Mozilla's Facebook and Google Killer, BrowserID Is Evolving Fast

Mozilla wants users to have options when it comes to the web. It's why it created Firefox, as an option when there was only Internet Explorer, it's why it created add-ons.

And it's why it's working on building a distributed authentication method, BrowserID, into the browser, to give people the option of controlling their personal data rather than handing it over to Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo or anyone else.

Of course, there have been plenty of ambitious projects that went nowhere, wanting something is not enough. But Mozilla is very determined to get BrowserID right and is iterating fast.

It has already released a redesigned login popup dialog and has updated the BrowserID site's look to match it. It's a visual upgrade only, but a good design is as important, perhaps even more important as the technical aspects if Mozilla wants to gain wide adoption for its 'sign in' technology.