Another approach to OpenID authentication from Mediamatic

Santosh Rajan santrajan at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 05:08:31 UTC 2009



I think a Tab Layout (horizontal) would have made it clearer than the
Accordion Layout we see. Nice work though.


Chris Messina wrote:
> 
> 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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