At 4/12/2010 09:56 AM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>Shouldn't input type=text be input type=password ?
>Otherwise the user's password will remain visible on-screen.
FYI I was interested recently to read some push-back against the
age-old assumption that password input should be obfuscated:
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, June 23, 2009:
Stop Password Masking
Summary:
Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only
feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords
doesn't even increase security, but it does cost you business due to
login failures.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passwords.html
[I think this part of the discussion properly belongs over on WSG or
Webdesign-L...]
Regards,
Paul
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