Typed out an entire prompt on the homepage, hit enter, was redirected to sign-up & completed it.

My few hundred word prompt wasn't saved/persisted. :'(

Having dealt with similar problems on the implementation side it's incredible how in this day and age it's still so difficult to pass state through sign-in or sign-up.

Half of the reason appears to be how the Oauth 2.0 standard is written - it purposefully forbids browser-specific items like the hash fragment in the URL. For passing state you have the "state" field but, despite the name, its original purpose was to prevent XSRF attacks, not store data.

Vendor libraries don't go to huge lengths to help here, as they settle on complying with the standard.

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ImHereToVote 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why not just use OPFS?

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Tade0 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What if you're redirected to a different origin? Not a common use case, but it does occur when you e.g. have several services and select where to go in the sign-in form.

Ideally one should be able to pass structured state throughout, but all we have is `state` really.

	▲	ImHereToVote an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure but the idea is that your content should be on the same origin after the redirect.

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holowoodman 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Requiring login after getting user input is a dark pattern.

This bad implementation of it makes it even worse.

I hate it with a passion and I will boycott services that do those inconsiderate things to me.

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filcuk 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

True, but it's extremely effective at getting registrations, almost to the point that you're dooming yourself without it. Anyone and everyone uses it, big and small. Google can afford any random user to run a few queries before dangling the hook, but it's all the same.

	▲	inigyou 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most dark patterns are indeed done for the benefit of the one who is doing them.

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OsamaAtwi an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

We just updated the product! now your initial prompt is passed by after you sign-up

	▲	vlfig an hour ago \| parent [-]
		But you still let the user put in the effort before revealing they'll have to sign up. Just be upfront.

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Double_a_92 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Same. Hated it so much.