Talk:Password reset

Ideas and comments


Regarding Jared's redesign proposal and general improvements we might make...


 * Obviously the blocker for accepting the redesign is converting all of mediawiki.ui to conform to the Flow updated style. I doubt this is going to happen quickly, and we need to work out points of disagreement like the blue input area highlights.
 * Do we really need a cancel button? Since cancel would probably only clear the fields, this seems strange.
 * I like the move to placeholders for sure. the labels we currently have take up more space and feel cluttered.
 * On the mailing list, we discussed combining the two fields in to one, labeled as "Username or email address". Users do not have to enter both: they can enter a username or an email, so it's confusing to have two fields. I really think this could improve usability, but there is potentially a technical hurdle in validating both email or username in a single field. Also note that if you're logged in, the form will autofill your current username. One alternative could be having a single field, with a required radio button to choose username or password. This we could potentially do without needing the rest of the redesign of the mediawiki.ui controls and vform style in place.

Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   01:48, 18 October 2013 (UTC) CC:, ,
 * I'm also not sure how Cancel is meant to work, and I don't know any other forms on the site (or most other sites' reset forms for that matter) that have it. Re placeholders, we need to make sure it has very broad browser support, since login and signup are critical functionality.  It doesn't have to look great in old browsers, but it has to work (and that includes seeing which field is which).  65871 is probably still relevant, though I haven't worked on it recently. Superm401 - Talk 03:49, 18 October 2013 (UTC)