[OpenID] A selector for OpenID

[Peter Watkins]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 01:10:46PM +1000, Lachlan Hardy wrote:
> Very cool, Brian! As I've just spent a week working on a very similar
> interface for one specific project, I'm very impressed that you've brought
> out a generic version. (of course, I wish I'd seen this a week ago, but
> that's my problem).

I've been thinking that something like this was needed, too, though I
had not gotten as far as any coding. We're about to launch some login-
required apps at work, and I like the idea of letting users reuse their
existing accounts -- AOL and Yahoo! are probably quite prevalent (it's
a shame there are no official Gmail and Passport/Hotmail OPs), but I
don't expect users to understand OpenID URLs.

I haven't looked at the guts, but I'd ask that this be designed & 
licensed to allow me to install the JS, images, etc. on my own server 
-- both to eliminate a point of failure and for privacy reasons. As a 
matter of security policy, I don't allow embedding any Javascript that 
I don't control on my login, logout, and other account management pages,
and I try hard not to reference even images on other servers (privacy reasons).

On a purely aesthetic point, I'd suggest adding another "Sign in" link
in the provider pick list drop down for those providers that require
a specific identity, e.g. add a Sign in link next to the screenname
input when the user chooses AOL/AIM.

And the Help link should display more help on the same page as the selector.

But this is really quite nice!

-Peter