Ask HN: Dang, could the login page get a title?

Post by runjake » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

Post by Someone1234 » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

atomicnumber3 wrote: post #11

Someone1234 wrote: post #10

If they're going to update that page just add it to the list: - Title (ideally unique, like Login | Hacker News) - Use of section heading elements for "Login" and "Create Account" - A background color - Set the autocomplete attribute on the two password inputs to "current-password" for login and "new-password" for Create Account. Give both username inputs the autocomplete "username"[0] - Give the two username and pas…

Is it nonstandard? It's OOTB explicit behavior in Rails. Every form submit has an entry for what the submit button value was, and you can specify it in the ERB.

Post by gruez » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 4:08 PM UTC

distcs wrote: post #8

> This would be immediately useful for password managers matching on window titles. Password managers matching on window titles to decide what password to autofill sounds very dangerous! What password manager is this?

Post by rationalist » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 4:37 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #16

distcs wrote: post #8

> This would be immediately useful for password managers matching on window titles. Password managers matching on window titles to decide what password to autofill sounds very dangerous! What password manager is this?

desktop password managers without browser integration, like keepass.

Post by tredre3 » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 6:31 PM UTC

theandrewbailey wrote: post #19

gruez wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

desktop password managers without browser integration, like keepass.

I've never noticed browser plugins for KeePass and KeePassXC having problems with the login form on HN. They look for password fields, pull in any logins for that domain, and show an autocomplete list when selected.