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I also find it annoying when sites make me type my email twice and won't let me copy-and-paste it the second time - I know my email address and can tell by look
by Johnny555 10y ago
I also find it annoying when sites make me type my email twice and won't let me copy-and-paste it the second time - I know my email address and can tell by looking at it if I've typed it correctly, I really don't need to type it again to prove that I can type it.
- cube00 10y agoYou might, plenty don't, and I have the bounce backs to prove it.
- hjnilsson 10y agoI always feel like this is protecting against the wrong userbase. A user who is advanced enough to want to copy-paste his email is not the same user who lacks the skills to type it correctly the first time
- dannysu 10y agoPlenty of people don't even type their email correctly. Ask anybody that runs a service and sends email, then you'll see. E.g. "myname@domain.com" vs the typo missing the final 'm' "myname@domain.co" But I do agree it's rather annoying and not allowing paste is even worse. I actually trust my copy-and-paste more than me not making a typo because I am human. By not allowing paste, websites are asking me to potentially make mistakes. Perhaps a better solution is for the browser to have a button on <input type="email"> fields to allow me to select from a list of emails I have. The browser needs to protect this data from being website accessible until I give permission for privacy reasons, but that would have been a way better UX.
- paulddraper 10y agohttps://xkcd.com/970/ https://xkcd.com/970/