Login dialog strawman based on IIW discussion
Johannes Ernst
jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us
Sun Dec 10 20:18:08 UTC 2006
It absolutely is. see http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/User_Experience
We're just trying to do one thing at a time ...
On Dec 10, 2006, at 11:11, John Panzer wrote:
> Logged-in states are often signalled with links like "Sign out" or
> "Sign out nickname" in the header of the page. Is it useful to
> provide information like the following?
>
> o The fact that the system has logged the user in with an OpenID,
> not just a local identifier or nickname
> o "Who am I today on this site?"
>
> -John
>
> Chris Messina wrote:
>> Johannes,
>>
>> This is a great start to begin the conversation with. I appreciate
>> you
>> taking the time to put these together.
>>
>> I would ask that we also consider the pre- and post-conditional
>> states
>> for this UI (i.e. where someone was before arriving and what happens
>> after they login).
>>
>> Furthermore, and perhaps most importantly, we need a solution that
>> survives under various fidelities -- that is, is accessible not just
>> to javascript-enabled browsers loaded up on your desktop PC, but also
>> that work on cell phones and other devices where the best we can hope
>> for is an HTML rendering engine. Under such circumstances, how can we
>> still consistently maintain an OpenID user experience? And, on the
>> flip side, as technology allows, how can we enhance the experience
>> without creating confusion over the authenticity of the protocol or
>> implementation?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 12/8/06, Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Johannes Ernst
>>> NetMesh Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://netmesh.info/jernst
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
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> John Panzer
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