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Authentication on the web is such a mess and it's such an own goal. Why do I have 3 different popups rendering next to my inputs just because I have a password manager installed.

Luke

@lukewarlow.dev

We desperately need an extension API to integrate extension autofill with browser autofill, and another to integrate into the various credential management APIs. Some platforms allow credential managers to integrate for some credential types but passwords are awful everywhere it seems.

2/10/26, 9:42 pm0 reposts3 likes

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

No we need to get rid of passwords

Luke

@lukewarlow.dev

Well yeah fair, admittedly this issue with 3 popups is actually because I was adding passkey support and the conditional mediation popup renders alongside bitwarden autofill and the browsers email autofill too.

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

Unfortunately passkeys is one of the worst introductions of a new tech ever.

Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

Somehow we managed to turn the simplest for of auth ever invented into something that confused everyone