One of the biggest goals for CardSpace in the .NET Framework 3.5 is to simplify and improve the user experience. We’ve received a lot of feedback regarding the complexity of our UI and scenarios. One area we decided to improve was the first time sign-in experience. Given that this scenario is most likely how a first time user would open CardSpace, we attempted to make this experience as smooth and simple as possible. The things we did include: · Removed Out of Box Experience Window · Simplified Card Creation and Sending · Addressed the “No Existing Card That Matches Request Type” scenario · Addressed the “Self Issued Card Needs Extra Information” scenario Removed Out of Box Experience Window The Out of Box Experience window that shows up whenever CardSpace is launched (unless you checked the box to tell it to never show you again) has been removed. Most users found it not useful and ignored it. Simplifying Card Creation and Sending When a user is creating a card to send to the site, we used to display this page: We noticed that users would often fill out the entire card, even when certain claims weren’t being requested. Then they would wonder why the site would want to know their birth date or mailing address, not noticing the “Card data that will not be sent” label. Also, during the card creation, if the site is requesting optional claims, that information wouldn’t be shown to the user until he/she saved the card. In the new Edit Card page, we simplified the UI to only display
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