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Login pages
Raised as a usability problem by 28 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 28 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
Rejects long or special-character passwords with cryptic errorsUnreviewed
20112026- Rejects passwords as too long or with 'wrong' special characters, giving cryptic errors2022-05-07
- Password rules reject generated passwords, forcing user to disable special characters2021-11-16
- Custom login pages break password managers and reject valid long passwords2021-05-03
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 28 complaints
- Login forces an extra click to reach the password field, which is annoying2026-05-31
- Bank requires text-message login, which the user cannot use, so they cannot log in online2026-05-07
- Bank website login fails in Firefox, only works in Chrome2026-04-30
- Forces exactly 6 digits, blocks copy/paste, forcing mouse clicks on each number2025-07-17
- Short-lived SMS codes are hard for older users to copy and enter in time2025-03-20
- Keeps asking to confirm and re-enter password after user already did2025-03-16
- Login waits for every account to respond before letting user in2025-02-14
- Short email addresses accepted at signup but silently break password reset2024-02-23
- Long passwords are a pain to type on tiny touchscreen keyboards2023-07-22
- Users are confused by a single button labelled for both sign up and sign in2023-06-23
- WiFi login pages push marketing sign-ups, making them mildly annoying to unusable2023-05-03
- Error message appears and shifts the Sign in button right as the user clicks it2022-11-27
- Juggling multiple tools and windows to iterate on authentication is tedious and nasty2022-10-03
- Banks use many unrelated domains, so users can't tell which login page is genuine2022-05-27
- Rejects passwords as too long or with 'wrong' special characters, giving cryptic errors2022-05-07
- Password rules reject generated passwords, forcing user to disable special characters2021-11-16
- Repeatedly flagged as a bot and blocked from logging in, needing about ten attempts2021-11-01
- Custom login pages break password managers and reject valid long passwords2021-05-03
- Account gets locked after a few failed logins, forcing costly phone calls to unlock2020-06-30
- Password rules reject long passwords and forbid spaces, and VIP codes must be appended to passwords2018-12-04
- Form clears all fields if app is suspended, and blocks copy and paste2018-08-14
- Password entry jumps to an unfamiliar separate domain, so users can't tell it's legitimate2017-12-13
- Bank login page doesn't work well in a small netbook-sized window2016-03-26
- Must switch to mouse to click Next between username and password2015-07-03
- Blocks password managers and pasting, forcing manual password entry2014-02-12
- Overlay pops up on every login, pushing an unwanted antivirus install2013-11-26
- Has to re-enter password every single time, a pain on a cellphone2011-08-10
- After logging in from an emailed link, user lands on home page instead of intended destination2011-06-14