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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Etsy inspired login/register form that ask only mail address in first step
i'm a UI designer, i study to improve my UX knoweledge and i have a doubt about a project.
I have a login/register modal window that works like the Etsy login/register modal at checkout process. In ...
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At what step in the user flow of a travel booking app would 2FA OTP be needed
i'm designing a 2FA OPT feature for an app that lets users book flights and trains. As users are able to store personal information including their payment details, this level of verification is ...
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User login with 3rd party services and email/password
If you sign up for a product with Google OAuth and have the associated email registered in the database. Then have a user that wants to login using email/password. What is an elegant way to handle ...
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Android authentication using fingerprint
The flow of my applicaiton:
[1 -Login] -> [2 - Approve biometric use] -> [3 - Dashboard]
At the 2nd step, a user is authenticated and technically is inside of the app, enabling biometric. At this ...
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What are the conventions for how often a user should be asked to log into a mobile application?
Or put another way - is there a process for deciding how long a user's authenticated session should last?
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Should users be shown a login page or the same page they were in after their session timer expires?
Currently I am designing a security product for which the session timer is 15 mins after you will be logged out. Should I
a) Show the user a small modal which says they have been logged out
b) Show ...
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Web Application best practice: ephemeral session or expiring sessions?
While working on an application using Node.js and Express, I was finding an interesting and perplexing issue in my UX testing. The application had session settings for "maxAge: 24 hours" and "...
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For mobile apps, should the first screen be Login or Sign Up
On mobile apps, the users get logged out rarely as the login tokens work differently. So, i think it makes more sense to make the first screen for new users. So the first page, when they open the app ...
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Does a donation site need login?
I have a task to redesign a donation website. The top navigation bar has search for donation events and login/register.
Is there a need for a login/register option? Especially considering when ...
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Handling multiple applications behind one login
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This question concerns handling user choice of destination during/after login.
Let's say we have one account that can serve multiple apps, A, B, and C. Users of one app are not ...
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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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Should I separate current users and potential customers?
My company is a B2B Software as a Service. We have a web with 2 main functions:
Log in for my current users (hundred of thousands)
a marketing web for my potential new customers, (portfolio, blog, ...
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How to get around wanting to use email as unique login, but having existing users with multiple accounts per email?
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Should multiple user accounts be allowed to use the same email address?
My problem is that we're writing the new version of our website, but need to migrate the old user database to the new ...
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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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Showing socially shared content to users who are not logged in
Almost all the content on my webapp/site is visible only after the viewer has logged in. But, when a user shares a piece of content with someone (who may or may not be a user of the app), that someone ...
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Button appears in two important locations and feels redundant
I'm building a log in page but ran into an issue with my nav bar. As you can see the "Log In" button appears in two locations.
What's the best way to approach this? To me it looks odd to have it ...
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Mobile Login Loading Time
I'm just wondering what the best practice / optimal times are for loading after the user logs on. So let's say the user enters their username/password and presses log in, what's the optimal time from ...
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optimal screen idle timeout [duplicate]
Is there any research studying the optimal screen idle timeout, balancing convenience to the user versus security? In the scenario I'm considering, a timeout causes the user to have to log in again.
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What's the common name for this Asset?
On google account you have the option to choose a little image that will show up every time you are logged in. This is quite common across many websites and apps etc.
Would you call this Avatar-Image?...
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How can I tell Chrome which input fields to remember / which will be the login credentials? [closed]
I have a Sign Up form which contains these input fields (in order):
e-mail (autocomplete="email", type="email")
(user)name (type="text")
(display)name (type="text")
password (autocomplete="new-...
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On password recovery, what to do if device is already logged in?
Say a user requests a password recovery on a computer. Our system then sends an email with a unique link to recover the account.
However now consider the user receives this email and opens it on his ...
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Two factor authentication in a single form
We are working on implementing a Google two factor authentication in our app. Each customer can turn 2FA on and off for their users in app settings.
There was an idea to tweak this functionality. We ...
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Is there a practical (UX driven) reason for why login pages often don't have headers/footers when the rest of the site does?
I'm designing a website with a login screen, so I've been looking around at examples on other sites to get a general feel for the UX/UI trends in the area (I'm primarily a dev, not a designer). I've ...
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Automatical Button-Less Login
I'm working on a project where we want to setup a button-less login form.
The idea is, if you enter your credentials correctly, you will get logged in automatically (don't have to press ENTER or ...
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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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Best place to put optional Sign in/Sign up box on a website with auto-register user
We've wrote a website so that users can purchase ticket (for concerts). For users convenience we wrote user temporary registration and auto login systems. So users don't need to Sign in/Sign up to ...
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Asking users to sign in when already logged in
This is a rather confusing user interface element:
The presence of my name indicates to me that I am logged in
The presence of the "Sign in" link indicates to me that I am logged out
eBay isn't the ...
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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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2 selection buttons 1 preferred but with different input types
I have 2 login forms in the same page: login with username&password, login with emailaddress&password.
I separated forms with tabs but 1 of the login forms is always selected as default ...
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Do we still need a Remember Me button on websites? Or can we rely on modern browsers to handle this?
I recently had a discussion at work about whether to include a "Remember Me" option on our website. Altough I was initially in favour of the idea, I later realised that most browsers already provide ...
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Modal page and button click [closed]
I have a modal page with login button. Clicking on the button verifies the username or password. And if incorrect, error messages will be shown while still being inside the modal. But I can not find a ...
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Why there is no "Forgot Email"?
I noticed, if you forget your password, you need to click "Forgot Password". But if no other way while that multiple email address inputs still doesn't work. They don't provide us an access to Account ...
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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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Repeated password entry despite it being visible?
If the signup for a new user account dialog includes an input field to set a custom password which has an option (eye icon) to uncover its current textual contents, should there also be an input field ...
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Email link for logging in
Would a user authentication flow like this be a bad UX?
User enters email address and clicks submit button
User checks his email inbox and clicks on the link
User is logged in
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How to communicate that creating an account is optional to using the site?
I have a site that can mostly be used without creating an account. Accounts are only needed for things such as preserving favorites across devices, which is minor in the context of the site.
I want ...
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Logging (already registered) user through registration form?
In this scenario,
Login and Registration form both have same fields:
Email and Password.
However both forms are on different pages.
By default, Registration form is displayed when user lands up on ...
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Password-less log in with webviews
I just added a password-less log in option to my website, which emails users a login link. If they click it within 10 minutes, they are logged in and cookies are set in their browser to remember them.
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On Android, how do you design a very shallow navigation?
I need to create a simple account section in my mobile app with 1-level deep navigation:
___ Register
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Account --
\___ Login
On iPhone, I'm using a grouped table view:...
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Username or email address fields
I am maintaining the server implementation of a website. The site allows usernames and email address as username.
This is how the login screen looks where the user is asked to select if the user is ...
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How to inform the user they have been logged out from their previous account when logging in to a new account in a new tab
We have multiple products that belong together, a suite of products. They all share a single-sign-on solution ie users can log in to one of the products and are automatically logged in to all of the ...
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Social Login - Icon only or Icon with Text?
There is a Post here but the answer doesn't fit because everyone knows the Social Login Logos.
OK, so right now I implemented the Social Logins into my Website and I am curious if the User ...
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Potential UX issues with password-less logins?
There is a fantastic article entitled Is it time for password-less login? that suggests that we could use the "reset password" link as the default login action to any site. It provides a lot of ...
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Error message for "Invalid Username"
As per "UX guidelines" what should be the error message for a dimmpley Login for having 2 basic fields "Username" & Password.
So if a User Enter a username with "Space or special characters[,/<...
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What's the best way to validate an invited user via email that another user provided?
User 1 is an account administrator and can create (invite) other users on the account. User 1 inputs an email address for User 2. User 2 receives a welcome email at that address with a link to confirm....
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What's the point of deactivating Num Lock on login screens? [closed]
Many login screens automatically deactivate the Num Lock key on the keyboard before the user can enter their password. This is extremely frustrating for the user as they involuntarily type their ...
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Users asking to reset password in account registration
Ive been pouring through responses in a customer satisfaction survey we put in our account registration and I've noticed a few responses that surprise me. Several people have gone to account ...
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How to simplify login and registration when you can't use social login?
What is a good alternative to the traditional registration and logging in methods, other than social log in? I have a project that I'm building that I cannot employ the use of social logins-in.
I ...
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Does a lock icon show the user is logged in or needs to log in
I am working on a device where the admin can require the user to log into the device into order to use it. The developers originally used a closed lock to show that a user is is "locked out".
For ...
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Website main action requires Sign Up: sign-up first vs sign-up on submit?
I am building a website in which we rely on the community to build contribute to publically available resources.
The main call to actions on our landing page will be browse and contribute.
The ...
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