[OpenID] Windows LiveID - now with Information Card?

[John Bradley]

They should have offered to let you download the FF extension.   However they are Microsoft:)  

John B.
On 2010-02-24, at 11:58 PM, Allen Tom wrote:

> Interestingly, I was prompted to download IE7 and .NET when trying to use Information Card on my Mac with Firefox. :-/
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> Allen
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> On 2/24/10 6:17 AM, "Andrew Arnott" <andrewarnott at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>>> It is there by default for you in IE in Vista and Win 7.
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>>> It is an optional install for FireFox on Win & Mac or for IE on XP.
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>>> There isn't much use in showing a infocard login to someone without a selector.
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>>> Most infocard RPs do the same thing and hide the login if the user doesn't have a selector.
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>>> John B.
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>>> On 2010-02-24, at 3:24 AM, Chris Messina wrote:
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>>>> 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/> ’s 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 I’ve seen stronger auth options on a real production website that accepts OpenID.
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>>>> I'm not sure that I see what you see... where is the information card option? Is this for Vista-only users?
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>>>> I only have the option to sign in using my Windows Live ID... (i.e. hotmail account).
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>>>>> 
>>>>> In my personal opinion, one of OpenID’s 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.  It’s 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.
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>>>> Agreed. And there are subsequent benefits as well, since signing in with Google account provide my email and language preference as well.
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>>>> Chris
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>>>>> Allen
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