Initial tab focus skips "log in" link
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JC Woodward
When using the keyboard to navigate the community website, the tab focus initially skips the "log in" link in the top right. This should be the first element on the page focused.
ORIGINAL POST:
On the association home page, please establish focus on the "log in" link as the very first entry in the tab sequence list. That way, a touch typist need only tap the space bar then enter his credentials.
As it is, he must take his hand off the keyboard, find the mouse, jiggle it to locate the cursor, navigate to the tiny clickable area for "log in", click, then finally put his hands back on the keyboard to enter his credentials.
A HUGE inconvenience that could be eliminated with almost no effort!
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Wes Cossick
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JC Woodward
Wes CossickThanks! Just what I need.
Meredith Owens
Chris Juzda, Alan Zink, Ginette Hall, Douglas Seitz: We have a separate open feature request to increase the font size for the "log in or register" links on the websites! I've added your votes to this post here: https://feedback.hoa-express.com/feature-requests/p/increase-font-size-for-log-in-or-register-links
JC Woodward
Responding to a couple of other commenters:
Whether this is a big issue depends entirely on if you are a touch typist or a mouse user. The mouse user's hand is already on the mouse, and increasing the size of the login link will suffice. For the touch typist accustomed to flashing screens across his monitor while barely looking at them, it is a serious disruption.
"remember me" works fine for those who allow their browser to accumulate cookies indefinitely. For the security conscious user whose browser is configured to delete cookies on closing, "remember me" has little value.
Wes Cossick
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Douglas Seitz
Our site has "public" information (not requiring a login) about the area, but all homeowner and HOA information is available only after login. One of the most common questions I get is where the information is as the members see the home page and not the teeny-tiny Login. A more obvious login button might help make it more obvious.
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Ginette Hall
I agree that it is very small on the top right corner. Our community is 55 and older so we may have some users who have issues with login that I am not aware of. I don't think we necessarily need the focus change but making the login area more visible would be a good change.
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Chris Juzda
Can't say that this is a big time saver. First, if a user selects the "rememeber me" , they don't have to log in at all after that. Second, most users have no problem clicking on their name or "login'. Perhaps they could make the "log in" area a bit more noticeable as it is on other sites but this is not a change that would be useful to our users.
Alan Zink
Chris Juzda agree with making it a bit more OBVIOUS/noticeable because of many "older" users who aren't so swift at online login and also have poor eyesight.