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That doesn't make sense - where did the user copy the email/password from, in order to paste it in twice? Somewhere clear text, ergo easy to double check for t
by ohthehugemanate 10y ago
That doesn't make sense - where did the user copy the email/password from, in order to paste it in twice? Somewhere clear text, ergo easy to double check for typos or at least discover them after the fact. If you're worried about someone copy/pasting a typo, you should disable COPY on the field, not paste.
- level3 10y agoIf you've ever run a website that doesn't verify email addresses, you will likely run into this problem. The average person doesn't double check for typos, and they can't discover it after the fact because they didn't notice the typo in the first place, and you won't be able to contact them to inform them. Your suggestion of disabling copy instead of paste may be a better solution, though.
- fattire 10y agoYeah disabling copy makes more sense. I think the scenario is where you have to type your password 2x to avoid typos on a field where you can't see what you've just typed (to avoid shoulder surfers).. the first time the user types the password, then they highlight and ^C and then paste into the second field...
- josteink 10y ago> the first time the user types the password, then they highlight and ^C and then paste into the second field... Except no browser ever allows you to output data (as a clipboard copy-operation is) from a password field. This is not a real scenario.
- dave2000 10y agoI guess it's possible to have an app which lets you click or enter a number and it populates the clipboard with the password. I like the idea of two factor input; enter/select a password on a phone and send it over WiFi to the pc to paste into the field. Does this exist?