[OpenID] Mobile OpenID support?

[Chris Messina]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Steven Livingstone-Perez <
weblivz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> In my case i can identify a mobile device and present a mobile UI and the
> round-trip works as per the normal flow. I can't imagine this needs to be
> any more complex than this so long as the OP supports mobile sign-ins and
> preferably directed identity ... the only issue is that you need to ensure
> the server is fully up to date to detect the mobile headers in the http
> request, but other than I would think that works well.
>

Yes, where possible, an OP should try to provide an interface designed to
fit the user's user-agent. If they're coming from a mobile device, it does
make sense to provide a mobile-optimized experience.

I know certain providers do a terrible job of this and it really kills the
OpenID experience.

Vidoop actually did a pretty good job on their iPhone UI, but of course
they've gone out of business. Still, some screenshots persist:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2988184090/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2987326395/

In any case, providing an appropriate UI for the platform is pretty
critical, IMO.

Chris



> steven
> http://livz.org
>
>
>  *From:* Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:41 AM
> *To:* Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Steven Livingstone-Perez <weblivz at hotmail.com> ; OpenID List<general at openid.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [OpenID] Mobile OpenID support?
>
> I've written about OpenID in mobile apps (specifically on the iPhone):
> http://wiki.factoryjoe.com/OpenID-for-Mobile
>
> You might check out Dopplr on the iPhone — which uses OAuth and allows to
> signin via OpenID through the web browser (currently the only practice that
> supports OpenID in non-browser software).
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I completely agree. Many people seems to use OAuth for this purpose,
>> but OpenID should be capable of doing it as an Authentication Protocol
>> proper.
>>
>> We need a sample flow on a target platform so that we can "reality check."
>> What mobile platform are you having in mind?
>>
>> =nat
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Steven Livingstone-Perez
>>  <weblivz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Nat.
>> >
>> > Yes - seems to me a big win of OpenID could be a simple UX on mobile
>> > devices.
>> >
>> > steven
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------
>> > From: "Nat Sakimura" <sakimura at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:01 PM
>> > To: "Steven Livingstone-Perez" <weblivz at hotmail.com>
>> > Cc: "OpenID List" <general at openid.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [OpenID] Mobile OpenID support?
>> >
>> >> You mean, "mobile" in as sense of "mobile handset app"?
>> >>
>> >> Then, I do not know....
>> >>
>> >> =nat
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Steven Livingstone-Perez
>> >> <weblivz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Does anyone have some pointers to mobile sites that use OpenID?
>> >>>
>> >>> For example i can log into LiveJournal using my OpenID on a mobile but
>> >>> only
>> >>> through the desktop browser interface - the LiveJournal mobile UI [1]
>> >>> [2] doesn't seem to support OpenID.
>> >>>
>> >>> Looking for some sites that support it as part of their mobile UX.
>> >>>
>> >>> many thanks,
>> >>> steven
>> >>> http://livz.org
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/login.bml
>> >>> [2] http://m.livejournal.com/login?back_uri=/start
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>> >>
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