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[Stuart Metcalfe <stuart.metcalfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As an aside to this discussion, a while back we were looking at using
the desktop sso-client service to log into the SC for purchasing apps,
thereby integrating the auth process into the desktop and avoiding the
need to ask the user to log in each time they want to purchase
something.  IIRC we were blocked at the time on not being able to
manipulate the HTTP headers from the SC app (so we couldn't pass the SSO
authentication token on to the Pay service).  Has anything progressed
since then?  Is this still being considered?

Stuart

On 22/01/12 22:44, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
> At David Pitkin's request, this week I reviewed the Ubuntu Software
> Center purchase process, and found many things that could be fixed to
> help people buy software more easily, or make the process more
> trustworthy.
> 
> Some of these bugs had been reported already. Some are in USC itself.
> Some in the Canonical SSO Provider. Some in the payment service. And a
> couple in Debconf and PolicyKit.
> 
> (The timestamps are for a screencast I made of the purchase.
> Unfortunately I can't publish that, because I don't know of any
> convenient way on Ubuntu to black out my credit card details, which
> moved around as I scrolled through the payment interface.)
> 
> 0:24 List view doesn't show price
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/917220
> 
> 0:30 Purchasable item doesn't show version
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/833877
> 
> 0:31 Purchasable item doesn't show total size
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/911215
> 
> 0:38 Spinner doesn't show above "Connecting to payment service..."
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/917235
> 
> 0:42 Single sign on page doesn't look secure
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/637649
> 
> 0:42 Sign-on page looks a bit like it requires a Launchpad account
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/844879
> 
> 0:42 "or go back to Ubuntu Software Center" doesn't make sense
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920106
> 
> 0:42 "Are you new?" is not visible with small windows
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/917243
> 
> 0:42 "New account" looks insensitive
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920046
> 
> 0:46 All SSO pages are badly aligned
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920056
> 
> 0:46 "Create an Ubuntu Single Sign On account" page has a broken image
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920067
> 
> 1:00 Password unhelpfully requires an upper case letter
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920087
> 
> 1:14 Buying software requires entering a captcha
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/903762
> 
> 1:22 "Type the two words" is repeated
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920100
> 
> 1:40 Form error text is formatted identically to link text
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920102
> 
> 2:25 SSO/purchase UI text is selectable inside USC
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920098
> 
> 3:39 "Continue" without confirmation code asks for your e-mail address
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920105
> 
> 4:05 "Select your preferred payment method" is oddly laid out
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920108
> 
> 4:11 Needless clicks from separate payment method and purchase forms
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920111
> 
> 4:11 Payment form looks like a Web page
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/637451
> 
> 4:11 "Current payment information" heading seems unnecessary
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920117
> 
> 4:11 "Quantity" and "Total" shown when only one item can be purchased
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920114
> 
> 4:20 "Review Payment" is clickable when you've entered no details
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920122
> 
> 4:21 "The operation could not be performed" message is stuffy
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/833940
> 
> 4:22 Initial error message isn't horizontally aligned
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920125
> 
> 4:34 "This field is required" is vertically misaligned for menus
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920147
> 
> 5:04 "Country" menu can't be closed with the keyboard
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920152
> 
> -:-- Obviously invalid card number isn't flagged until "Review Payment"
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920155
> 
> 5:52 "CCV number" isn't explained
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/634311
> 
> 6:43 "Processing your request" and "Information received" are disturbing
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920164
> 
> 6:54 PolicyKit in guest session asks for "the super user"
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920174
> 
> 7:00 Button still says "Buy..." after cancelling purchase installation
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920168
> 
> 7:33 Software item screen and "Installed" hang after purchase
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/917116
> 
> 8:14 Purchase can be blocked on Debconf window behind USC window
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/652874
> 
> 8:16 Debconf window is ugly
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920186
> 
> 8:16 Debconf window asks a question with a checkbox
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/177819
> 
> 8:18 Debconf explains too late that a purchase installation is cancelled
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/920189
> 
> 11:20 USC doesn't launch for a non-admin if there are any private PPAs
>      http://launchpad.net/bugs/852003
> 
> Substantial things I didn't try:
> -   paying by Paypal
> -   all the Cancel-type links (e.g. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/916066>)
> -   all the header/footer links on the sign-in/pay pages.
> 
> Cheers
> 
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