Post

I recently saw a friend set up their atproto account and realized how confusing the whole system is. I wish atproto had a much better cross-app login experience. Is there any work being done to unify/improve the UI/UX of the login flow? I think I recall seeing some ideas but I can't find them.

Nik Gadermann

@nik.digital

specifically, logging in to Bluesky with a non-bsky PDS account is weird. You're entering your password on a non-PDS domain, under Bluesky branding. Sometimes it detects the hosting, sometimes not. Shouldn't the login just always be handled by the PDS provider?

20/8/26, 11:54 pm0 reposts0 likes

Nik Gadermann

@nik.digital

20 Aug

Another issue that came up was email verification. Bluesky showed a need to verify the user's email, but then the verification email comes from Eurosky. Clicking the button redirects back to Bluesky.

Nik Gadermann

@nik.digital

20 Aug

I wish the boundary between an account and an app was much more clearly defined. I've heard the term "atmosphere account" being thrown around but its not really used in a user facing way. It would be great if atproto had a unified name and badge similar to "Login in with Google/Apple/..."