not ridiculously easy to use, and frequently annoys geeks. The Dreamwidth OpenID login for LiveJournal users is significantly better than the LJ OpenID login for DW users.
However, improving the OpenID implementation is still a good thing, and I'd support your actual suggestion being implemented.
I also think that improving the error message described in http://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/30773.html?thread=70965#cmt70965 to give an LJ example including underscores would be a help. I think there's another bug already open to make it guess sensibly for people with underscores in their usernames, which will also help.
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However, improving the OpenID implementation is still a good thing, and I'd support your actual suggestion being implemented.
I also think that improving the error message described in http://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/30773.html?thread=70965#cmt70965 to give an LJ example including underscores would be a help. I think there's another bug already open to make it guess sensibly for people with underscores in their usernames, which will also help.