[OpenID] Windows LiveID - now with Information Card?

[Allen Tom]

Interestingly, I was prompted to download IE7 and .NET when trying to use
Information Card on my Mac with Firefox. :-/

Allen



On 2/24/10 6:17 AM, "Andrew Arnott" <andrewarnott at gmail.com> wrote:

> It also doesn't show up on the screen alongside the choice to use Live ID.  It
> only shows up after you've picked Live ID.  Just in case that helps.
> --
> 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
> 
> 
> 2010/2/24 John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com>
>> The page is using JS to detect if there is a info-card selector installed in
>> the browser.
>> 
>> It is there by default for you in IE in Vista and Win 7.
>> 
>> It is an optional install for FireFox on Win & Mac or for IE on XP.
>> 
>> There isn't much use in showing a infocard login to someone without a
>> selector.
>> 
>> Most infocard RPs do the same thing and hide the login if the user doesn't
>> have a selector.
>> 
>> John B.
>> 
>> On 2010-02-24, at 3:24 AM, Chris Messina wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>>>> While checking out whitepages.com <http://whitepages.com/> ¹s new Yahoo
>>>> OpenID implementation (really awesome!) I noticed that the Windows Live ID
>>>> option now gives users the choice of authenticating with either password or
>>>> Information Card. This is the first time I¹ve seen stronger auth options on
>>>> a real production website that accepts OpenID.
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure that I see what you see... where is the information card
>>> option? Is this for Vista-only users?
>>> 
>>> I only have the option to sign in using my Windows Live ID... (i.e. hotmail
>>> account).
>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> In my personal opinion, one of OpenID¹s major benefits for website owners
>>>> is that they can implement a single interface (OpenID) that can give users
>>>> different authentication options, including multi-factor auth, or an
>>>> Information Card.  It¹s very likely that having the user sign into an RP
>>>> using an account that they already have and frequently use, is both more
>>>> secure and more usable than having the user register and login using a
>>>> local userid and password.
>>> 
>>> Agreed. And there are subsequent benefits as well, since signing in with
>>> Google account provide my email and language preference as well.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Allen
>>>> 
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