I think the original point here was referring to when the passwords aren'tasterisked, why then do the users have to enter it twice (since they can see it). In which case, I have no idea. Non-asterisked password forms must be extremely rare, however. I can't recall coming across one.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Jeff Gimzek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: > > 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? >>> >>> >> 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 ;) >> > > you can READ the username field to see if it is correct. > > you cannot tell from the asterisks if the PW is typed correctly. only > retyping it exactly the same way can confirm that. > > > jd > > > > > -- > > Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.springstudio.com > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
