Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Login forms
Raised as a usability problem by 43 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 33 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
Separate username and password screens add clicks and break autofillUnreviewed
20082026- Login split into separate steps, password field hidden until username entered2024-05-15
- Split username and password screens break autofill and add extra clicks to sign in2023-06-23
- Login forms split username and password across pages or add extra fields, blocking password manager autofill2020-03-25
Login forms block pasting into the password fieldUnreviewed
20082026- Blind password entry on tiny touch keyboards makes logging in excruciating and error-prone2024-08-25
- Input focus jumps away mid-typing, so passwords get typed into wrong fields or visible text2021-05-03
- Entering only some password characters each login is cumbersome and error-prone for users2019-03-06
Submit stays disabled after autofill, forcing manual password editsUnreviewed
20082026- Submit stays disabled after browser autofill, forcing user to edit password manually2023-07-23
- Disabled submit button stays unusable when password manager autofill fills fields2019-02-15
- Dynamic or AJAX login forms don't offer the browser's save-password option, making logins annoying2016-06-15
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 43 complaints
- Double-clicking login button triggers an error page because the one-time token is already used2026-07-05
- Error messages are misleading, so users stop trusting any error message2026-01-04
- Button text can be highlighted but doesn't copy or select properly2025-09-24
- Blind password entry on tiny touch keyboards makes logging in excruciating and error-prone2024-08-25
- Login split into separate steps, password field hidden until username entered2024-05-15
- Submit stays disabled after browser autofill, forcing user to edit password manually2023-07-23
- Split username and password screens break autofill and add extra clicks to sign in2023-06-23
- Repeated SMS re-authentication prompts and blank pages block logging in from a normal IP2023-01-19
- Silently truncates long passwords at login, so the correct password is rejected with no warning2022-10-28
- Combined form gives confusing error messages when user's intent is unknown2022-08-21
- Newsletter opt-in checkbox sits where users expect remember me, so they tick it by habit2022-07-12
- Login form does not show in Firefox, and register button vanishes without feedback2021-06-26
- Sign In button disappears at half-width, leaving only Sign Up; must hunt through menus2021-05-03
- Input focus jumps away mid-typing, so passwords get typed into wrong fields or visible text2021-05-03
- Email typed at login is discarded, so it must be re-entered on the forgot password page2020-11-26
- Login forms split username and password across pages or add extra fields, blocking password manager autofill2020-03-25
- Username-only first step makes users who lack a password think something is broken2020-01-12
- Users get confused and fail when username and password are on separate pages2019-06-28
- Two separate login pages are confusing and make people stop to think before logging in2019-06-28
- Too many login buttons make users forget which one they used, creating duplicate accounts2019-06-27
- Entering only some password characters each login is cumbersome and error-prone for users2019-03-06
- Blocking paste forces tedious manual password entry2019-02-16
- Forced rotation and special-character rules are frustrating, and form validation insists on more character classes despite length2019-02-15
- Disabled submit button stays unusable when password manager autofill fills fields2019-02-15
- Password managers must be triggered twice because login splits across two pages2019-02-15
- Username and password split across two screens; password managers fail to autofill2019-02-15
- Can sign up with Google on Android but no Google login on the website2019-02-15
- Blocks pasting passwords into the field, which is infuriating for users2019-02-15
- Login forms block pasting into the password field, which is terrible for users2019-02-15
- Login made more painful with no security gain2017-12-22
- Splitting username and password onto separate screens adds extra clicks and breaks password manager autofill2017-07-07
- Dynamic or AJAX login forms don't offer the browser's save-password option, making logins annoying2016-06-15
- Login prompt appears even when signed in, adding load time2015-11-22
- Users who forgot their username have no way to tell what's wrong2014-12-01
- Sites block autofill, so the user must type credentials by hand instead of relying on it2013-11-01
- Password rules are not shown, so users must guess the required pattern2013-02-04
- The 'close to reveal' box is counterintuitive, took a while to figure out2013-01-07
- Link goes to a login wall on a subpage instead of useful content2012-10-12
- Login sends users away from the site to another page2012-07-29
- Users don't see the FAQ link as relevant to their own login problem2011-10-28
- Name field silently turns into a password field after entering an existing email, confusing first-time users2010-09-28
- Users didn't read the combined form and thought it was login-only2009-11-14
- Login area's JOIN NOW is too loud and page breaks at different window widths2008-03-15