[OpenID] Windows Live ID OpenID CTP Status Update (August 2009)

Fri Aug 28 00:18:24 UTC 2009

That research had in mind how sites that have a legacy login system
(typically based on usernames or email addresses) can integrate OpenID
with good usability.

A variant of that is to use "Email address or URL:" and have a uni-box
for login.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Peter Williams<pwilliams at rapattoni.com> wrote:
> Openid: the URL is king, and is the source of all identity wisdom.
>
> Google: no it's  not: email address is king. Pah to you, and your URL axiom.
>
> That's what I read.
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> On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:55 PM, "Chris Messina" <chris.messina at gmail.com<mailto:chris.messina at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Fair enough. It is a little overwhelming, but I suppose that's a good thing.
>
> Is this still your most current thinking?
>
> <https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/UXFedLogin/summary>https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/UXFedLogin/summary
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> Chris
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Breno de Medeiros <<mailto:breno at google.com>breno at google.com<mailto:breno at google.com>> wrote:
> Google regularly shares the results of our experiences and our
> research in the site:
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> <https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/>https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Chris Messina<<mailto:chris.messina at gmail.com>chris.messina at gmail.com<mailto:chris.messina at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> This post is very useful, and one of the more elaborate from one of the
>> majors. I want to commend Microsoft for providing the amount of information
>> that they did, and for sharing their findings (not with data, but still, the
>> takeaways are generally useful).
>> I would be very happy if Facebook, Yahoo, and Google all did the same.
>> Clearly folks have had some questions and challenges dealing with OpenID on
>> Google Apps for Your Domain, and it would be useful to understand where the
>> confusion is coming from so that we could work to address it.
>> In general, I find Microsoft's experience sobering — from both a privacy and
>> usability perspective. The things that are valued by the UCI community seem
>> to need to be jettisoned left and right because regular folks just don't
>> grok it. These things are important to consider — and merely complaining
>> about the loss of such features or the diminishment of certain priorities
>> does us no good.
>> Allen Tom, Steven Jackson and (I think) Luke Shepard have all been working
>> on the user experience of OpenID for several months now, and it's unclear to
>> me what the path to seeing that work adopted or reviewed is.
>> Microsoft is clearly making progress here — and it would behoove the OpenID
>> community, I believe, to take note of their lead and consider how we can
>> learn more about how OpenID is actually performing in the wild and how it's
>> being adopted and used (or not).
>> Chris
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:45 PM, David Recordon <<mailto:recordond at gmail.com>recordond at gmail.com<mailto:recordond at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Great, thanks for the update!
>>>
>>> --David
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Jorgen Thelin<<mailto:jthelin at microsoft.com>jthelin at microsoft.com<mailto:jthelin at microsoft.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>> > FYI, the Live ID Team has posted a blog post giving a status update on
>>> > the
>>> > Live ID OpenID Provider Community Tech Preview and some of the lessons
>>> > learned (particularly around UI / user experience) which you guys may
>>> > find
>>> > of interest.
>>> >
>>> > <http://winliveid.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AEE1BB0D86E23AAC!1791.entry> http://winliveid.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AEE1BB0D86E23AAC!1791.entry
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I bet you all thought we had forgotten about this stuff ;-), but we are
>>> > actively working on the production OP release for Live ID users.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Unfortunately I cannot publicly share any specific schedule details at
>>> > this
>>> > stage. Stay tuned though :)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > - Jorgen
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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