Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Password registration forms
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2011–2022), in 10 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
Password silently truncated past a length limit, with no login explanationUnreviewed
20112026- Password silently truncated past a length limit, and login then fails with no explanation2021-04-19
- Long passwords silently fail, and fields block pasting and hide typed text2019-01-19
- Pasted long password silently truncated at 16 characters, so later logins fail2015-10-24
Password accepted at creation but rejected at login, only trial and error worksUnreviewed
20112026- Password accepted at creation but rejected at login; only trial and error finds valid passwords2021-11-16
- Repeatedly rejected passwords with no explicit way to see how to fix them2021-08-21
- Generated password rejected with blank error, forcing manual length guessing2019-08-12
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 12 complaints
- Paste is blocked, forcing manual typing of a complex password; second field disabled2022-12-23
- Picking passwords and repeating email or password makes sign-up tedious2022-11-24
- Signup has to be broken off to click a link and then return to the page2022-11-23
- Blocks pasting into the confirm-password field, breaking password manager autofill2021-11-16
- Password accepted at creation but rejected at login; only trial and error finds valid passwords2021-11-16
- Repeatedly rejected passwords with no explicit way to see how to fix them2021-08-21
- Password silently truncated past a length limit, and login then fails with no explanation2021-04-19
- Generated password rejected with blank error, forcing manual length guessing2019-08-12
- Long passwords silently fail, and fields block pasting and hide typed text2019-01-19
- Errors shown only after submitting, one rule at a time, not all rules upfront2017-03-10
- Pasted long password silently truncated at 16 characters, so later logins fail2015-10-24
- Maximum length and special character rules force users to weaken generated passwords2011-02-04