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TheAnimatrix
6y

Why do most apps have a password reset page that redirects to a mobile site ?

Why not give them a code they can enter into the app which would then show a password reset page within the app or a link which opens the page within the app.

Isn't it good practice to keep the user within the app?

Isn't it better to serve a token than serve an entire html webpage for the server.

I've been thinking about this but 90% people follow the website pattern and Idk why. Am I missing something ?

Please fill me in on it. (Even devrant uses the same pattern)

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  • 0
    6y
    By "showing the page within the app" I mean a hardcoded layout that the client already has which would be complete with the right API calls.
  • 1
    6y
    I'm speculating that password resets are usually not thought as a core functionality of an app and it gets forgotten.
  • 1
    6y
    @joas it's not like you can't update the app right ?
  • 2
    6y
    I completely agree with you, and I'm half hoping that there's some kind of security-related explanation for this. The web variety of this is subscription pages that tell you to "come back after confirmation" which never happens because you end up continuing in the window that you open from the email they send. Not the end of the world, but apps have the opportunity, as you said, to offer a more elegant flow. Why don't they? I don't know.
  • 0
    6y
    @dfox any insight ?
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