mozilla/browserid — Issue #802: Remember to refresh a page when signing up from diresworb.org
Author: jbonacci
Created: 2011-12-23 02:38:26+00:00
State: open

I just noticed that diresworb.org does not refresh when signing up from the server site.

Open diresworb.org on any browser.
Sign Up with a new account.
The diresworb.org page will be replaced by this content:
Create Account
We sent a confirmation email to jbonacci+winxpff1@mozilla.com.
To finish signing up just click the verify link we sent to your email address.
If this is a mistake, just ignore the sent email and use another email address.

Open email or at least do the verification in the same browser (most common method).
This will open a new page with the following content:
Thank you for signing up with BrowserID. You can now use your BrowserID account to Sign In or Sign Up to websites all across the web!
Your new address is set up and you should now be signed in. You may now close this window and go back to diresworb.org

This is great because the new user created their first account in one single browser!

But wait, neither page is refreshed, so now the new user is wondering what to do.
At least with an RP, the site is refreshed and the user is automatically logged in.

So, if the user is paying attention to the wording in the second page:
Your new address is set up and you should now be signed in. You may now close this window and go back to diresworb.org
he/she will do just that.

Well, this page still shows the email verification information.

We should actually do one of the following (if possible):
1. Refresh the text to tell the user what to do next
2. Refresh the page so that the Account Manager will be in focus.