[user-experience] OpenID user experience (new mailing list)

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Thu Oct 26 03:23:12 UTC 2006


I started to document some of these issues here:

http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/User-experience

My experience is with the microformats wiki, and I borrow conventions from them.

Are there conventions in the OpenID wiki land that I need to be aware of?

Chris


On 10/25/06, Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us> wrote:
> >>>  - how can I log off and become anonymous again (currently unsolved)
> >
> > agree on log off, not sure user will be truly anonymous though
>
> I think we need to decide what expectations we create with the user
> if there was a button saying "log off" or something like that -- does
> that mean I'm anonymous now, or not? Alternatively, we could also
> require the relying party to stop correlating the user (eg "delete
> all session cookies" -- not sure what the right approach is, but very
> sure that we need to communicate well to the user what she can expect.
>
> I guess this is something we need to discuss. Opinions, anybody?
>
> >>>  - how can I find out what the site knows about me wrt identity
> >>> information (currently unsolved)
> >
> > Not sure that this one would be in scope. Interested to hear what
> > your thoughts are.
>
> Speaking for myself as a user, I'd like to know that. For example, I
> might think "let's make sure these guys have my cell phone number".
> How would I check that they do?
>
> It might be as simple as a link in a defined place with a defined
> label that goes to my "profile page" on that site. Or something more
> complex.
>
> >> Secondly, in your view, what other issues related to user
> >> experience should be discussed and/or resolved?
> >
> > Add:
> >
> > - How do I migrate my username/password account to using OpenID?
>
> Are you referring to the situation where I already have an account at
> a site, but now I'd like to disable auth by username/password and
> only use OpenID?
>
> If so, that sounds like a useful case.
>
> > - What do I do when I am at a site that supports OpenID?
>
> Are you asking for a consistent help system, or a common layout, or ..?
>
> > - What happens when xxxx error happens?
>
> That's another good one: how do errors get reported to the user, and
> what can the user do about them?
>
>
>
> Johannes Ernst
> NetMesh Inc.
>
>
>
>   http://netmesh.info/jernst
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> user-experience mailing list
> user-experience at openid.net
> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/user-experience
>
>
>
>


-- 
Chris Messina
Citizen Provocateur &
  Open Source Ambassador-at-Large
Work: http://citizenagency.com
Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog
Cell: 412 225-1051
Skype: factoryjoe
This email is:   [ ] bloggable    [X] ask first   [ ] private



More information about the user-experience mailing list