“New Approaches To Designing Log-In Forms”
Most of what’s in the article is pretty bad for security / privacy and shouldn’t be applicable in many instances (showing a searchable list of users before login precludes hidden accounts, and showing you which account goes with a given e-mail address is awful for privacy), but these are two excellent ideas:
Facebook’s mobile Web experience tackles this in a small but useful way. If you enter an incorrect password when trying to sign in, the website will change the password field to plain text so that you can actually see your input. Facebook also offers an alternate way to log in, using your email address or phone number (screenshot below). It’s a small enhancement but one that can go a long way on mobile.
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