[OpenID board] Fwd: RECOMMENDED: Proposal to create the OpenID User Interface working group

David Recordon david at sixapart.com
Mon Mar 2 04:10:19 UTC 2009


I'll try to remember to send all email like this to the Board as well moving forward...

----- "David Recordon" <david at sixapart.com> wrote:

> The Specifications Council recommends that the Foundation members
> unanimously approve the creation of the OpenID User Interface working
> group (votes found below), as proposed below and found at
> http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID-User-Interface-Work-Group-Proposal.
> 
> If you are a member of the OpenID Foundation, you'll be able to login
> and vote on the creation of this new working group after this 14-day
> notice period.  The vote thus will be from Sunday March 15th through
> Sunday March 29th.  All votes are held in US Pacific Time.
> 
> --David
> 
> Specs Council Voting:
> Allen Tom -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002726.html
> Brad Fitzpatrick -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002729.html
> David Recordon -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002731.html
> Dick Hardt -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000115.html
> Johnny Bufu -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000116.html
> Josh Hoyt -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000119.html
> Mike Jones -
> http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000120.html
> 
> Proposal:
> 
>       Name
> 
> OpenID User Interface Working Group
> 
> 
>       Background Information
> 
> OpenID traditionally requires the Relying Party to redirect the entire
> 
> browser window to the OpenID Provider for the user to authenticate 
> before redirecting the browser back to the Relying Party. It is
> believed 
> that the User Experience (UX) could be significantly improved if the 
> authentication flow occurred within a smaller popup window, making the
> 
> experience less disruptive to the user. 
> 
> Although it is possible for Relying Parties to open a popup window for
> 
> the user to authenticate at the OpenID Provider using the Provider's 
> default user interface, the overall user experience can be optimized
> if 
> the OP was aware that its UI was running within a popup. For instance,
> 
> an OP may want to resize the popup browser window when using the popup
> 
> interface, but would probably not want to resize the full browser
> window 
> when using the default redirect interface. Another optimization is
> that 
> the OP can close the popup, rather than return a negative assertion if
> 
> the user chooses to cancel the authentication request. 
> 
> Users who begin the OpenID sign in process on a Relying Party in one 
> language and then transition to their OpenID Provider's site in a 
> different language may find the overall experience to be very 
> disruptive. In many cases, the Relying Party may want to pass a
> language 
> hint to the OpenID Provider to use to display the User Interface to
> the 
> user, especially if the user is not already authenticated at the OP.
> 
>  
> 
> 
>       Statement of Purpose
> 
> This workgroup intends to produce a very brief OpenID extension to 
> enable the OpenID Authentication User Interface to be invoked in a 
> standalone popup window, and to allow the Relying Party to request
> that 
> the user interface be displayed in a particular language.
> 
>  
> 
> 
>       Scope
> 
> Produce an extension that allows an OpenID Provider to indicate its 
> support of a popup friendly user interface, as opposed to the default
> 
> user interface optimized for a full browser window. The popup must be
> in 
> an independent browser window, and must not be framed by the RP. 
> 
>  
> 
> The extension will also define a mechanim for RPs to pass a language 
> hint to the OP to help determine the langange used to display the
> OpenID 
> Authentication user interface.
> 
> 
>       Out of Scope 
> 
> The content of the user interface other than the language that the 
> interface is displayed in is out of scope.
> 
>  
> 
> 
>       Specifications 
> 
> OpenID User Interface Extension 1.0 
> 
> 
>       Anticipated audience
> 
> All those interested in improving OpenID Usability. 
> 
> 
>       Language of business
> 
> English. 
> 
> 
>       Method of work
> 
> Mailing list discussion. Posting of intermediate drafts in the OpenID
> 
> Wiki. Virtual conferencing on an ad-hoc basis. 
> 
> 
>       Basis for completion of the activity
> 
> The OpenID User Interface Extension 1.0 final draft is completed. 
> 
> 
>       Proposers
> 
>     * Allen Tom, atom at yahoo-inc.com, Yahoo!
>     * Brian Ellin, brian at janrain.com, Janrain
>     * David Recordon, david at sixapart.com, Six Apart
>     * Chris Messina, chris at citizenagency.com, Vidoop/DiSo Project 
>     * Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com, Google
>     * Luke Shepard, lshepard at facebook.com, Facebook
> 
> 
>       Initial Editors
> 
>     * Allen Tom, atom at yahoo-inc.com, Yahoo!
>     * Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com, Google
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