[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43037: Login error message "Invalid username. Lost your password?" is confusing

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#43037: Login error message "Invalid username. Lost your password?" is confusing
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 Reporter:  afercia                              |       Owner:
                                                 |  SergeyBiryukov
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Login and Registration               |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-patch has-copy-  |     Focuses:  ui,
  review 2nd-opinion needs-refresh               |  accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 I'd agree users don't necessarily need to know whether it's an error,
 warning, or info :) They need proper feedback and guidance for
 remediation.

 Regarding the other occurrences in core of the all caps `ERROR` I'd
 propose to open a new ticket: all caps should be avoided for better
 readability and because screen readers may pronounce all caps as
 abbreviations. Noting there are inconsistencies in core: sometimes ERROR
 is all caps, sometimes it's sentence case, sometimes it's bold, sometimes
 the entire error message is bold. The most recently added ones (PHP
 compatibility and SIte Health) seem to use sentence case.
 A few examples:

 {{{
 <strong>ERROR:</strong> There was an error connecting to the server ...
 <strong>Error:</strong> Current WordPress and PHP versions do not meet ...
 <strong>Error:</strong> This plugin <strong>requires a newer version of
 PHP</strong>.
 <strong>' . __( 'ERROR: The network could not be created.' ) . '</strong>
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43037#comment:42>
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