Comments on: Is the Password field … dead? http://www.webdev77.com/is-the-password-field-dead/ WebDev77, your online source for news, comments and articles on Web Hosting, Internet marketing, SEO techniques and Web development and design. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bogdan Enache http://www.webdev77.com/is-the-password-field-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-8582 Bogdan Enache Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:52:53 +0000 http://www.webdev77.com/is-the-password-field-dead/#comment-8582 Interesting idea about the brain wanting to see what it wants to see and not what is typed. If that's the case, we might have a reason to keep the password tag alive ... but besides that I see no other reason why we need to mask out what is typed. I mean no other reason why we should use a password tag instead of just a plain text tag. Interesting idea about the brain wanting to see what it wants to see and not what is typed. If that’s the case, we might have a reason to keep the password tag alive … but besides that I see no other reason why we need to mask out what is typed.

I mean no other reason why we should use a password tag instead of just a plain text tag.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.webdev77.com/is-the-password-field-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7780 Stuart Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:36:17 +0000 http://www.webdev77.com/is-the-password-field-dead/#comment-7780 Interesting idea but maybe there's a place for a more sophisticated password field instead?! On iPhone a password field shows the letter for a fraction of a second then it turns to a dot. Other interfaces allow you to toggle between masked and unmasked. Both these retain privacy but with a way to validate as you go. One other flaw in your idea...many sites have two fields to type your email address and validate that too - and those are plain text. The trouble is that the brain sees what it wants to see, not necessarily what is typed! Having said all that, I'm on your side that multiple fields and validation is a complete pain...maybe we could all go biometric?! Interesting idea but maybe there’s a place for a more sophisticated password field instead?! On iPhone a password field shows the letter for a fraction of a second then it turns to a dot. Other interfaces allow you to toggle between masked and unmasked. Both these retain privacy but with a way to validate as you go. One other flaw in your idea…many sites have two fields to type your email address and validate that too – and those are plain text. The trouble is that the brain sees what it wants to see, not necessarily what is typed! Having said all that, I’m on your side that multiple fields and validation is a complete pain…maybe we could all go biometric?!

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