<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://2025/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I think it was from the UI extension for openID 2. I remember that there was a reason Google and the other authors of that extension needed it a fixed size at the time. Something about the RP popping the window and the IdP needing to know the size to display text properly.<div><br></div><div>Now that we assume browsers are JS capable (Not so true 5 years ago) the IdP can likely dynamically determine the size. It might still be a good idea to recommend a hight x width ratio.</div><div><br></div><div>JainRain and others can probably say what the current best practice is.</div><div><br></div><div>John B.<br><div><div>On 2013-10-22, at 11:40 PM, Mike Jones <<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Microsoft developers were asking where the 450x500 dimensions came from and if they’re the right ones. Who know the history of where these dimensions came from?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Anthony Nadalin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:38 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mike Jones; Tim Bray<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [Openid-specs-ab] 450 x 500 recommendation for popup<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Many devices don’t support 450 x 500 pixels<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mike Jones<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:42 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tim Bray<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Openid-specs-ab] 450 x 500 recommendation for popup<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Rather than saying “The popup User-Agent window SHOULD be 450 pixels wide and 500 pixels tall” should we say “The popup User-Agent window SHOULD be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">a minimum of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>450 pixels wide and 500 pixels tall”?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tim Bray [<a href="mailto:tbray@textuality.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:tbray@textuality.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:34 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mike Jones<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Openid-specs-ab] 450 x 500 recommendation for popup<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Yeah, no kidding. And what about on Retina displays? This guidance seems in appropriate.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Mike Jones <<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">A question from developers that I forgot to ask on Monday: Why is 450 x 500 the recommended window size for display=popup and is this the right size?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br>_______________________________________________<br>Openid-specs-ab mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Openid-specs-ab mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net">Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br>http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab</div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>