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> Let it be an option, but don't do this by default. Fully agree, and found the "As for what you should set the default to. Well that’s another question..." co
by richrichardsson 7y ago
> Let it be an option, but don't do this by default.
Fully agree, and found the "As for what you should set the default to. Well that’s another question..." conclusion quite stupid to be honest; "80% were not expecting to see the password as clear text" and "60% said they had become suspicious of the site", on those metrics alone surely it's obvious the default should be masked with an option to reveal.
- jccooper 7y agoThey were suspicious because it looked like an error when there was no control. The second half seems to have been conducted with shown as the default, so you should perhaps pick quotes from that section instead. While hidden is the more conservative approach, since users will not have to think about it, this paper suggests that with a control it's not too scary to default to shown.
- codetrotter 7y ago> this paper suggests that with a control it's not too scary to default to shown. I’d rather have password masking be the default everywhere. Consider for example lecturers using the computer in a room full of people, prominently displaying their screen on the projector for all to see. Or anyone in a business meeting for that matter, using a projector or sharing their screen through teleconferencing. If you are fast at typing you could type out a lot of your password before catching the fact that everyone is seeing your password. And if you are a hunt-and-peck typist you might be slow but you might also be looking at the keyboard the whole time as you are typing out your password, and therefore not catch the fact that everyone is seeing your password.