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My biggest annoyance with these processes is when they ask for your user name (loading…) then takes you to a different page to ask for your password (loading…)
Like, just stick them on the same page, it’s an annoyance for the sake of trying to get us to use auto sign in
it’s an annoyance for the sake of trying to get us to use auto sign in
Not really, that’s more in the realm of incompetence than malice. Its basically the cheapest and fastest way to implement multiple different log in methods within one login page.
Let’s say you have Google login, Facebook login, SSO (corporate single sign-on), Email/SMS codes and good old password and username. The easiest option would be to just put a different login button for each of these and be done with it. That works as long as your users know what type they should use.
But once you have a user that doesn’t know what he should use you need a backup login that always works. Thats what the standard login button is used for nowadays. When you put in your username/Email it checks the associated login method for that account and redirects you to the correct login page. That way multiple login methods can be accessed with the same starting page.
Sure, its mildly annoying for people that use a normal passwords, but considering that the overwhelming majority of people either uses Google sign in or just stays logged in, its a very easy decision to make for the developers.
My sister told me she had problems recovering her password. The page said “email address not registered” when she tried that but “email address in use” when she tried to create a new account. She eventually tried “Sign in with Google” (it was a Gmail address), which led to a permission page, making it seem like she was setting up a new connected service to the account. She went through with it and saw her profile page with all her details, history and credits. By the time she navigated to another page, her account had been reset to a new one with nothing but an email address… The service admins did have a backup though and restored the account.
And I remember a site that would show you your password in account details, and did not even support https… in 2011 up to fucking 2015. Gaining control of all 300,000+ accounts (not hard if the backend’s security was as strong as it seems to have been) would not have been valuable itself (users could not interact, the site was basically a quiz game with a leaderboard akin to freerice.com) but it was for children 6-18, most of whom would reuse passwords. And it was designed by CDI.cz, a major web design agency with high-profile Czech clients including the post office, a top 3 telecom, a major heath insurance provider and the national railway company…
After the age check laws take effect; you won’t need to log in. They will know who you are.
You only have to type the url in your browsers adress bar and you will recieve your obligatory bone sampling kit in your mail box the next day.
Buy the Google stock, average people dont give a flying shark about privacy.
This, exactly, stopped me from subscribing to a service last night
This also causes me to utilize feedback forms (edit: and more often these days, AI chatbots) telling them that their website’s product owner is a douchebag in as creative of a way that I can in the moment based on my level of frustration lol
This kind of thing really thoroughly gets on my nerves.
Deviant art?? This is not July of 2025 for sure
