<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Updated at <A href="http://netmesh.info/jernst-files/openid/login-dialog.html">http://netmesh.info/jernst-files/openid/login-dialog.html</A><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 10, 2006, at 9:45, Joseph Smarr wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Johannes-it’s great to see these examples (and thanks for Chris for blogging them, since I hadn’t signed up for the UX mailing list yet). <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">One suggestion: you might consider using the OpenID logo next to the “Use OpenID” link. I think the logo is very recognizable, and it would help OpenID people see the option more clearly. I think it’s also sufficiently small and neutral that, in general, it would not interfere with the existing design of the page.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">The “No password?” link is a bit too prominent/confusing for my taste, but I do think it would benefit users (and OpenID) if you put some brief text below the OpenID login box, including some instructions and a link to “what is OpenID?”. The instructions might be “Enter your OpenID URL, host name, or i-name to log in.” The advantage of the link will also be that every curious non-openID user who clicks “Use OpenID” can then get an explanation of OpenID, including hopefully some links of sites where you can get your own OpenID link.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Thanks, js<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <TABLE class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" style="width:300.0pt"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <TABLE class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="400" style="width:300.0pt"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <TABLE class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" style="width:300.0pt;border:solid #666666 1.0pt"> <TBODY><TR height="1" style="height:.75pt"><TD width="100%" height="1" bgcolor="#4E81C4" style="width:100.0%; 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