[OpenID] choosing persona during sign in

[Allen Tom]

This is pretty much how the Yahoo OP does it, however, the percentage of 
users who do this is very, very small.

We used to highlight this feature much more prominently than we do now, 
and we found that most people exploring this feature got really confused 
and lost.

Even for the users who successfully created multiple OpenIDs for their 
account, many users were  confused as to why selecting a different 
OpenID than what they used previously at an RP made them go through the 
RP's registration flow again as a first time user.

Again, since we all know how OpenID works, it's perfectly logical that 
choosing a different OpenID would force the user to go through the RP's 
reg flow again, as a first time user, but that's just a bit too much for 
many people to deal with.

Allen

Andrew Arnott wrote:
> Hi Allen,
>
> Why not hide the personas option for users until they explore their 
> account settings page and see a little corner of a feature called 
> 'personas'.  If they set it up, then on future logins they'll have the 
> option of picking their from the alternate personas.  This will give 
> the users to power as they are ready for it, without complicating the 
> login process for the new users.
>
> --
> Andrew Arnott
> "I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the 
> death your right to say it." - S. G. Tallentyre
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com 
> <mailto:atom at yahoo-inc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Having a OP-NASCAR to kick off the flow, followed by a
>     Persona-NASCAR on the OP's approval screen seems a bit much.
>
>     Given that many OPs give away free accounts, and users are not
>     prevented from having multiple accounts, I don't really see the
>     point of a Persona NASCAR.
>
>     Allen
>
>
>
>     SitG Admin wrote:
>
>
>         I imagine several clumps of icons, each group having in common
>         a single identifier, so the user can visually select which
>         other RP's may learn about their new activities, or elect to
>         use a new identifier instead. The similarity between this
>         "solution" and a known problem ("Nascar") doesn't seem like a
>         good sign, though.
>
>         -Shade
>
>
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