<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Steven Livingstone-Perez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:weblivz@hotmail.com">weblivz@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font face="Calibri">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.</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know certain providers do a terrible job of this and it really kills the OpenID experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Vidoop actually did a pretty good job on their iPhone UI, but of course they've gone out of business. Still, some screenshots persist:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2988184090/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2988184090/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2987326395/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnorris/2987326395/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>In any case, providing an appropriate UI for the platform is pretty critical, IMO.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font face="Calibri">steven</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://livz.org" target="_blank">http://livz.org</a></font></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="chris.messina@gmail.com" href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com" target="_blank">Chris Messina</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:41 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="sakimura@gmail.com" href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">Nat
Sakimura</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="weblivz@hotmail.com" href="mailto:weblivz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Steven Livingstone-Perez</a> ; <a title="general@openid.net" href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">OpenID List</a> </div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID] Mobile OpenID support?</div></div></div></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div><br></div>I've written about OpenID in mobile apps (specifically on the
iPhone):
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<div><a href="http://wiki.factoryjoe.com/OpenID-for-Mobile" target="_blank">http://wiki.factoryjoe.com/OpenID-for-Mobile</a></div>
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<div>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).</div>
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<div>Chris<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Nat Sakimura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:#ccc 1px solid;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">I completely agree. Many people seems to use OAuth for this
purpose,<br>but OpenID should be capable of doing it as an Authentication
Protocol proper.<br><br>We need a sample flow on a target platform so that we
can "reality check."<br>What mobile platform are you having in
mind?<br><br>=nat<br><br>On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Steven
Livingstone-Perez<br>
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<div><<a href="mailto:weblivz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">weblivz@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>
Hi Nat.<br>><br>> Yes - seems to me a big win of OpenID could be a
simple UX on mobile<br>> devices.<br>><br>> steven<br>><br>>
--------------------------------------------------<br>> From: "Nat
Sakimura" <<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>><br>> Sent:
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:01 PM<br>> To: "Steven Livingstone-Perez"
<<a href="mailto:weblivz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">weblivz@hotmail.com</a>><br>>
Cc: "OpenID List" <<a href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">general@openid.net</a>><br>> Subject:
Re: [OpenID] Mobile OpenID support?<br>><br>>> You mean, "mobile" in
as sense of "mobile handset app"?<br>>><br>>> Then, I do not
know....<br>>><br>>> =nat<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Sep 16,
2009 at 4:45 AM, Steven Livingstone-Perez<br>>> <<a href="mailto:weblivz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">weblivz@hotmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Does anyone have some pointers to
mobile sites that use OpenID?<br>>>><br>>>> For example i
can log into LiveJournal using my OpenID on a mobile but<br>>>>
only<br>>>> through the desktop browser interface - the LiveJournal
mobile UI [1]<br>>>> [2] doesn't seem to support
OpenID.<br>>>><br>>>> Looking for some sites that support it
as part of their mobile UX.<br>>>><br>>>> many
thanks,<br>>>> steven<br>>>> <a href="http://livz.org" target="_blank">http://livz.org</a><br>>>><br>>>> [1] <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/login.bml" target="_blank">http://www.livejournal.com/mobile/login.bml</a><br>
>>>
[2] <a href="http://m.livejournal.com/login?back_uri=/start" target="_blank">http://m.livejournal.com/login?back_uri=/start</a><br>>>>
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