My point is, newbies who don't realize this may be confused because of this. If they can't login with the area in the middle, their initial reaction might not be "Oh the login button is broken".
yeah i log in from the side. but this means i cant log into some threads that requires to log in the main way. eg. noasian's drama thread (PA - Entertainment Destination)
I always sign in from the top, and every time i press the tab button to change the focus from user-name to password, it goes to the user-name text box at the bottom, where my password gets revealed. Beware of this everyone.