[OpenID] Windows LiveID - now with Information Card?

[Chris Messina]

Ah, but I run Safari. And Chrome...

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On Feb 25, 2010, at 5:59 AM, John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com> wrote:

> 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. :-/
>>
>> 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/> 
>>>>>>  ’s new Yahoo OpenID implementation (really awesome!) I no 
>>>>>> ticed that the Windows Live ID option now gives users the  
>>>>>> choice of authenticating with either password or Informati 
>>>>>> on Card. This is the first time I’ve seen stronger auth op 
>>>>>> tions 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 OpenID’s major benefits for 
>>>>>>  website owners is that they can implement a single interf 
>>>>>> ace (OpenID) that can give users different authentication  
>>>>>> options, including multi-factor auth, or an Information Ca 
>>>>>> rd.  It’s very likely that having the user sign into an RP 
>>>>>>  using an account that they already have and frequently us 
>>>>>> e, is both more secure and more usable than having the use 
>>>>>> r 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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