Logging into hackpad is like a fun maze
When I start typing in a document on ipython.hackpad.com, I am met with this:
Sensible enough. I need to login before I am allowed to edit the document. I do this at least once a week, but it’s nice that it wants to be sure I’m me. After clicking my face, it is promptly replaced with this:
Awfully similar, but apparently Hackpad is also getting ready for the IPython/Jupyter split. Can’t blame them for that, I guess. After clicking my face again, I am directed to the remarkably familiar:
Fearing an infinite loop, I click my face a third time, and am met with what appears to be a step backwards:
I choose Google, which it seems like I had already chosen in the previous three login screens, which brings me here:
Hey, there’s my face again! Let’s click it.
That looks like progress! Accept permissions, and we are redirected back to Hackpad, and...
Not what I was hoping for. At this point, I can manually navigate to the original page and start using Hackpad, but not a super great finish to our fun little tour of OAuth.
So that’s six login pages in total, starting with a confirmation of “Do you want to keep using the already-authorized account that you use every week?” that seems like it ought to make it a one step process.
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