Yeah, that was my number one concern. Hiding the URL bar is really the WRONG way to do it (something the spec MUST address, though I doubt in that context we can use the word MUST...).<div><br></div><div>To see this in action, visit the test site:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://8bitmusic.jdavid.net/">http://8bitmusic.jdavid.net/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The experience with the site is extremely weird: I signed in properly using the popup and the login page refreshed instead of providing me some kind of "success" message. I thought I'd entered the wrong credentials and hit cancel, but then the parent window refreshed and showed my profile, with a bunch of my data prepopulated (without asking me for explicit access permission):</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/3370317843/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/3370317843/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Clearly this leaves something to be desired, but now we at least have an alternative to Facebook Connect that we can look at!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Allen Tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atom@yahoo-inc.com">atom@yahoo-inc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Looks really nice! My main feedback is that the browser's address bar
needs to be displayed so that users can tell if they're logging into
myspace or not.<br>
<br>
The instructions on MySpace's home page says that you shouldn't login
to this popup. :)<br>
<br>
<h3>Always make sure you're visiting the real <a href="http://myspace.com" target="_blank">myspace.com</a>!</h3>
<ol>
<li>Check the URL in your browser.</li>
<li>Make sure it begins with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/</a></li>
<li>If ANY OTHER PAGE asks for your info, DON'T LOG IN!</li>
</ol>
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