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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Where should I place the "Stay signed in" checkbox?
I'm new to this community and it might be that this question is off-topic; feel free to suggest me to delete this post, if so.
I've gazed at this OAuth pre-login window I created for quite a while, ...
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Register/Login/Sign in pages with or without main menu?
I see a recurring pattern in Register/Login/Sign in/Recover Pass/Etc pages of bigger sites, where they avoid using the full length of the main menu top bar. Frequently, they just leave the essentials ...
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Is it important to display a username to a user when logged in?
Our system header currently displays an icon and a username, as seen below:
For reasons of accessibility and clarity of purpose I have re-designed it to display a clearer call to action, as seen ...
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Can we use "Continue with Email" instead of signup/login?
I was working on a product and while making the signup/login buttons I thought of providing the Continue with email/social instead of login and signup buttons separately.
Will it affect the cognitive ...
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Two factor authentication: expiry of sent text message
I have been asked to research expiry times of text messages sent to a user that contain a login code.
In this journey a user will identify themselves on a website and then ask for a text message to ...
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UI element for FaceID needed for iPhone X login? [closed]
Many iOS apps utilize a Touch ID icon button/element on the login screen in order to invoke Touch ID in case the user has dismissed it previously, or never loaded properly within an app.
From a UX ...
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Is Slack's Multi Login Design Good for UX?
From a user experience standpoint, does it hurt that a user that is part of multiple teams on Slack, is required to log in to each of them individually, and to type in each team's url/name ...
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'Username or email' label on the log in page, for people who can only use 'assigned' username?
I've reviewed discussions on username vs email for login form but couldn't find any reference to a similar case.
The website I'm working on has large number of existing clients who can only use '...
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Autofill forms - wrong username saved making users think the password is faulty
Is there a way to notify the user that they have saved incorrect credentials? Currently users think their password is at fault and reset is, leading them to receive an email with the correct username ...
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Specific messages for wrong password or wrong mail - which is the correct practice?
I built two different error messages in login flow.
One for when users err the mail and another when users err password.
The developer whom I'm working with suggests to let just one message to avoid ...
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Should i trigger a login or signup popup for "registered only features"?
I have a SPA which allows the user to act as an anonymous or as registered / logged in user (Free/Paying).
For better converasion rate & UX - what is the best flow? what is the user expectation ...
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How should users be directed if they ask for a password reset, but their email is no longer valid?
I manage a website where users can request a password reset via an automated email.
What experience should I provide to users who have requested a password reset, but whose registered email address ...
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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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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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Facebook login additional input
I want to implement Facebook login to my project and besides the data that Facebook provides me, I'd like to request additional input from the user in order to store it in the database.
I was ...
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What to display on a profile page when not logged in
My site has a profile page where users can fill out fields, change their pictures, see stats about themselves, etc.
Currently, if the user somehow lands on profile.html without first being logged in, ...
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Changing the habit of login in a system
There's a system that users can either login with their national id and their password OR their customer id and their password. The password is common in both cases for a certain customer (every user ...
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Design for incorrect login
I'm considering changing my label ('The username or password incorrect.). This is the current design:
Any good design for this label?
I want the new label to get more attention than it used to be ...
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Is Gmail verification really user friendly?
I want to access my gmail, but when I try to login in via the web it shows an alert "verify its you". In case if I lost my mobile or the phone is dead or network is down, I'm unable to verify the code ...
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Updating security details on a financial app
I'm looking for help around the best practice for validating identity within an update security details flow.
I am working on the sign-up, login, and updating process for a new web based financial ...
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Progressive disclosure login and security
More and more web sites are using the UX pattern "progressive disclosure" for login purposes. I understand that this is for better user experience and cleaner user interfaces.
Since I use my browser (...
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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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How to display a "Log in" error in Material Design?
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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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When to ask the user to login for a more personalized experience
I’m currently working on an appointment platform for a drugstore chain. The current flow is as follow :
User select a service and get geolocated or enter is own location information.
The user can see ...
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Reducing Password Complexity?
Since starting my new role I've found that 20% of log in sessions are resulting in a dropout.
From watching user recordings, I believe this is down to users forgetting their password. Users log in ...
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What is the best way to integrate OAuth into an existing authentication system?
I'm currently working on a project to integrate OAuth with a pre-existing, in-house auth system. We have uncovered a number of potential issues, and I'm surprised to find so little online about what I ...
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How should one handle Register/Login when they are both identical flows?
I am building a website where the only login option is Stack Exchange. As a result, it doesn't matter if the user is registered or not, it's easy enough for me to create the same workflow for both, ...
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How should I handle errors due to not being logged in?
I have a website that allows to check in/out items. When a user clicks "Check Out" without being logged in, they are redirected to a page that explains that they were not logged in.
Is there a better ...
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Can a progressive sign up experience surpass a regular sign up experience?
I am wondering if the common sign up strategy shared by almost all websites is always the best:
Provide username
Provide password and e-mail or mobile number
Provide more information and confirm e-...
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Where should the 'no account?' button go?
On a website I am creating, the user is prompted to login before they can access the main content page. However, if they do not own an account, they can create one. Where should this button be placed? ...
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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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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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What are the pro's and con's of an extended user session?
When having a portal where due to regulations, the content displayed inside must be accessed through user authentication (username / password). Are there best practices / pros and cons of having ...
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Best format for registration form? [duplicate]
I am working on a registration form. I am trying to find the friendliest way to organize the content. I would appreciate if you could tell me:
1. Which layout you find better
2. If double checking the ...
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What is the reason for having more than one login link for Facebook?
If you do a Google search for facebook you'll see something that I think is rather curious, basically there are two different links, one to log into your account and the other to login to your account....
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Semi-logged in/timed out users personalisation
Lets say users session times out and he is logged out. I want to add little piece of personalisation for those users saying:
Name, not you?
Issue i am having is that with current layout I already have ...
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"Forgot password?" or "Reset password"?
We're designing a minimalist login page that follows Google's Material design guidelines.
Near the password field, there is an icon with a link to the Reset password page. For such link, what name is ...
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Appropriate error message for blacklisted password!
To provide the context, we have updated our password policies to disallow commonly used passwords like “Password1”, “Welcome123”, football teams, first names and easy to type keyboard sequences etc. ...
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Login or register in tabbed view
I have a page that displays the login and register form in tabs so the user can choose either to register or login.
One is tab active only and currently it is the register tab because I'd like new ...
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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 login/sign-up are walls and when they not?
I'm re-building the entire experience of a social media app and i really improved it former onboarding, but suddenly I found and read this article of the NNGroup about Login Walls and the bad ...
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What colour should Register and Login buttons be? [closed]
My current login page looks like this:
I chose green and grey basically at random, and am wondering how to to represent them properly. The login button is the main action, since this screen will only ...
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How can I best handle login for shared accounts with literal child users?
I'm working on a website for an event organizer, who hosts events for people of all ages. The organizer is non-profit, and gets subsidies for each unique member of their organization - buying a ticket ...
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Is the use of username/password in a mobile app needed? [duplicate]
We can log in with google or facebook. Android users should have google account already linked, ios users could create one. If someone doesn't want to use google, he can log in with facebook. Is the ...
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Login for company web job application form
My stakeholder just informed me that they want to require the user login to our company web if they want to apply via eForm.
For me, I thought it would make users not want to apply if they have to ...
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Single sign-on App
We're implementing a "single session" solution in our mobile app ecosystem in order to avoid the case of users logging in with the same account and running more than one session on multiple devices. ...
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To Link or Not to Link Social Logins with a Matching Email
I have a site that allows logging in through:
Email (must be verified and unique)
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn.
Once you have created an account through one of those 4 methods, I provide the ability ...
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How to ask user to fill out a short form after first log-in?
We need to ask the user for additional mandatory information after their first log-in because we don't want to overwhelm them on the registration page. How do we do it so that it's not annoying.. and ...
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How do I ask existing users for backup email for password recovery?
So after doing some research on account recovery/lost password best practices we decided to require a backup email account for password reset. That's easy enough for new users, but I'm unsure how to ...
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Improving login flow when authentication fails
We have the following login flow:
Screen 1: A user provides a username and clicks Next button. We do not verify whether a user with a given username exists in our database.
Screen 2: We display a ...
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