I’m slightly frustrated with the email-only sign in with micro.blog. I like to stay out of my inbox unless I’m in there clearing it. Being forced there to log-in is digitally coercive. Why can’t I just use a password folks?
I’m slightly frustrated with the email-only sign in with micro.blog. I like to stay out of my inbox unless I’m in there clearing it. Being forced there to log-in is digitally coercive. Why can’t I just use a password folks?
@euanlawson Hi Euan, I definitely understand about wanting to avoid a visit to your inbox. If you're signed in, you should be set, unless you sign out again. Is there a reason you need to sign in frequently? You could also use an app token for a variety of Micro.blog-enabled apps. help.micro.blog/t/signing...
@jean Hi Jean. Thanks for the reply. Yes, no worries - I can cope with it! It was worse when I was signing into various devices at first but I’ve not had to again since that initial flurry and is all cool. 👍
@jean One bit of feedback so you don’t think I’ve just turned up and started grousing! The ability to change the highlight colour in the iOS app is very welcome. It defaulted to red (dark background) which is very hard for us colourblind types to see so was super-chuffed to be able to change it. Makes huge difference to accessibility/usability. Thank you!!
@euanlawson @jean Great feedback, thanks. For the lack of passwords, we're also going to be adding text verification as an option soon, because browsers handle auto-filling that so well now without leaving the app. I think there's more we can do to improve this.
@mcg Yeah, I have heard the stories about SMS exploits. When we experiment with this, it'll be optional. (This is also why I've resisted M.b features that use private data, like protected posts or direct messaging, so in the case of a hack there isn't much to steal.)
@manton @mcg I agree. Please do not use SMS. U2F might be a better option. And yes, no passwords please. There is an inconvenience of having to go to your mailbox to login, but it is a minor one. Maybe being able to generate login tokens from the iOS app would be nice, too (no need to go to your mailbox, right?).