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Odd ligature behavior entering username in Android browsers

• forgotmypw17 6y ago
  I’m able to reproduce this in 5 different browsers on Android 7 and 8. Has anyone seen anything like it before? It’s preventing me from logging in because my username includes the st letter combination… It’s just that field, and just on that site. To add insult to injury, if I paste the text elsewhere, it’s fine…
  • db48x 6y ago
    Ligatures do not change the value of the text field, just the visual representation of that text. Unicode does not even have a distinct character for the "st" ligature, and not all fonts include a glyph for it either. This is why the text is fine when you paste it elsewhere; the text includes the individual characters "s" and "t", and the app you pasted it into may request that it be rendered without ligatures. I think it's much more likely that you really did just forget your password. There are tools you can use to view the actual HTTP request sent by the browser, if you really want to take the time to set them up. Most desktop browsers also include built-in tools for viewing this traffic, which would make it easier to check.
    • forgotmypw17 6y ago
      I have not these tools on my phone, though I use them on desktop. Thanks for the idea. I,m not sure what,s being sent, but I,m not able to log in from phone, while desktop works. I think this illustrates well a problem with browser monoculture.
      • db48x 6y ago
        It is absolutely a problem with the browser monoculture, but also the limited tools available on phones.