Questions tagged [login]
is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identification of the user using credentials provided by the user
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Why should we ask the password twice during registration?
It would be easier to ask for a user's password only once during registration.
The problem: The user could make a mistake while typing the password once because of hiding letters.
The solution: The ...
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Would it be bad design (and unsafe) to put password guidelines next to a login box?
Different websites have different password requirements
Some are content with a combination of just lower case words
Some require a combination of lower case and upper case words
Some require ...
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email field or username for logging in an application?
What is the best solution for an app : Email or username field?
I like email because:
it's unique
user will easily remember
it's personal (which can be a disadvantage sometimes; Multiple users on ...
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Best way to combine sign in and sign up in the same form?
I want both forms to be extremely simple - sign in much like facebook in the header with 3 inputs side by side - email, password then "sign in" (or is "log in" better?).
I also want to USE THE SAME ...
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Pros and Cons for having same form for login, register and forgotten password
I have notice some sites have the same form for login, register and forgotten password.
Below the form you have 3 buttons
i forgot my password
register
log me in
What are the pros and cons on ...
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Argument for/against splitting login process into checking username, then ask password?
My boss has insisted for a while that our login process be divided into two steps on separate pages: on the first page, ask the user's e-mail address. On the second page, either display "user found" ...
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Facebook connect vs existing account - How to link those two?
Since we have introduced FB connect to our web page, we have noticed that users became confused a lot and a significant number of users began to have multiple accounts.
After they log in somehow (via ...
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Defaulting to the sign-up form?
Recently I've noticed more and more sign-in / sign-up workflows defaulting to the sign-up option first and providing a minimal "Sign-In / Login" action somewhere else on the page. What's the reason ...
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Do we really need a “Remember me” option on a Login page?
I'm wondering why do we need to ask user to make a decision, for how long he want to be authenticated? This is done by having "keep me signed in" option login page:
Why can't we simply "predict" how ...
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Why isn't the “remember me” checkbox in login forms enabled by default?
On the majority of sites, a "remember me" checkbox on login forms is not selected by default. Most users would like to stay logged in after login. It annoys users each time to have to enter username ...
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Why are login forms centered?
Why are login forms always centered on the screen? Most horizontally, some vertically also. Sites like Apple/Amazon/Adobe/Microsoft/Google/PayPal/Instagram/Twitter etc. are all centered! Is this an ...
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Which label text is good for “Enter email address”?
I'm about to place one text field in the log in area where user can enter email address and password for logging in, but I'm confused which text should I use for label and placeholder text?
Here are ...
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Is there any advantage of signup before login with social plugins?
I am building a site and was thinking about if there should be a signup option at all.
I found the question about the difference between sign up and log in with Facebook/Google/etc but there was ...
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Should the user be forced to sign in for a wish list on an ecommerce site?
I believe that signing into a site can be a big barrier to users so prefere e-commerce sites that offer guest access.
The question is should wishlists be a guest feature or do the business advantages ...
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Social Login adoption vs Traditional Login
I have implemented janrain's social login on my website. I am wondering how important it is to include a traditional login (email/password) system.
I believe there may be a significant percentage of ...
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How do you prevent users from getting confused with multiple login options?
I came across this question in a closed LinkedIn group. I think it's a great one and since it's hidden from search engines, I decided to bring it to the outside world.
Some users don't visit your ...
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Social network login or not?
I am developing a niche social networking iPhone app of my own.
I was wondering if it would be best to allow the user to connect to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to login to my app (...
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Correct length for login timeout?
My company has created lots of computer software but one issue we have is with login timeouts.
Some developers want to make them shorter for security, while most users want it be infinite? Is there ...
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Is it OK to require users to have a third party login account?
For a web app I'm developing I was dreading having to
Require users to create yet another account / password to keep in mind.
Handle retrieval of lost passwords etc.
What many sites (like this one ...
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Should a login page have links that send you away from the form?
I'm designing a login form and wondering if the header and footer on the page get in the way of logging in.
Maybe I'm being too fussy, but wondering if removing the primary navigation links from the ...
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SSO Login, can we remove the Facebook color in the button?
I've been working on a login flow where we are allowing users to sign up or login with Facebook. The devs in my team told me that we need to keep the Facebook button with the colors :
However, we ...
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When to use “join,” “register,” or “sign up”?
For a user, when is it better to be asked to do the following:
"Sign In" vs. "Log in"
"Join" vs. "Register" vs. "Sign Up"
"Sign Out" vs. "Log out"
Different websites seem to use them differently, ...
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Should passwords expire?
I have a dispute with my partner. He comes from a financial software background but I do not. He recommends that our web app should expire user's passwords after 6 months (and it has to be unique each ...
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Are people sick of logins?
If you have a website where users 90% of time only read and view content, but rarely post, like a blog, does it make sense to force a login?
If I force the user to login to view some information, ...
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Login/sign-up in modal dialogs
I've been working on a web-platform for some time now.
As I was writing the usual "Sign-up" and "Login" pages I realized that a whole page was an overkill for such simple tasks so I decided to put ...
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Whats more user friendly local authentication or remote authentication (OpenID, OAuth)
From a usability perspective only (not security), what do users find more comfortable?
A site with its own login page (need to sign up but then easier to login;
or a site with remote authentication (...
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Is there a problem with hiding “forgot password” until it's needed?
To be honest, I don't really see any use for the "forgot password" button/link unless the user put in a wrong password before. In my current project, we need as much space as possible and I was ...
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Any stats data advocating integrated social logins over traditional user / password login? [duplicate]
Is there any published, statistical data that shows social logins (such as OpenID, Facebook, etc.) are preferable over traditional username / password login with regards to registration rates?
For ...
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Banned user tries to log in − show a “Banned” message or a generic “Cannot log you in”?
From a Ux standpoint, what is the best practice around messaging when a banned user/customer/member attempts to log in? I'm asking for a forum project I am working on, but also looking for guidance ...
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Does logging in turn away visitors
We are toying with having a user login so we can customise the experience for a specific website. However, I feel this comes at a cost.
My feeling is that this turns visitors off straight away as ...
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Having the register and login options on same page - Best practices
Sorry for the making this a lengthy question, but I needed to make all info available.
So I'm trying to design the home page of a web application.
The home page will have the following elements
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Is it OK to autocorrect users when they have mistyped parts of their email address?
When logging in, users might mistype parts of their email address. For example, name@company.con instead of .com, Yaho instead of yahoo, etc.
The main rationale is that by autocorrecting user input ...
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How many atempts should you give a user before invalidating his password?
What I am trying to avoid here is brute force attacks on a user's password. And I am thinking about doing that by invalidating his password when too many attempts are made in the same minute, hour, ...
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Material Design - How to display a log in error
Problem
I am trying to create a log in page that follows the material design guidelines, but I don't know how to handle when the user inputs the wrong email or password.
In the material design ...
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Dealing with Connected Social Accounts and Potential Orphans
Our application has the following signup paths:
Twitter Connect
Facebook Connect
Email/Password
Once you signup with one, you have the option to connect either both social account (in the case of an ...
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Reset password, appropriate response if email doesn't exist?
It is common on login forms to see "Email or password is incorrect" when the user types in their account details incorrectly instead of just "password is incorrect". This is, for among other reasons, ...
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Why separate login and signup page?
I was wondering why basically all webpages use separate login and signup pages. Not necessarily separate html files, but they are usually built as two separate forms.
Why not have one form with email ...
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Showing users partial content to entice them to sign up?
I was trying to get one of my designers to check out a great question on Quora yesterday and he found to his annoyance that he had to sign up to read beyond the first answer
I was wondering if this ...
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Why is the common practice of sign in error message always mix the wrong username/password cases together?
Example: When I try to sign in a service with a Username / Password combination, the error message always returns as "Username or password is invalid." But the actual case is that I input a wrong ...
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Login button - on homepage or separate page?
I ran across an article called Put the login on the front page, where the author wants sites to:
[...]put the user name and password
box somewhere obvious on the home page
like the upper right ...
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How to handle account disabling and enabling
I'm currently building a small online dating service and am wondering what the best task flow is if a user disables their account.
(When an account is disabled, all their data is retained but they ...
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Is it better to force sign in before or during restricted forms?
I am building a form that will require a person to be signed in to successfully post. Filling out this for is ESSENTIAL to my web application, so I really want to make it as painless as possible - and,...
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What is the name of the button that lead to a login and register page (one page)?
I have a page that serve both login and register. I put the two form side by side (login form to the left, register form to the right). In menu header, there would normally be button that lead to ...
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Usable examples, recommended practices for interfaces optimized for using pass-phrases instead of passwords
Reading through What is the best way to inspire users to choose strong password?, I realized I have never used an interface where the primary login password system would use pass-phrases (and where ...
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Best way to show two different kind of login forms
I have a website where there are two different kinds of accounts:
Student: a student, once logged in, can do math quizzes
Educator: an educator, once logged in, can view various details about the ...
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Best way to register and login within the same form
I have an app in which users add items to a database that is synced across all devices. I need users to login in order to attach an author to each item and to record how many "points" each user has ...
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Why do most sites only offer two social login options?
I noticed the that many site only offer two social login options:
Grooveshark: Google, Twitter
Quora: Facebook, Twitter
Digg:: Facebook, Twitter
How does this improve the user experience?
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Why are log off buttons becoming hard to find? [duplicate]
It used to be that logging out of your email, there was a button, often at the top right corner, that said 'log out'.
Now for things like facebook, gmail etc, logging out is actually quite difficult,...
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Should (and how should I) I use email addresses for login without validating them?
So that users don't have to remember a username, my webapp doesn't ask users to enter one (accounts are private and there are no profiles or user-generated content). However, I would also prefer not ...
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One column logistration form OR two columns?
Don't look at me like that, I actually like the way to call both login and registration forms together a logistration form, well it's convenient.
I've designed a logistration form, but the problem is ...
