Sign Into Websites Directly From Your Browser Toolbar (Mozilla Add-on)

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http://identity.mozilla.com/post/8841090082/sign-into-websites-directly-from-your-browser-toolbar

One of the areas we’re actively exploring in the Identity team is how to make it easier and safer for users to sign into websites. The BrowserID project is part of that exploration, but not the sole component. Today, we are releasing an early experimental add-on for Firefox, Browser Sign-In, that allows users to sign into supported websites with one click of a button in Firefox.

It’s worth noting that this feature doesn’t communicate with any server-side components, and doesn’t capture, store or transfer any personal information. The button is semantically the same as clicking “sign in” on a page: it just tells the page you want to sign in (or sign out) right now.

Browser Sign-in Add-on

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Feb 7, 2012 — by millsd (Identity at Mozilla)

ID provider support now live on BrowserID

Last week we pushed out a BrowserID feature that gets us closer to the decentralized identity system we envision for the Web. But more than that, it enables a truly awesome user experience—registration flows go from 8 screens to one simple sign-in......................

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Note that this change only takes effect when the email provider for a given address implements BrowserID support. Other email addresses continue to work in the same way they do today, with an email confirmation and password from the BrowserID service.

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ID Provider demo

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BrowserID takes evolutionary step; ventures into wild (ZDNet)

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/identity/browserid-takes-evolutionary-step-ventures-into-wild/219