Like two text fields, with the server/instance field autofilling:
username @ server
Skill issue.
Edit: Downvote away, it’s not like this suggestion warranted actual meaningful discussion. It’s just somebody who fundamentally doesn’t understand how the fediverse works and thankfully the comments are reflecting that.
Edit: replying in an edit because this post doesn’t deserve more engagement with a new comment.
@orientalsniper: I know how the fediverse works, been promoting it since the APIception.
That’s cool and all but platform promotion does not equal platform understanding. Especially since you’re asking questions like this from Raddle of all places rather than looking at the info on GitHub or any of the documentation linked in instances (at the bottom of the page above the code link). I stand by my statement that OP does not understand how the fediverse works and I’m still happy the comments appropriately flamed this suggestion.
Needs better Gaming Chair.
This was the great promise of the fediverse – that you would own your profile, and that you would have one profile across the entire fediverse, and that you could migrate that profile from instance to instance if you had disagreements with the admins of your instance – but it seems to have fallen by the wayside with real implementations, which is disappointing.
If you want one profile across the entire fediverse, then host your own instance? Or link your accounts to one central website you own or to one profile you own, e.g. Mastodon or Matrix.
I don’t think “you can host your own instance” is a very realistic solution for the vast majority of social media users. “Just learn to be a sysadmin so you can post memes” is pretty user-hostile.
Because it was certainly the only solution I proposed…
Why? You only need a login to your home instance. Federating the content is done by your instance. So why the need for a “global login button”?
