Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Login forms and flows
Raised as a usability problem by 27 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 26 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Pasted or typed passwords get cut off at loginUnreviewed
20082026- Pasted or typed password is cut off at login, though autofill works2024-01-22
- Submit stays disabled after password manager autofills, so user must edit a field2023-11-08
- Tab after username focuses a clear button, breaking password manager auto-typing and emptying the form2021-06-28
Repeated login prompts appear whenever users try to avoid themUnreviewed
20082026- Repeated login prompts appear whenever the user tries to get around them2021-06-29
- Username and password appear on separate screens, forcing an extra step to log in2020-05-15
- Login uses four input boxes that could be two, slowing entry2011-07-29
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 27 complaints
- Sites often lack an option to undo a Google login link2026-08-17
- Can't tell whether account was made with email or Google login2025-11-10
- Developer verification process is inscrutable, with at least one step obviously broken2025-05-05
- Magic link login forces an extra email round-trip before the password and 2FA prompts2025-04-14
- Identical-looking characters from different input methods cause account not found errors2024-11-25
- Users forget which login method they used and try a password that doesn't exist2024-08-14
- Users without password managers must repeatedly log in and reset passwords on web2024-08-12
- Pasted or typed password is cut off at login, though autofill works2024-01-22
- Submit stays disabled after password manager autofills, so user must edit a field2023-11-08
- Hard to disable social login and switch to own username and password2023-09-09
- Repeated login prompts appear whenever the user tries to get around them2021-06-29
- Tab after username focuses a clear button, breaking password manager auto-typing and emptying the form2021-06-28
- Having several linked accounts across providers makes the login flow confusing2020-08-22
- Username and password appear on separate screens, forcing an extra step to log in2020-05-15
- Close buttons on login pop-ups are hard to see and find2019-11-24
- Users can't tell legitimate login domains from fake ones because sign-in domains and flows are inconsistent2019-06-26
- Having to type a password repeatedly when a computer wakes or a keyboard is connected is annoying2019-04-08
- Captcha silently fails to load with no error shown to user2019-02-15
- Can't paste a password into the password field2019-02-15
- Login silently fails with no error, returning user to login screen2017-12-14
- Users must sign up, verify email, and choose a password before using a site2015-12-24
- Logging in via Google leads to endless personal info requests with no way to exit2015-05-29
- Must enter email or sign up before continuing to view content2014-01-09
- Users bounce away instead of logging in, especially on mobile2013-01-14
- Login uses four input boxes that could be two, slowing entry2011-07-29
- Login page looks broken with missing images and poor UI, nearly deterred signup2010-11-17
- After logging in, users are sent back to the front page instead of the page they requested2008-09-21