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Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses

We've been telling you about Info Card for quite a while, but in all the excitement (and a few bugs to iron out) surrounding the new Live ID associations with LiveSide Community Server log in, it took us a minute to notice that Info Cards are live and working, and right here on LiveSide!

A note on the naming (hey it's Microsoft, you knew this was coming, right?): The current name for the cards seems to be "Information Card", formerly Info Card, and while we and others noticed a name change to "CardSpace", that seems to be the name of the Information Card manager.

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Here's how to get started with Information Cards:

Start by clicking on the Windows Live ID "Sign In" at the top right of our home page (you may have to sign out first)

  1. First you need to set up an Information Card.  In the text above "Sign in with:...", click on "Information Card"
  2. Then click on "Sign In":

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  3.  Click on the Live ID you want to build an Information Card for, verify your password, and customize your Info Card:

infocard

  4.  For right now, the only personal information you can store is a name and a picture.  That will change, however, as the help file shows:

infocardhelp

 

  5.  Next, to sign in with the Information Card, choose it from the drop down box in your Live ID sign in:

infocardsignin

And that's it!  Not very useful yet, but fun!

We'll have more of course as the Information Cards become more functional, but for now, about the only place you can get one is on LiveSide! (and heck, we almost didn't notice ourselves!)

Update: Long tells me this isn't fully working for him (he can create a card (in Windows IE7), but can't sign in with it, so it may be US only (??)

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paddy wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 6:58 AM

Ok.  just created my info card.  Seemed to be no problem. So I wonder when and what is the next phase?    

Coffee247 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 7:30 AM

I had to try a few times but finally got it working. Bring on the calendar!

JefTek wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 7:37 AM

Very, Very Cool!

I am glad to see InfoCard starting to appear in the wild.    You can associate an OpenID with your infocard at signon.com now so you can pretty much be covered for many of the standards!

I agree...I sooo want Live Calendar.  One caveat, they need to give us Mobile Calendar sync to the windows Mobile client.

wargarurumon wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 7:44 AM

too bad infocard doesn't work with firefox

Noticias externas wrote Live ID: Now supporting CardSpace
on 08-17-2007 7:46 AM

LiveSide just caught this while playing with their new Live ID integration: the Live ID team has snuck

Khristopher wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 8:11 AM

I created mine no problem. Very cool stuff. Can't wait to see it on all kinds of sites. Hopefully that happens anyway.

AppleEyes2 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 8:49 AM

found this link for how to get info cards...pamelaproject.com/index.php

I used it to get info card for firefox too!

rgonzruiz wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 9:54 AM

Actually, I just tried it an was able to enter many more fields and saw a lot of card manipulation options:

<iframe scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" style="width:240px;height:66px;margin:3px;padding:0;border:1px solid #dde5e9;background-color:#ffffff;" src="cid-7d77ef812265ae53.skydrive.live.com/.../iframe>

rgonzruiz wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 9:56 AM

Sorry, iframe didn't work... here's the link for the pic:

cid-7d77ef812265ae53.skydrive.live.com/.../cardspace_allfields.jpg

Godders UK wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 11:32 AM

No FF :(

Cloud02 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 4:04 PM

i also had a lot more detials to fill

img201.imageshack.us/.../cardspaceds1.jpg

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mgs wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 5:03 PM

You need an addin for Firefox:

www.perpetual-motion.com

Nick wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 7:26 PM

Works in firefox for me Smile  You need to make sure your signed out of Windows Live first, so you it asks for your password, otherwise you wont get the option

Vasudev wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-17-2007 8:43 PM

In Morning, first time i tried to login , I got an error , that time only I came to know its something to do with Infocard.

"An unhandled exception ('System.ExecutionEngineException') occurred in Infocard.exe [3256]"

So how to rectify it?

Alex wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-18-2007 2:07 AM

Hmm, it's not available in my language (Dutch, lc 1043) yet, it is in English (lc 1033)... it was on live-int. Strange o_O

davidt wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-18-2007 5:20 AM

Actually, Info Card is on more than just LiveSide, it's now on every Live service login page: i162.photobucket.com/.../infocardonmail.jpg

Cloud02 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-18-2007 12:58 PM

It isn't limited to US only. I'm residing in Denmark, with Denmark in the location settings.

I need to inform that i am unable to log out.

I press Sign-out. Live signs me out and forwards me to my regional msn.com page. I go back to liveside.net, but am still logged in.

otto888 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-18-2007 7:07 PM

same here. bug?

Kip Kniskern wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-18-2007 8:19 PM

Hmm we were having some problems with this earlier, a CS issue.  It is working here.  Cloud02 and otto888 I removed your Live ID association, can you try and re-associate and see if it's still happening?

Appreciate everyone helping to test this out :)

jonathanyaniv wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-20-2007 3:27 AM

Thanks, it worked!

Cloud02 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-20-2007 10:05 AM

works now :)

Cloud02 wrote re: Live ID sneaks in Info Card right under our noses
on 08-20-2007 12:30 PM

I tried again now and it doesnt work again.

Apparently it seemed to be working if you have the custom logout screen, rather than being forwarded to the regional home page.

LiveSide - News blog wrote Live ID with CardSpace support announced as in beta
on 08-25-2007 11:38 AM

Yes the Information Card support in Live ID v5 we&#39;ve been raving about has now been announced. To

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