<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks for the screenshots.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This may be a really obvious statement, but I recommend looking at what they've done thinking about why they made the decisions they did. Microsoft always does a lot of usability testing, so there are probably very specific user concerns that were addressed. It may look "scary" but there is also the consideration that people will be using it at some point. It'll be on their PC, and it may be their first impression of SSO and profile/attribute exchange.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>That said, it looks like they've really attacked the privacy issue with a vengeance including the question of whether or not Microsoft will have access to user information. It looks like they've made a conscious decision to position the system as a security/privacy protector as opposed something to make life easier/keep you organized. Consider the complexity and potential for user problems with the managed cards UX. Having to go to one site, get a card, properly install it, then return to the original site seems like a great way to get users to choose a different site to use. I'd rather fill out a registration form and save my password on a post-it note stuck to my monitor.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Josh Viney</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.eastmedia.com/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.eastmedia.com</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>-- EastMedia</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://identity.eastmedia.com/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://identity.eastmedia.com</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>-- OpenID, Identity 2.0</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>