Login dialog strawman based on IIW discussion

[Johannes Ernst]

So what you are suggesting is this:
     http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/LID_Look_and_Feel
but as a bar in the top-right instead of the bottom-right? But it  
would have equivalent functionality, won't it? "Anonymous" vs. "You  
currently are http://example.com/jim" as well as login and logoff  
buttons.

I agree that would be most consistent with current practice -- the  
reason we picked the bottom-right was that some people complained it  
would screw up their existing web page designs. That's not  
necessarily an insurmountable problem, but something to keep in mind ...

On Dec 10, 2006, at 11:52, Chris Messina wrote:

> I really think we should look to the Blogger/WordPress model where
> there a bar across the top of every page you're logged in to.
>
> It would further be interesting if every site that uses OpenID had one
> of these bars, but in the unauthenticated state by default.
>
> A "ribbon" across the top like this would clearly communicate
> consistency and also relate to existing trends and interface design.
> Heck if we got Blogger and WordPress to play along, we'd have the
> standard set!
>
> Chris
>
> On 12/10/06, John Panzer <jpanzer at aol.net> 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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