Pros / Cons displaying list of users at login page
- by Radu094
We seem to have a lot of clients asking us to change the login screen in this manner:
Display a list of all available users (thumbnail picture + name)
User selects a username from the list
A password prompt appears near the username
User enters password then presses enter
This sounds remarcably similar to the Windows XP login, which is probably where they got the ideea in the first place. There are only about 4 - 5 different users that can login at any given station, so implementing that list on one screen is feasable.
So I was wondering if there are any usability experts with some word on this method of login. As far as I can tell, MS droped this behaviour in Vista/Win7, didn't they?