openid implementation advice

[Ben Clemens]

Hi: 

I'm a designer working on an OpenID (and FB Connect) implementation for
current.com, a social news site from Current TV (a cable TV channel). I've
consulted with Chris Messina and wanted to ask this group for advice on the
design I have so far.

The largest issue for me has been attempting to do parts of the process in a
pop-up window. While the domain of the site the user is providing their
credentials to is a gigantic issue of course, the issue of *what exactly
current.com will use the account access for* is *even bigger* for users I've
talked with. Users do not want to provide access if we will be adding items
to their account without their permission, and after a pop-up is launched
(or there's a redirect), I have no ability to message the user about what my
site will do with the access they are providing. So, this version of the
design loads the external auth into an iFrame (now, excuse me while I cower
behind a mattress and prepare for the tomatoes and other thrown objects).

Thanks in advance for any feedback, advice, criticism, and an obvious, easy
way around these issues :)

http://labs.current.com/openid/currentauth_1_default.png
http://labs.current.com/openid/currentauth_2_openid_identity.png
http://labs.current.com/openid/currentauth_3_openid_auth.png
http://labs.current.com/openid/currentauth_4_openid_link.png

Ben Clemens
current.com