Re:Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
by khalilravanna on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:11PM
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This should be the answer. As soon as the user enters a valid email (regex test) send a request to server to figure out what path they need to go down in the “federated flow”. What we shouldn’t do is diminish the experience for some because the flow for some others is different.
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Re:Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
by underwater on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:24PM
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You shouldn't have a giant sign asking people for something they don't have, it's confusing and discourages people from using your product.
Re:Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
by franciscop on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:08PM
(#19176795)
It should be onblur, otherwise you'd send requests for:
And you'd have to account for all those tricky race conditions happening there
And [email protected] could be the email of another user, so you'll never be able to login with yours.