[jdev] [Fwd: Alertbox: Stop Password Masking]

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Interesting usability study for all you client developers...

/psa

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Subject: Alertbox: Stop Password Masking
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0700
From: alertbox at nngroup.com (Jakob Nielsen)
Reply-To: bounce-alertbox-14493910 at laser.sparklist.com
To: Alertbox Announcement List <alertbox at laser.sparklist.com>

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for June 23 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passwords.html
		
Summary:

Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback
they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn't even
increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures.
		
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