Request to consider creation of the User Interface Work Group

Brad Fitzpatrick brad at danga.com
Sun Feb 22 18:20:07 UTC 2009


+1

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:

> Hi Specs Council,
>
> Please consider the attached proposal to form the User Interface Work
> Group.
> http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID-User-Interface-Work-Group-Proposal
>
>
>   Charter Proposal
>
> In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures this
> note proposes the formation of a new working group chartered to produce an
> OpenID specification. As per Section 4.1 of the Policies, the proposed
> charter is below (still liable to change during this feedback period).
>
>     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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