[OpenID] Windows LiveID - now with Information Card?

[Chris Messina]

OpenID works just fine in my browsers... ;)

Sent from my iPhone 2G

On Feb 25, 2010, at 8:51 AM, John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com> wrote:

> Sounds like you are volunteering to support those platforms.
>
> Good man:)
>
> Supporting the existing open source selectors on those browsers is  
> not a big deal.  There is a Safari plugin.
> Unfortunately  it hasn't been updated for the current version of  
> Safari it is 32bit.
>
> I was thinking of fixing it if I get some spare time.
>
> John B.
>
> On 2010-02-25, at 11:38 AM, Chris Messina wrote:
>
>> Ah, but I run Safari. And Chrome...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 2G
>>
>> 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.c 
>>>>>>>> om/> ’s new Yahoo OpenID implementation (really awesom 
>>>>>>>> e!) I noticed that the Windows Live ID option now give 
>>>>>>>> s users the choice of authenticating with either passw 
>>>>>>>> ord or Information Card. This is the first time I’ve s 
>>>>>>>> een 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 OpenID’s major benefits 
>>>>>>>>  for website owners is that they can implement a singl 
>>>>>>>> e interface (OpenID) that can give users different aut 
>>>>>>>> hentication options, including multi-factor auth, or a 
>>>>>>>> n Information Card.  It’s very likely that having the  
>>>>>>>> user sign into an RP using an account that they alread 
>>>>>>>> y have and frequently use, is both more secure and mor 
>>>>>>>> e 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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