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  • Stop Password Masking (Jakob Nielsens Alertbox)

    More words of Usability wisdom from the Dean of Usability. I have seen some hardware manufacturers (routers) that provide the option to turn off the masking and to see what you are acutally typing and the feature is a Major plus. I think its time for password masking to go away.

    Reviewed by mikehts Jun 24, 08:37am ( 6 reviews ) useit.com

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  • Rated by Downlord on Jun 29, 4:16am

    I partially agree with scottclark, even if I wouldn't call it "ajaxy", as it would not need any ajax communication. Just a simple JS changing the "type" option. But the default should be masking password, not vice versa.
  • Reviewed by 1treaux on Jun 26, 1:58am

    Must be a joke?
  • Rated by mikehts on Jun 24, 8:37am

    More words of Usability wisdom from the Dean of Usability. I have seen some hardware manufacturers (routers) that provide the option to turn off the masking and to see what you are acutally typing and the feature is a Major plus. I think its time for password masking to go away.
  • Rated by scottclark on Jun 24, 7:40am

    I'm all for this, though an option might be a good idea also. Web developers add on their forms, causing the browsers to use their masking. I recommend making a "check box" next to the field that says "mask my password" as a real-time, ajaxy option.
  • Rated by jfredson on Jun 23, 6:24pm

    Wow, I couldn't disagree with this more. Websites don't mask passwords, browsers do. Don't override a user's settings.