Posted by jabba_29 3 years 34 weeks ago
I have studied the latest draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices and the general guidelines on this site, but I thought I would throw the question open:
How to handle user logins...?
My scenario is that I have a small mobile site that I would like users to be able to comment on. Now I know the general issues with spam and the fact that input from a hand held is not that easy, so I would like to know the best way of accomplishing the following:
I would like the user to be able to register, and upon successful registration be able to comment without any limits. If they are not logged in or registered the comments would be queued for approval.
I intend to make the full browser site even more interactive, with the option to actually create reviews, but on the mobile I would limit to comments only.
And how to actually remember the user (I know cookies should not be relied upon,
but they do work on some phones: especially the ones I have every day access to).
What are your thoughts on the best practices or solution for this situation.
It is not the coding, but the concept or process that I am interested in getting views on.
Thanks in advance.
Jamie
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PS: You have a few bugs in your system in post preview mode:
Posted by Anonymous 38 years ago
Posted by ruadhan 3 years ago
Mobile Champion
Hi Jamie
If you're uncomfortable with cookies i.e. if you're not guaranteed that the users device will support them, you could always use URL rewriting (aka URL decoration). You simply append every URL with a unique ID for this users's session, and your server can then identify your user. This is very safe bet, so long as you keep the entire URL length less than 256 characters.
Queuing up anonymous comments is a good idea. It's a good idea to have some form of simple captcha on the sign-up page too or spam accounts can be registered...
Thanks for that - investigating...
Ruadhan O'DonoghuedotMobi
Posted by jabba_29 3 years ago
Hi Ruadhan,
Thanks for the reply. I am already passing SID through the URL for hand-helds.
I am just trying to think about suggestions on the easiest methods for logging in and
remembering users over a longer period of time.
I was hoping that I could use OpenID or similar, but there doesn't really seem to be anything on the mobile side of things for this yet??
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