I'll try to remember to send all email like this to the Board as well moving forward...
----- "David Recordon" <[email protected]> wrote: > The Specifications Council recommends that the Foundation members > unanimously approve the creation of the OpenID User Interface working > group (votes found below), as proposed below and found at > http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID-User-Interface-Work-Group-Proposal. > > If you are a member of the OpenID Foundation, you'll be able to login > and vote on the creation of this new working group after this 14-day > notice period. The vote thus will be from Sunday March 15th through > Sunday March 29th. All votes are held in US Pacific Time. > > --David > > Specs Council Voting: > Allen Tom - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002726.html > Brad Fitzpatrick - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002729.html > David Recordon - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2009-February/002731.html > Dick Hardt - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000115.html > Johnny Bufu - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000116.html > Josh Hoyt - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000119.html > Mike Jones - > http://openid.net/pipermail/specs-council/2009-February/000120.html > > Proposal: > > Name > > OpenID User Interface Working Group > > > Background Information > > OpenID traditionally requires the Relying Party to redirect the entire > > browser window to the OpenID Provider for the user to authenticate > before redirecting the browser back to the Relying Party. It is > believed > that the User Experience (UX) could be significantly improved if the > authentication flow occurred within a smaller popup window, making the > > experience less disruptive to the user. > > Although it is possible for Relying Parties to open a popup window for > > the user to authenticate at the OpenID Provider using the Provider's > default user interface, the overall user experience can be optimized > if > the OP was aware that its UI was running within a popup. For instance, > > an OP may want to resize the popup browser window when using the popup > > interface, but would probably not want to resize the full browser > window > when using the default redirect interface. Another optimization is > that > the OP can close the popup, rather than return a negative assertion if > > the user chooses to cancel the authentication request. > > Users who begin the OpenID sign in process on a Relying Party in one > language and then transition to their OpenID Provider's site in a > different language may find the overall experience to be very > disruptive. In many cases, the Relying Party may want to pass a > language > hint to the OpenID Provider to use to display the User Interface to > the > user, especially if the user is not already authenticated at the OP. > > > > > Statement of Purpose > > This workgroup intends to produce a very brief OpenID extension to > enable the OpenID Authentication User Interface to be invoked in a > standalone popup window, and to allow the Relying Party to request > that > the user interface be displayed in a particular language. > > > > > Scope > > Produce an extension that allows an OpenID Provider to indicate its > support of a popup friendly user interface, as opposed to the default > > user interface optimized for a full browser window. The popup must be > in > an independent browser window, and must not be framed by the RP. > > > > The extension will also define a mechanim for RPs to pass a language > hint to the OP to help determine the langange used to display the > OpenID > Authentication user interface. > > > Out of Scope > > The content of the user interface other than the language that the > interface is displayed in is out of scope. > > > > > Specifications > > OpenID User Interface Extension 1.0 > > > Anticipated audience > > All those interested in improving OpenID Usability. > > > Language of business > > English. > > > Method of work > > Mailing list discussion. Posting of intermediate drafts in the OpenID > > Wiki. Virtual conferencing on an ad-hoc basis. > > > Basis for completion of the activity > > The OpenID User Interface Extension 1.0 final draft is completed. > > > Proposers > > * Allen Tom, atom at yahoo-inc.com, Yahoo! > * Brian Ellin, brian at janrain.com, Janrain > * David Recordon, david at sixapart.com, Six Apart > * Chris Messina, chris at citizenagency.com, Vidoop/DiSo Project > * Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com, Google > * Luke Shepard, lshepard at facebook.com, Facebook > > > Initial Editors > > * Allen Tom, atom at yahoo-inc.com, Yahoo! > * Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com, Google > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
