Login dialog strawman based on IIW discussion

Daniel Burkes dburkes at infoteria.com
Sat Dec 9 05:11:05 UTC 2006


Hi Johannes-

> I took the action item to mock up an OpenID login dialog according  
> to what we discussed in-person at IIW.
>
> You can find it here: http://netmesh.info/jernst-files/openid/login- 
> dialog.html
>
> The idea is that this would get turned into a template that sites  
> could download and incorporate easily.
>
> Instead of "Help" I decided to write "No password?" -- that makes  
> it harder for a phisher to add a password field to a pretend OpenID  
> login dialog, because the user may well remember that not only  
> wasn't there a field, but it specifically said there wasn't. The  
> link leads to the generic help/user-education page that we discussed.
>
> Thoughts?
>

Looks great- a couple of feedback points-

1.  Whereas you are using a checkbox to toggle modes, I think the  
more typical usage in the field is a simple link (anchor).  Users  
already have a connotation in their mind that clicking a link causes  
an action- that connotation doesn't hold for a checkbox.

2.  I like your reasoning around using the phrase "No password?".  In  
addition to satisfying your anti-phishing criteria, I think the  
phrase is also comfortable because it speaks in the voice of the  
user.  In other words, "No password?" is exactly what she's saying in  
her internal dialog at that point.

As we develop our OpenID-enabled login dialogs for Lingr, I'll break  
them out in to self-contained examples like this and share them with  
the group.  Due to the impending holidays, this might take a bit  
longer than it otherwise would.

Best Regards,

Danny



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