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

[Chris Messina]

Since Luke didn't link it specifically, the "single sign-out" concept is
something that he blogged about in May and would be a great feature to add
to 2.1:
http://www.sociallipstick.com/2009/05/logout-the-other-half-of-the-identity-equation/

Chris

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Eric Sachs <esachs at google.com> wrote:

> Jorgen, I'd love to also hear Microsoft's thoughts on what you have learned
> from operating Windows Live ID in terms of user experience and
> functionality.  You called out one specific feature OpenID lacks in
> comparison to Live ID:
>
> OpenID does not support a network sign-out function as part of its
> protocol, which can mean that users are left in a state that differs from
> what they might assume. For example, Windows Live ID users who sign out of
> an OpenID site might expect to be completely signed out of their account,
> because that is what happens on all other Windows Live ID-enabled sites.
>
> Are there any other things we should be learning from your experience Live
> ID?  Yahoo educated us about many interesting things they learned operating
> BBAuth for federated login.
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Jorgen Thelin <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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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