[OSM-dev] openid

[David Earl]

On 19/06/2011 16:05, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2011/6/19 Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu>:
>> On 19/06/11 15:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> All the logos actually have the same width, but their heights differ
>> somewhat because they have different aspect ratios.
>>
>> The main problem is that the descender on the "g" in Google throws off the
>> vertical centreing and makes that one look badly aligned.
>
>
> yes, aligning completely different logos in a pleasant way is usually
> a difficult task. Same width is not the most important thing, same
> font height is much more important (IMO), but then logos also tend to
> have different heights in themselfs (besides the g from G, see the
> minilogo of wordpress in respect to the writing "wordpress"). Or: AOL
> is much more visually intrusive because of the very bold font.
>
> To avoid composition problems you could go for one single horizontal
> line with all of them (or one column) In either way they would have to
> become smaller (not a problem).

The way JanRain Engage (which is a ready made implementation of 
more-or-less the same thing) does this is by putting the logos on equal 
size buttons. This is nice and neat and has the added advantage of 
making it clear that if you click on them it does something:

http://www.janrain.com/products/engage/social-login

David