Login dialog strawman based on IIW discussion

[Chris Messina]

I should also add -- we need a UI for claiming or adding an OpenID URL
to your existing account, as Ma.gnolia, Opinity and others are
starting to allow.

Chris

On 12/11/06, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/06, Martin Atkins <mart at degeneration.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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.
> > >
> >
> > While I agree that this would be nice, I don't consider it very likely.
> > Sites evangelizing OpenID are one thing, but as more and more "normal"
> > sites decide to give OpenID a try I think we'd find them more resistant
> > to the imposition of OpenID on every page, especially in the valuable
> > "logo/banner" realestate at the top.
>
> Unlikely or not, perhaps we can simply derive suggestions about
> implementations, and, should an OpenID cookie be detected (I'm not
> necessarily the technical one here), that the bar be shown as a
> one-click login interface.
>
> In any case, I think that we need to provide a number of interfaces --
> as part of a series -- that site designers and implementations can
> choose from, that allow for some flexibility within a given range, and
> that highlight the benefits of becoming OpenID enabled... while also
> not creating such a litany of divergent options that potential end
> users get scared off and run back to the old username and password (U
> & P) shuffle.
>
> Let me suggest a few options:
>
> * retrofitting existing U & P forms
> * retrofitting existing login pages (see WordPress.com)
> * adding the openid identity bar to websites (again, WordPress.com or
> Blogger.com)
>
> In addition, of course, we need to develop standards for *new* OpenID
> login pages... i.e. iDP pages where people go to do the U & P shuffle
> -- and then of course that brings up the cases where both U & P *and*
> OpenID are supported in the case of combined iDPs+consumers.
>
> Anyway, I think we can develop a manageable matrix of recommended
> UIs... a total of maybe 12... 9 if we can really push through and stay
> focused.
>
> Chris
> > Also, many sites already have such bars. LiveJournal already has quite a
> > crowded one on which there probably isn't room for an OpenID box without
> > sacrificing something else.
> >
> >
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