On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Nick Gassman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> When you fill in a form to sign up to a website, the password field, > but not the username, is usually asterisked. Is it to avoid the risk > of someone peering over your shoulder? > I would say yes. Personally, I feel very uncomfortable if they're in plain text. I have only a couple of passwords that I use everywhere, so it's really bad if someone catches a glimpse of one of them. > And sometimes when they aren't asterisked, you have to type the > password in twice, but not the username. What's the rationale for > that? > I guess there isn't one ;) > > * Nick Gassman - Usability and Standards Manager - http://ba.com * > ________________________________________________________________ > > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
