Login with Facebook / Google / Apple etc or Email

[Roll Out The Farrell]

This is more of a rant than a question but I'm finding this more and more of a bugbear these days.

The other day I booked a hotel on Booking.com & I'm presented with the above options to login. I can't remember what account I've used in the past so go in with google, make the booking and subsequently realise I'd used this before with an email login so any expert points I've acquired from this transaction aren't added to the points I've already accumulated.

Just one example. I suppose it's easy when you only inhabit one tech sphere but I'm in all of them.

Don't even get me started on the various places my photos can end up depending on what device I've taken them on!

[WTFH]

Inneresting.

Have you ever thought about saving your passwords in a keychain or other password management program, then just selecting when you come to a login screen?

[Roll Out The Farrell]

Inneresting.

Have you ever thought about saving your passwords in a keychain or other password management program, then just selecting when you come to a login screen?

No. There are literally dozens of these sites, it would be too much of a PITA to maintain.

[WTFH]

No. There are literally dozens of these sites, it would be too much of a PITA to maintain.

Then tick the "Stay logged in" option, or use the app on any smart device you may have.

PITA just means you need to change how you do things. The sites work for most others without a problem.

[SimonMac]

This is more of a rant than a question but I'm finding this more and more of a bugbear these days.

The other day I booked a hotel on Booking.com & I'm presented with the above options to login. I can't remember what account I've used in the past so go in with google, make the booking and subsequently realise I'd used this before with an email login so any expert points I've acquired from this transaction aren't added to the points I've already accumulated.

Just one example. I suppose it's easy when you only inhabit one tech sphere but I'm in all of them.

Don't even get me started on the various places my photos can end up depending on what device I've taken them on!

So is the problem the site offering too many login options, or the user can't remember which one they've used?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Soooooo... are there any photos of the A303 or bubble fronted dmus?

Just askin' like.

For a friend. Honest.

[Roll Out The Farrell]

So is the problem the site offering too many login options, or the user can't remember which one they've used?

That

[cojak]

This is a General thread so I'm moving there.

(I'll give people 5 minutes to read this post before I move it.)