[OpenID] Quick question about the Yahoo buttons

[Allen Tom]

Hi Max,

Marin's answer is correct. Here are a few examples:

https://www.plaxo.com/signin?ntmp=1
https://pibb.com/signin
http://jyte.com/auth/login
http://www.wishlistr.com/login-openid/
http://twitterfeed.com/auth/login/
https://www.rateaustin.com/howdy/

Allen


Martin Atkins wrote:
> Max Metral wrote:
>   
>> I like the idea of having larger provider icons on my consumer site 
>> because it helps people realize they can use OpenID even when they have 
>> no idea what it is.  But what confuses the daylights out of me is where 
>> that button is supposed to go.  Yahoo has this page to “grab a button” 
>> with no actual information about where the hell the link should point:
>>
>>  
>>
>> http://developer.yahoo.com/openid/loginbuttons.html
>>
>>  
>>
>> Am I supposed to just point them at the existing OpenID form when they 
>> click this or is there some more hand-holding process that Yahoo offers 
>> given that their users have to enable their accounts?  I realize there 
>> is potentially some session negotiation that has to occur with my 
>> server, just not sure how that’s supposed to go and what URLs it would use…
>>
>>     
>
> My understanding is that your Yahoo! button should behave exactly as if 
> the user had entered "yahoo.com" into your normal OpenID login form and 
> submitted. It's really just a shorthand to save the user from typing 
> that in.
>
> This will of course only work if you have an OpenID 2.0-capable relying 
> party, since Yahoo! supports only 2.0 and uses the 2.0 "directed 
> identity" feature to support the above.
>
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