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On an unrelated usability issue: They have recently updated their login page. Now instead of a single TAB to get from the user name field to the password field

On an unrelated usability issue: They have recently updated their login page. Now instead of a single TAB to get from the user name field to the password field you need something like five key presses to get to the enter password page. Yes, I should not use that surveillance company in the first place. Or in their opinion never log out, not use cookie auto delete, Firefox account containers etc. Unfortunately I try to balance between the two standpoints.

zzz999 3y ago
Login and password should always be on the same page and require only one <TAB>... How hard is that My bank fucked that up too, long ago... I even complained about it... I think software engineers fuck stuff up on purpose for job security and/or for the sake of staying busy. Yet I can't find a job because I dont have an IT degree Ideally, you would just require an extremly complex password and no user ID though... Something like UUIDs
jsnell 3y ago
I don't understand your description of the problem, it doesn't match how the old login page works at all. 1. The username and password fields have not been on the same page for like, 15 years. You havne't been able to get from one field to the other with just tab for ever. 2. If you mean the number of tabs needed to go from the username field to the "next" button, on the old login page it's still three tab presses 3. The obvious way to get from the username entry page to the password page is to just press enter while focus is on the username field. Doesn't that work with the new login page?
- usr1106 3y ago
  I must admit I have not really studied the differences. Not sure whether I could get the old login page back to do so. Probably not permanently, so not worth my time. The new page just felt much heavier and slower, so I looked what I need to do to the stupid next button. For my UI I want: If it's not broken, don't touch it. Marketing and graphical designers go elsewhere. And there was nothing broken for me with the old UI. (Those with screen readers might have more substantial insights in one direction or the opposite, I don't know)

zzz999 3y ago

Login and password should always be on the same page and require only one <TAB>... How hard is that My bank fucked that up too, long ago... I even complained about it... I think software engineers fuck stuff up on purpose for job security and/or for the sake of staying busy. Yet I can't find a job because I dont have an IT degree Ideally, you would just require an extremly complex password and no user ID though... Something like UUIDs

jsnell 3y ago

I don't understand your description of the problem, it doesn't match how the old login page works at all. 1. The username and password fields have not been on the same page for like, 15 years. You havne't been able to get from one field to the other with just tab for ever. 2. If you mean the number of tabs needed to go from the username field to the "next" button, on the old login page it's still three tab presses 3. The obvious way to get from the username entry page to the password page is to just press enter while focus is on the username field. Doesn't that work with the new login page?

usr1106 3y ago
I must admit I have not really studied the differences. Not sure whether I could get the old login page back to do so. Probably not permanently, so not worth my time. The new page just felt much heavier and slower, so I looked what I need to do to the stupid next button. For my UI I want: If it's not broken, don't touch it. Marketing and graphical designers go elsewhere. And there was nothing broken for me with the old UI. (Those with screen readers might have more substantial insights in one direction or the opposite, I don't know)