Another approach to OpenID authentication from Mediamatic

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 04:20:10 UTC 2009


On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:09 PM, jDavid <jdavid.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> the process is not as transparent as it could be.
>

I agree that it could be nuanced considerably.


it would be nice, if it was clear that you had 3 options a) b) c)
>

Right.


>
> it would also like to see the openid logo on the actual panel.
>

I would too, but I'm biased.

Chris



>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I thought this was a very clever approach to OpenID:
>> http://www.reboot.dk/logon
>>
>> At first, it doesn't really look like OpenID... but if you pick a site
>> from the dropdown (i.e. Mediamatic) you'll be redirected to the remote site
>> to authenticate with a helpful instruction: "After I log in I will return to
>> Reboot".
>>
>> I was also miffed at first -- because I was like -- well, I don't have one
>> of those and I don't want to create another account -- nor can I remember if
>> I already have one... and then I saw the collapsed option to sign in with
>> OpenID — phew!
>>
>> Barring that, you can just join the site as you would any other site.
>>
>> I like this 3-stage approach... allowing the RP to pick from a list of
>> partners or preferred OPs but not removing free choice altogether. Should
>> all that fail, you can still create a local/legacy account.
>>
>> Anyway, thought it was worth putting out there.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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