I'm fairly new to this list, so forgive me if my points seem repetitive.<br><br>I
agree with most of what has been said already, specifically the
non-obviousness of the OpenID sign-on on the Mediamatic site (but
applaud them for trying something new). My personal opinion is that
asking a user "who are you" is simply too confusing at this point in
time. Currently I think the best solutions out there are the nascar
ones. These are especially seamless if you are already signed into a
session with a given provider in a different tab.<br>
<br>Long-run I would very much like to see something like the Higgins Project
(<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/higgins/" target="_blank">http://www.eclipse.org/higgins/</a>)
take hold. Then "who are you"
questions could be answered by simply selecting a profile card to
authenticate as rather than clicking a Google icon or pasting in a URL
or username/password combination. "Who are you" makes a lot more sense
in this context than it does with a URL or a username/password. The
card system is both more intuitive
and allows for finer grained privacy control and data portability.
However it'll be a while before ID cards become mainstream, especially
since both usability and support in that space ishorrid right now from
what I've seen. It will also require even more user training than
openID alone does...<br><br>Anyway,
just my 2 cents. Nascar solutions are the best out there right now
IMO, and OpenID shouldn't need to be hidden away as a separate login
"page."<br><br>-Kevin<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Cameron King <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron@uniquekings.com">cameron@uniquekings.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:18, Chris Messina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.messina@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:16 AM, David Christiansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:openid-userexperience@davidchristiansen.com" target="_blank">openid-userexperience@davidchristiansen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">I also fell into the 'typical user' trap and clicked through the 'Log In' dropdown, hit back to the reboot site THEN saw the alternatives. I think user's (and this includes me I guess ;)) subconsciously don't read a whole page before deciding what to do - they find the first thing that looks like it will meet their needs and click! Frankly on first pass I didn't even read the other red headings - this is not a dig at the site design, but more an observation on user behaviour.<div>
</div></span></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>This is absolutely true. People don't read on the web, they scan, and even at that, they look for handles to grab on to and just click. I blame Google.</div></div></blockquote>
</div><br></div>This isn't specific to the web or Google. Everything from advertisements to supermarket doors are designed that way. The point is, that a user of any system on the web or off - shouldn't have to re-learn every environment.<br>
<br>Advertisements rely on viewers scanning left to right, top to bottom. Doorways have handles where you need to pull, and bars where you need to push - green for enter, red for do not enter. Because our day-to-day activities match a learned pattern, we don't have to think - we simply do. Personally, I would be very annoyed if I had to keep re-learning how to login to a webpage.<br>
<br>What about in this hypothetical autocomplete box, if there were some nascar-ish buttons that autofilled the box and hilighted the username potion. As a "hint" for the clueless.<br><br>Scanners would still catch the button intended for them without obsuring what's really happening. Maybe in the future they would explore other options or run their own - or maybe they just click their familiar button each time....<br>
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<br>Not trying to re-design your idea, just my two cents.<br><font color="#888888">Cameron.<br><br><br><br>
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