A real world NASCAR to keep in mind

[Dick Hardt]

On 2010-06-13, at 1:35 PM, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:

> On Sunday 13 June 2010 Chris Messina wrote:
>> I'm sure you've all seen interfaces like this — on ATMs or at the
>> airport... or in this case, in public transit systems:
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784269/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784237/
>> 
>> I think it's worth keeping this kind of UI in mind when we consider what
>> the experience for OpenID may need to be like in the future (though
>> perhaps less card-based and more mobile-device driven?).
> 
> This looks very much like what we have come up with for our OpenID based login 
> in SUSE Studio after quite some iterations: http://susestudio.com/login
> 
> It seems to work pretty well, so I can only agree with the notion that these 
> kind of interfaces are a good OpenID experience.

I really, really hope that we move beyond the NASCAR approach. It solidifies the existing players which then have little motivation to innovate. What new features have credit card companies rolled out? Why don't I have a web API to my credit card information so that I can mix my purchase data with other data?

-- Dick