mozilla/browserid — Issue #627: Problems trying to logout/login to beta.myfavoritebeer.org
Author: jbonacci
Created: 2011-11-22 00:06:42+00:00
State: open

It is intuitive enough to know to type or copy/paste an email into the login on this site.
Although some people might be confused since it does not have the normal Sign In button or any branding...

Add an email and verify the email.
Sign in.

It's a bit confusing to be asked to verify an email even though the UI flow does not have you really verify anything.

"Almost done! Verify your email address to finish:"

The pop-up is already populated and nothing is sent to the user's email.

The site requested you sign in with
blah@blah.com
With a Cancel and a Sign In button.

Not sure then why this is called a "verify" step.

What did I just verify if there is nothing to prove other than to click Sign In?

Now, it is not obvious how to sign/log out of the site.

So if you simply close and reopen the browser (no saved tabs), then you are automatically logged off the site.
If you close and reopen the browser (saved tabs), you get a nasty error.
If you close then reopen the tab, you are automatically logged off the site.
If you refresh the page, though....
you get a pre-populated field with that email address in it and a next button.
You can click "next" and do the "verification" step again.
or, you can clear the field and type in another email
or, you can clear the field and not type in another email.
In the last case, if you click "Next", you see the field is now blank, but it is asking you to Verify
If you click Verify, you will see a list of 1+ emails (depending on the current account in diresworb.org).
so now you can pick any email and verify on it.
Odd.