browserid-wordpress Usability: confusing placement of login button on wp-admin

At the wp-admin login page, the Persona button is located between the normal login (email + password) form and the normal login button. This seems rather confusing and doesn't help clearly distinguish the Persona login button from the other button - in fact it shows 2 buttons, given the impression the submit button for Persona will submit the normal login fields for authentication.

It should be located either at the top or at the bottom

This is even more confusing when other authentication plugins are enabled, such as Google Authenticator.

Jul 17 '13 03:07 MagicFab

@MagicFab - can you do me a favor and take a screen shot? I only ever see one button, but then, I optimized for my own use and am not using other plugins for authentication.

Jul 17 '13 09:07 shane-tomlinson

Screenshot of authentication including "Google authenticator" plugin: slection_028

Jul 17 '13 15:07 MagicFab

Oh yeah, that's not great at all.

Jul 18 '13 07:07 shane-tomlinson

@MagicFab - I had a look at the Wordpress code that prints the wp-login.php screen, no native hooks are provided to place the Persona button below the "Sign in" button. We can only place the button below all the others if we use Javascript to dynamically insert the Persona button.

Jul 22 '13 08:07 shane-tomlinson

Any changes or tricks depending on the current code may be tricky and may break on upgrade. Not sure how to go about this, maybe looking at example of OpenID integration on existing site may provide other clues.

Jul 22 '13 11:07 MagicFab

Here is an example of OpenID integration: https://wordpress.org/plugins/openid/: slection_031

Jul 22 '13 13:07 MagicFab

Ahh! I see what you mean, the border makes a huge difference. Thanks @MagicFab!

Jul 22 '13 13:07 shane-tomlinson