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 do many companies hide their navigation during the Sign-In and/or Sign-Up flow?
I have been tasked with designing a sign in flow, but I have noticed that many companies hide their site navigation during their sign in/sign on flows. I've seen quite a few articles on designing ...
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How to make registration/login for premium account purchase as painless as possible?
I am currently working on a fundraiser to gain several thousand premium accounts subscribers for my site.
Because these are premium accounts (like Reddit Gold), a user must have an account so the ...
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Example workflow when changing a site's identify provider
I'm switching a site from ADFS/AD to Azure B2C/AAD and require users to reset their password. Users will also see different log in screens. I'm struggling to find an approach where users won't be ...
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Asking user to login in the middle of a purchase in a website used years ago
If a visitor tries to make a purchase on an website from which they made a purchase maybe a few years ago, during checkout it might happen that the user does not remember he has an account and as I ...
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User friendly transition between signup page and login page
I work on a website where users:
fill in a registration form (with only 2 fields: password & confirm password; each user have a unique token which is stored in the URL)
then land directly after ...
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After login users must accept new conditions
I am wondering which action should I use when customer change terms of usage and conditions.
Flow is:
User login
New conditions appear
User to get access to portal must accept conditions
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How long do you keep your customers logged in? (sessions and authentication)
I was curious how long do you think we should keep users logged in before they're required to sign in with username and password again?
I was wondering if there's any resources or studies done to ...
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Error message in login
In the login page of my software, there are 3 input fields - organization, username, and password.
There isn't an option to register, but the registration is done by the organization manager.
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How to manage logged in status when the user clicks back button?
Something I have had trouble understanding the technical/implementation requirements is what should happen to a user's logged in state when they press the back button immediately after logging in (or ...
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What is the general approach on Login/Register Forms Presentation
So I am not sure which option is better for the User, to have a Modal Open when the User clicks on a Login/Register Button on the Navbar or if an external Page is the better approach?
Because often ...
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Login form: User ID and Password in same page vs User ID in the first page and password in the next [duplicate]
Some major sites like Google and Amazon take 2-page approach for signin. They first ask for ID and in the next page ask for password.
What is the advantage in this against single page signin process?
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What is best practice for a forgotten login email address?
It seems as though all the major sites that use an email as a login only allow for forgotten passwords. Looking to find how users can recover an account when they have forgotten their login email.
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Flow for alternate (to SMS) security verification
For our 2FA (2nd Factor Authentication) process, we default to having an SMS sent to the user's phone.
This is causing issues for users who can't receive SMS messages; eg, they're overseas.
The ...
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How to prevent from creating an obsolete account for a returning user
There is an application that for many users is a daily driver but just for a short period of time. Then they would probably uninstall it or change their phone before they need to use it again, and ...
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Why do we put login (with social media) buttons on the bottoms of login forms?
Like this: https://dribbble.com/shots/4414790-Modal-login-screen-Sketch-freebie
I never see them on top.
Is there a reason?
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Fullname vs username and how to ask for username after Social Login
I am building a mobile application where users can post/rate songs they like.
I have three ways of registering: email+password, facebook login and google login.
From my personal experience, some ...
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What is the optimal time for a user on Login Page?
Google Analytics shows that my users need 30 seconds on average to complete the login, while a lot of password resets happen.
What is the optimal timeframe a user should spent on the login page?
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Why warn about caps lock for passwords, instead of ignoring caps lock for password characters?
Many login screens warn the user if the caps lock key is switched on. Most prominently the windows login screen.
Does this offer any advantage compared to simply ignoring the caps lock key and ...
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How to prevent creation of multiple accounts under the same company?
Let's say there's Company ABC and Employee A signed-up for an account under his own email address (e.g. [email protected]). However, let's say Employee B signed-up under the same company but ...
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Reasons for seemingly inefficient design of Evernote login process
Evernote's login form works like this:
When you go to their website, there is no login form. There only is a form for registering. If you enter your login credentials into that form, it won't log you ...
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Which is perferred - a standalone login page or a javascript popup over a MyAccount page?
I am designing a new website, and am thinking about the UX for accessing a personal account page. Is it "better" to have a standalone login page (and then redirects to My Account details), or a ...
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Force full registration now or only when needed?
I'm creating an app where most users will only use it temporarily, like guests at an event. For this reason I used Firebase Anonymous Login, to where they just supply a name and they're ready to go ...
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Are there any design guidelines to Sign in with SSO (Single Sign On)? [closed]
Should Sign in with SSO be a button? Or should it be a link? If a button, should it be in red color, or black, or blue, etc?
Check the link "Login with SSO" in this example: https://trello.com/login
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Showing avatar on login
When the user enters a valid email on the login like Google did some time ago, is there any problem to show the avatar?
Does make the experience better?
Is a there is any security risk?
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When to log in the user during shopping process?
I need to make sure the users are logged in (and thus registered) before they can purchase a product in a game-related platform that I am working on.
My question is if there's the best moment for ...
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What are the differences between “Remember me” and "Stay signed in" functionality?
For my understanding:
"Remember me"
We store password and username without login.
User clicks the login button and is logged in.
"Stay Signed in"
We store password and username with login.
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What is the disadvantage of automatically determine for the user whether it is a sign-in or a sign-up based on whether email exist?
There is question Is it good to automatically sign up a user if he doesnt have an account?, but they focus on OAuth signin. They answer it is better because there is less friction, more convenient. ...
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Mobile log-in: how to divide two types of user logins and two methods of logging in?
So I'm designing a modile/table log in page. There are two types of users who can log in because the functionalities of the application depend on what type of user they are. Employees and managers.
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Are there any science based studies on separating username and password in two screens?
I was trying a similar approach to google which login in 1 page and password in the second but a coworker said that for accessibility reasons password and login should be in one screen. Is there any ...
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Is NOT being a social network a benefit? [closed]
I'm working on a new website project that requires users to log in to access the content, and once logged in they can publish, share and follow content.
Since logging in is a required action to gain ...
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Ask user in email to complete the profile -> Lower the login barrier
I have a job platform where users can apply with one click to jobs.
To bring the user one funnel step further I want them to fill out the industries they are interested in (after that they can ...
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When user check the "Keep me signed in" on login page of the website, Should we also mention the duration?
Should we do this?
or this is enough
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Directing a user to an appropriate log in form
Hypothetically, a business has a suite of 10 products, each with separate domains. This business has separate 4 user groups who achieve different tasks on each product. Some products are made for only ...
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Does a basic login form need to state required fields to pass accessibility?
One of the accessibility criteria is "3.3.2 Labels or Instructions" and one of the ways to meet that criterion is by identifying required fields.
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H90
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Using only phone number and 2-step verification as login
Is requiring the user to login using phone number and 2-step verification bad design? I have only seen 2-step verification as an EXTRA layer of protection, not a requirement. The only thing similar is ...
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How to ensure users can't sign up for multiple accounts?
I'm working on a web app right now which users will normally have to pay to use, but I want to also offer a short demo period (haven't settled on how long yet, but somewhere between 1 day and 1 week).
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How to represent a non-mandatory option on a login screen
Does the below login form convey that users can log into a default product or that they can specify it manually?
Username and password field have placeholders and no default values. However, the ...
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Does it make sense to authenticate a user when he/she provides existing valid credentials while registering?
Someone came up with this proposed behavior recently and I haven't been able to find examples of services working the same way. I have to say I don't really like it, but can't put my finger on a ...
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Login system for anonymous crime reporting service
I work in the digital team for a UK-based crime prevention charity. The charity has an online form where people can give information about crime anonymously, and they can chose when completing the ...
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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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What does a federated or federation sign on mean for the UI?
A product manager recently explained that we want to start looking into a federated sign in to work more nicely with our partners. He suggested a two-step sign in approach (like google accounts) where ...
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interstitial page regularity
My client wishes to promote an app to customers immediately after they have logged in. They wish to do this via an interstitial page.
How many times should the page be displayed
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Facebook/Twitter login only vs. Facebook/Twitter signup and login separately
I have searched for this topic here, but haven't found solid answers for the problem.
So the situation is this: we are creating the authentication screens for a mobile app and we are not sure which ...
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Is it a best practice to put a login form in the website's footer?
I am really wondering if it a best practice to put a login form in the website's footer? There's a login link in the menu bar so I am not really sure if its still needed.
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Studies on Sign In Authentication Error Messages
So, after browsing other threads, I found some information on the question of when a user is logging in, and fails to authenticate do we give the user the message "Username or Password is incorrect" ...
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Should the password field be cleared if there's a connection error?
I have a desktop application which has 3 fields for logging in: Username, Password, and Server URL.
After reading similar questions, I've decided that my application will reset the password field if ...
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Sign in / register UI in a modal or separate page
Is there any research or best practice guidelines on the most appropriate solution for this UI from an experience perspective?
Are there known advantages and disadvantages of each?
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Login workflow for an occasionally used service
I'm creating an online service for companies to manage registration for annual events. Event attendees will need some way to login to the system to manage their booking, payment, special requests, ...
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Is there a way to get a sample of non-login users of your product?
I have an issue that my users have problems with the sign-up page and many of my users spend much time using the product without login.
I plan to interview some of them, but I don't know how to get ...
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