The ideal form of authorization – how to do it is not necessary (errors and tips)

Recently, we posted a number of useful tips on creating effective registration forms on the site, and today we want to talk about the authorization / login unit. Recently, a lot of annoying and too “abstruse” of its implementations appear on the network. It is good when designers try to make unusual and beautiful login forms (see our selection), incorporating them into the overall concept of a web project, but it’s quite another thing when they overdo it with functionality. Sometimes it comes to the fact that popular password managers (in Chrome or from 1Password) just do not work.

In the article you will see examples of authorization forms with problems in usability. This is good food for thought for web developers who do not really understand exactly how their audience uses the login tool on the site. In the second part of the article, we will show and tell you how best to accomplish this task and create simple, binding, recognizable elements that are clear to visitors and work well with different “memories” passwords. The text is an adaptation of this note. Continue reading →