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 apps not emphasise on 'Login' buttons like they do for 'Sign up' buttons?
There are few obvious reasons for a prominent sign up buttons like,
We need more signups
We need the visitors to locate the sign up button quickly
Most of the apps, dont sign out users after they ...
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If you don't know the user, prompt Login or Sign up page?
Say you have a new feature on your website/app and you have a user that is going to visit it but you don't know if she is registered.
Which of the following would you prompt?
Login [field][field]......
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Wording of third-party login button
Which one do you think is the right way to put it: "Sign up with Google"
or "Sign up using Google"?
I feel that "Sign up using Google" is the right way to ask, as "Sign up with Google" says that you ...
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Dealign with Facebook login denied permission?
I'm creating an e-commerce website using Facebook as an alternative to create account/login process. Since it's an e-commerce website it's important for us to have users' e-mail to send updates about ...
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Do we really need to remember all the passwords?
I'm just wondering if we really need to remember or note down all the passwords we use for sheer amount of applications nowadays. Why can't a user just click on forgot password every time he wants to ...
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Is it a good practice to keep autocomplete on in login form?
We recently revamped the UI of our Login form and initially kept the autocomplete on in the Email/ID field. We then created a blog inside our website and users loved it. They also loved the fact that ...
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Partial login for account management
I work for a TV/Telco company and I'm looking at if its a good idea to open up some of the 'My Account' management section of our site to users who are only partially logged in. In a very similar way ...
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Common email pitfalls for social login integrations
We are planning to implement social logins on our site. (Potentially via a service like Janrain or Auth0.) For us the user's email is key, so we will implement only services that expose the user's ...
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How to show several log-in and sign-up options (mobile app)?
I'm just wondering, how do you deal with a sign-up / login page that has a lot of options? As in below, after the onboarding, the user can sign-up / log-in in 3 ways.
Is this too overwhelming or is ...
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Is there a standard for distributing permission for account creation?
I am creating a web app that will require the user to have an account to access, but I am not allowing people to create accounts freely. I want to give specific people permission to a pre-existing ...
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Any proven benefits to displaying a user's name in navigation?
Question: Are there any proven benefits to having a "Welcome back, user", or even just "user", in the primary navigation after login?
My Guess:
The obvious benefit I see is that it could make the ...
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should the Terms & Conditions button be displayed on main screen?
We have a Mobile Application Login Screen, and it should contain a button to open the terms & Conditions screen, and there is a suggestion to show that button under overflow menu, so it will not ...
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If user uses Facebook/Google to login in my website, should I logout a user that logs out from Facebook/Google account?
Is basically the inverse of this question.
An user register to a website using his/her Facebook account. Should I check if user is still logged in in Facebook and if is not the case log out the user? ...
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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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Notifying user that a specific feature will require login in the future
So, I'm in this situation. I have a widely used and strongly advertised feature in my app, that, like almost any other features in my app, does not require a user login.
Here's the problem. Say, I ...
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User login experience for web app
I have designed what I believe to be the simplest possible user experience for a website. There are only 4 buttons in total on the whole page and the look is very clean.
But there is nowhere to put ...
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What is the best way to avoid user frustration due to a login wall?
I recently came across a website that sell random market products but because they are a small startup their services are not yet available everywhere in my city. To avoid problems due to their ...
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Is it better to replace the homepage with the user profile after log in?
I'm working on a web application where I also need to code a user registration/login feature.
I'm in the process of working on the user-side of the system (in other words, what the user sees after ...
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Switch between fingerprint and password sign in options in windows 8 [closed]
In windows 8 I noticed the following on my laptop:
When I am on the lock/login screen I can swipe my finger at any time and it will allow me to pass the screen. This is quite convenient.
However, when ...
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Avatar option on login screen?
Is it ok to give users option to put their photo while login into the app?
Isn't that too much in the start?
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User Login and Signup for App with Multiple, but Separate, Roles
I'm building an app that will have two different types of users, let's say "Shoppers" and "Agents" for example.
I am trying to determine whether I should split the login / signup to different areas ...
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Alternative to signin without account
I have a login screen, the user has two options:
'Signin with Facebook'
'Continue without signin' (no account registration required)
The button text for the second option I have chosen is:
'...
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Is it fine for the first page to be the signup page?
In the first page of evernote two text boxes are shown, one for email and the other one for password. And I almost always get these mistaken for the login form! I enter my credentials and then realize ...
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UX and Information Security of pre-login account information
I'm currently working on a redesign of a customer-facing account management. A stakeholder brought forth the idea of exposing certain information about the account to pre-login UI. From a technical ...
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Is using screen unlock pattern feature a good option for login on mobile web
trying to come up with way(s) to reduce the users' drop off rate on mobile login/registration on a mobile web ecommerce site.
1 method i think could work and would like to probably test would be a ...
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What is the best practice for resetting an invalid email address as username
Setup:
Site is for utility customers to view usage and pay bills etc.
Usernames are email addresses
Passwords can be reset by providing an email address to which a password reset email is sent
The ...
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User migration when some users signed up to the old system and some to the new one
Our team has a challenging UX issue we are trying to solve neatly. We have rebuilt an existing system from scratch and there is a technical constraint that old users will need to re-register to the ...
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Should I keep or remove the title for this form?
As the Log In button is in the toolbar the title seems like repetition.
Do I keep (A) or remove (B) the title Log In?
Or do I change the title and/or button text?
Screenshots from an iPhone 6S but ...
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What is the expected UX behaviour when you delete your account from a service?
The "Delete account" option in our product is really just a unsubscribe from the service option - the user is still able to login to the system but no longer has access to the actual service.
My ...
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Where to place controls in user account form?
I'm creating an user account window for my instant messenger application.
User have to:
enter name, password, server
press button "Connect".
Also user can:
close this form without connection
enter ...
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How do you define on which step app has to ask user to sign up?
How to define certain step in the app where user will be asked to sign up?
If there are requirements, that the daily task manager app design should contain sign up & login. But what if we don't ...
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Should logging out bring you to a login page?
When a user clicks logout it logs them out then redirects them to the login page. My question is should I do this or should I bring them back to the page they logged out from?
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Does it matter that iOS capitalizes the first letter of form fields?
I am in the process of redesigning the UX of a website for the mobile and tablet users.
Do users generally notice or not notice that when entering a username in a login prompt, an iphone capitalizes ...
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How long should a session be when "remember me" is enabled?
Greetings great people on the Internet. I present to you, a question we are dealing with.
Case: The user checks the "Remember Me" checkbox
Question: How long should the session be active? So the ...
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Examples of login forms UX concepts? [closed]
I want to design an easy-to-use form for my users to sign in.
I have been looking for mockups as a first phase, but I have found more fully designed & live examples of login forms. It's great but ...
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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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What is the best location to place an identity context control (avatar, name, sign out button)
I'm working on a (web) design that implements both an identity (user) context, and an organization context -- similar in the way that GitHub allows you to log in as yourself, then be a member of one ...
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Only providing social logins [duplicate]
I'm currently working on a project where the user is required to register, and we are considering only providing social logins, and not providing a site only registration.
The reason behind this is ...
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Which one should be more prominent, Login button, or Register button?
I've noticed that some sites feature register button (or form) more prominently than login button (or form), such as Dropbox and Facebook, whereas some other sites are the opposite. And also, I've ...
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Should login information be remembered after a popup is closed?
I click a button called "Login" and a popup appears to login. I fill in my information and I accidentally click outside the div, should the information be remembered when I click "Login" again? Or, do ...
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Should I create a separate login page or just a popup from the sign up page?
A popup would be more easy for me. It saves me from having to make another page. This being said, on average, which method does a user prefer more? A popup may be faster, but do users feel it is as ...
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Should the index page have the sign up page or login page? [closed]
First of all, I don't want the Sign Up form and Login form to be on the same page, like Facebook.
I want some clean organization. To continue, I want at least one form on the index page. I don't ...
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Order of login and registration methods: should the social media login and registration be above or below?
In a login page, should the "log in using x social media" precede the local site log in prompt, or the other way around, as shown in the image below?
I'd like to ask the same about the registration. ...
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Basic log in screen design pattern [closed]
This is the log in screen for our winforms app:
I can't put my finger on it, but I don't like something about the aesthetics of this. Something about it just doesn't seem particularly stylish, or ...
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Google and Yahoo require you to enter your username first, then password. Why is this? [duplicate]
For a while now, logging onto your google account has required you to enter your username and hit next, before entering your password like this:
Recently yahoo has implemented a similar system.
What ...
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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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What should be login related links called
We need to group login related links together under one header.
Links
Login/Sign In
Forgot Password
Register/Sign Up
etc.
We need the word for this "Header".
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I should have mentioned that we ...
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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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use facebook login feature or not
I intend implementing facebook login to my web app-and also the traditional registration form.
There are some questions that arise though and are not general but specific to the nature of the app.Let ...
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What page should be shown after a user logs in?
I'm working on a web app which allows users to easily rent a boat. Users can create an account if they want so they can view/edit their booking.
When a user is on the homepage (or any page) and ...
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