Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea
by daveoh on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:43PM
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To add to the mix my personal pet peeve is to not qualify that my password and password confirmation aren't equal before you submit the form and I then have to retype both and possibly lose other information that I have typed in like creditcard details. And don't get me started on sites that don't allow special characters in their passwords...
Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea
by simonbrown on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:25PM
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> Also, on other note: username is Not an email address. Do not ask me for my username when you really mean email address.
Are you saying that sites should allow users to use email addresses to log in, rather than usernames? As I understand it, the former is a more recent thing.
Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea
by RandallBrown on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:38PM
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I think they're saying that if a website requires an email address to login, they should label it as email address instead of username.
I can't stand it when I try and log in to a website and fail 4 times. Then finally click "Forgot Username" and all that pops up is a box saying my username is my email address.
Re:Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea
by jasonlotito on Monday February 04, 2013 @08:05PM
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Exactly this.
There is no try.
If you cannot move it to a reasonable location, do not use this method.
Also, on other note: username is Not an email address. Do not ask me for my username when you really mean email address.
Oh, and one more thing. Let me know (or make it easy to find out) what special rules you require for passwords on your login page. Your site is annoying because you probably require some special combinate of letters and numbers and possibly something else, which means I have to figure out which password pattern I should be trying.