Ticket #4527 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 1 year ago

Password reset usability issues

Reported by: tellyworth Assigned to: anonymous
Priority: normal Milestone: 2.3
Component: Administration Version: 2.3
Severity: normal Keywords: has-patch
Cc:

Description

Some users have trouble resetting their passwords because the pages displayed by Wordpress during the process can be misunderstood. Here's what happens:

1. User visits the Lost Password page and enters their email address.

2. After submitting the form, they're presented with a login form that includes the message "please check your email for the confirmation link"

3. After clicking on the link in the confirmation email, they're presented with a login form that includes the message "please check your e-mail for your new password"

At both steps (2) and (3), Wordpress shows its normal login page with a small and easily overlooked message. Some users are missing the message and thinking, "why am I back at the login screen? I don't know the password you idiots." Both steps also include a "Lost Password" link at the bottom, so it's easy for users to click that again and chase their own tail.

The attached patch removes the username/password login fields and hides the Lost Password link on those two screens, to reduce the ways of misunderstanding the process.

Attachments

password-reset-simplify-r5751.patch (1.4 kB) - added by tellyworth on 06/25/07 00:20:49.
reset-password-001.png (19.2 kB) - added by markjaquith on 06/25/07 02:24:57.
Firefox 2.0.0.4
password-reset-simplify-r5794.patch (1.9 kB) - added by tellyworth on 07/10/07 00:30:27.

Change History

06/25/07 00:20:49 changed by tellyworth

  • attachment password-reset-simplify-r5751.patch added.

06/25/07 00:58:31 changed by foolswisdom

  • keywords set to has-patch.
  • version set to 2.3.
  • milestone set to 2.3 (trunk).

06/25/07 02:24:26 changed by markjaquith

Really like the idea. I'm seeing some visual glitches, however. See attached screenshot. Firefox 2.0.0.4

06/25/07 02:24:57 changed by markjaquith

  • attachment reset-password-001.png added.

Firefox 2.0.0.4

06/25/07 03:42:14 changed by tellyworth

The glitch seems to be caused by the image gradient. The login form looks fine because of its length. Shorter forms don't. The Lost Password page has the same glitch (before this patch), though it's not as obvious.

06/25/07 14:33:00 changed by rob1n

Maybe a bit of padding at the bottom? Enough to make the colors match?

06/27/07 10:18:09 changed by Viper007Bond

Or an alternate footer image that matches the bottom of the gradient.

07/10/07 00:30:27 changed by tellyworth

  • attachment password-reset-simplify-r5794.patch added.

07/10/07 00:32:15 changed by tellyworth

password-reset-simplify-r5794.patch adds some extra height to those two pages, and fixes an error in the original. Ignore the r5751-a patch, it has an error.

07/15/07 17:50:39 changed by ryan

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [5800]) Password reset usability improvements from tellyworth. fixes #4527