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When I clicked customize I was locked into some login screen with no back button and no way to close it. I didn't get a chance to test if the QR code worked but I built something similar at one point and it didn't work reliably.

I've closed the site and will move on. Dark patterns suck.

Thanks for trying it out! I'd love to hear more - we use auth0's login UX, thought it would be a smooth experience for most. Did you want to try without signing up? I understand the frustration... but we made it work this way so we can store designs under the customer's account, so they can view it later.

Honestly just an obvious way to get out of the login dialogue would've made the experience different. I am excited about this idea but when I went and got stuck in that login screen after clicking customize, before even trying to scan the QR code, I was discouraged and left. Appreciate your response!

Being able to try it without signing up would be cool but I'm not here to tell you how to run your business I just didn't like the pattern that got me stuck staring at a black screen with a white sign up box in the middle and wouldn't let me do anything else.

Really appreciate your feedback. I think customizing the auth0 login page is out of our reach at the moment... but we addressed the other parts of your feedback :) you should be able to use the customize page without having to log in.

(we did change the background color of the login page, you're right that the black background didn't fit in with the rest of our website)

We'd love to hear more from you - don't hesitate to reach out directly, my email is in my bio.

In order to see customize options, we have to be logged in. I don’t see why that is necessary.

I scanned the QR code and it was uniqr.us#. Nothing to see here.

All it did was take my picture and make it the background of a we code.

Thanks for your feedback! As I mentioned in the other comment, we've removed the login wall so you can freely try the tool.

And yes - the end result is simple :) but there's more to it than meets the eye. In any case, from what we can tell, there's no other online QR generators offering something like this at the moment... So we wanted to put this out there and see if people find a way to make it useful.

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