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The magic link / Notion example is completely lost on me. "The pattern is incredibly tedious" That's the point. You log in to your email to log in to your Not
by nickdandakis 8y ago
The magic link / Notion example is completely lost on me.
"The pattern is incredibly tedious"
That's the point. You log in to your email to log in to your Notion. It's not 2FA, but maybe there should be some other term for it (like External Factor Authentication). I think unifying all of our logins against our email would be a step forward, not backwards. Then, sure, use your password manager for your email log in.
"This doesn’t work at all with password managers"
Yes, because there's no password to manage. Even if password managers end up supporting this flow, that'd require email access, and that seems like a Bad Idea™. Funnily enough, I'm sure that if password managers started supporting magic links with email access, UX people would rejoice even though it's a security concern.
"It forces users to learn a new convention"
Yes, it does. Granted, the Notion flow could be easier by injecting the temporary password into the log in URL, such that the end-user doesn't have to copy and paste it over.