[OpenID] Feedback requested: New OpenID RP login UX prototype

[Andrew Arnott]

Thanks, Peter.  More responses inline...

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Andrew Arnott
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Peter Watkins <peterw at tux.org> wrote:

>  Andrew Arnott wrote:
>
> Live demo location: http://openidux.dotnetopenauth.net/
>
> I've got the same UX problems as Rabbit with Firefox (on Linux, FWIW).
>
> Additionally, NoScript tells me you're relying on JS from google.com,
> googleapis.com, and yahooapis.com (and this is before I've attempted to
> resolve the missing plugins problem**). That simply wouldn't fly on the
> sites I help run... we don't embed 3rd party scripts on our pages for
> security, privacy, and reliability reasons.
>

Hey, no sweat on that one.  That's an easily-changed detail.  In fact when I
run it locally it automatically switches to a locally hosted version of
those .js files.  The only requirement is jQuery, which the prototype gets
from Google because it's faster to do so (browsers likely already have it
cached and Google has distributed servers).  But jQuery can be hosted on
your own server no problem.  We pull from Yahoo for its YUI library, which
is an optional component that allows the Login split-button to work for
delegating identifiers.  That too can be hosted yourself, or abandoned
altogether at the cost of the split button being just a simple
most-preferred-OP button.


> BTW, last month our main site (I work for a mid-sized US city) added our
> first foray into OpenID for public (vs. extranet) features -- a web
> commenting feature that supports local logins or OpenID (special buttons for
> Yahoo and Google, standard box for other claimed IDs). Among the first
> public users are some who chose to use the Google or Yahoo buttons rather
> than create accounts that only work on our site. I owe you, Andrew, special
> thanks for that, as we're using DotNetOpenID to make that possible.
>

Very cool.  And you're welcome. :)


>
> -Peter
>
> ** The missing plugins problem is significant on Linux: clicking "Install
> Missing Plugins" and then "Next" yields the message "No suitable plugins
> were found".
>
> So the good news is that it turns out FireFox *does* show the Install
Missing Plugins button for me on Windows too.  But it takes a while to show
up, which is why I never noticed it.  I'll get that fixed.
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