Huh?<div><br></div><div>Not sure I follow, Marc. I was bringing up these UIs simply to demonstrate other places where the NASCAR is prevalent — to encourage broader thinking about this problem (i.e. out of the browser context).</div>
<div><br></div><div>If there can't be "one [neutral] brand" for a fourth choice, then I'm not sure how we're going to indicate to consumers any kind of consistent indication that such a fourth option exists, which is what those photos demonstrate (i.e. the "debit" option).</div>
<div><br></div><div>And no, my comments had nothing to do with anything that Google is working on, planning on, or thinking about to my knowledge. Instead, in the context of the recent conversations about XAuth and the UX WG I wanted to provide some additional food for thought.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Marc Canter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc@broadbandmechanics.com">marc@broadbandmechanics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Clearly when it comes to identity, ecommerce and social interaction - the odds of having just one 'brand' for all will never happen. But if we can leverage open standards to give users choices, let behemoths play along with independents - and even allow lone wolf users a way to play - then a 'consolidated' system of 'channels' would be very apropos.<br>
<br>Is this what Google is about to announce?<br><br>:-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Chris Messina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.messina@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.messina@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>I'm sure you've all seen interfaces like this — on ATMs or at the airport... or in this case, in public transit systems:</div>
<div><br></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784269/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784269/</a><div>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784237/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/4696784237/</a><br clear="all"><br></div><div>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?).</div>
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