Request to consider creation of the User Interface Work Group

David Recordon david at sixapart.com
Mon Feb 23 11:39:04 PST 2009


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On Feb 20, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Allen Tom wrote:

> Hi Specs Council,
>
> Please consider the attached proposal to form the User Interface  
> Work Group.
> http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID-User-Interface-Work-Group-Proposal
>
>
>   Charter Proposal
>
> In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures  
> this note proposes the formation of a new working group chartered to  
> produce an OpenID specification. As per Section 4.1 of the Policies,  
> the proposed charter is below (still liable to change during this  
> feedback period).
>
>     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
>
>



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