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Smart UX detail in the sign-in page of Airtable

by Jim Zarkadas

Instead of a white background, they show a blurred version of what the users want to access (their base/table).

Also since it's blurred you can fake it and make it a static image. Pretty simple and easy to implement!

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    So when medium is locking down other people's content they're being, smart? 😏

    Jk, makes sense.

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      😂 at first I was like damn did I miss smth ? haha

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    I like it. Would be interesting to A/B test.

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      yeap!

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    I'm into it! Thank you for sharing!

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      Anytime!

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        I implemented this on my new landing page 😈

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    Nice tip Jim! Have been looking for a better sign in page for OpinionX recently and this is a lovely example :) Bookmarked this to share with the team.

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      Awesome man, happy to help! :)

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