When you provide your own information instead of using one already stored, where can you modify it? On FxA (some sort of an identity manager) or on the site itself? I’m guessing the latter. The site’s responsible for identity management. We simply hand them the information.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Ryan Feeley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > With avatars landing shortly in the browser, and display names soon to > follow, I think it’s a good time to re-open the discussion around sharing > identity information from the Firefox Account. > > Google [1] and Facebook have taken a lot of flack over their real-name > policy. I think that allowing users some flexibility in their identity > helps them engage more effectively in certain contexts: > > - Users may not want to use their real name when posting publicly > - Users may want to tailor their identity to a specific community > (e.g. MDN vs. SuMo) > > I’ve developed my original mockup further. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/jlkvr5xlqzzbvvy/Identity%20Control.pdf?dl=0 > > The idea is to present a first-run screen when logging into each property > for the first time (or when registering through one). > > The presented Marketplace example illustrate a few features: > > 1. The user can, by default, provide their account identity to > Marketplace, which will remain updated (i.e. linked) > 2. The user can override this default and make a custom identity for > Marketplace maintained in Marketplace settings > 3. Marketplace can request additional pieces of identity information > 4. If needed, this information can be fed back in to Firefox Accounts > > Do all of these features make sense? > > Ryan Feeley > UX, Cloud Services > Mozilla UX > IRC: rfeeley > > [1] 241,769 sign Youtube petition > https://www.change.org/p/google-change-the-youtube-comment-section-back-to-its-original-form > > _______________________________________________ > Dev-fxacct mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxacct > >
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