The Death of the Confirmation Password
Removing the confirmation password from signup forms has become a growing trend. Two recent examples I noticed include Twitter (follow me) and Raven SEO Tools. This is an awful move for usability. I’ve mistyped my password and confirmation password enough times to realize that I’m not a perfect typer. Nothing is more annoying than going through a forgot my password request, especially when a simple form confirmation would prevent this from happening.
Am I crazy? Why is this trend spreading?
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Feb 5, 2008 at
12:52pm by James Paden. James is a web developer, designer, internet marketer and a serial entrepreneur. He runs Xemion and is the Director of IT for One Click Internet Ventures. One Click owns a small network of niche e-commerce stores.
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No offence, but I think it’s a little careless to type your password manually into a hidden-character password field. I type all of my new passwords into a text file, where I can see and save them, then copy the password and paste it into the web page, as well as into the password confirmation box (the latter of which becomes unnecessary when you think of it).
Comment by Natural-Life.ca, Toronto — Feb 17, 2008 @ 12:32am