As always, this is a matter of when the cure is worse than the disease. For most non-transactional websites, requiring a strong password is overkill. In fact, having a password at all is overkill. The job application scenario someone mentioned above is one example. Is the user served in any way by being forced to create an account as part of a one-time resume submission process? Nevertheless, this is quite common, and has nothing to do with concern for user security, but rather lack of attention to the user requirements for the task at hand.
I recently had an experience with a travel website which created an account for me automatically using MY EMAIL only. This was an awesome user experience. I could try out the site without having to go through the usual cumbersome process, and an excellent example of gradual user engagement. (The site is tripit.com). Personally, I have a set of password which vary in strength that I use for different types of sites. Recently I ran into the capital letter requirement on a site, which my usual strong password does not have, and I will never get back the time I spend having to email that password back to myself (is that any safer?). </end rant> Eva Kaniasty http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaniasty On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Ali Naqvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris wrote > `Amazon DOES have minimum password requirements: > > I tried to change my current password to "easy"... ` > > Amazon does not tell you that you HAVE to include atleast 1 digit or > any capital letters in your password. The user experience is amazing. > One can buy items by clicking 3 times only... > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34957 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
