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I would have thought password fields in particular would never auto-capitalize. Is this not the case?
by chrisshroba 5y ago
I would have thought password fields in particular would never auto-capitalize. Is this not the case?
- afavour 5y agoSome sites have a little switch that transforms the password field into a regular text one so you can see what you’re typing.
- sz4kerto 5y agoMany people note their passwords down in eg. a text document. Not a great practice, but password management is a pain for most people. So when they do that, their editor might auto-capitalize the first character.
- croes 5y agoAnd then you see it's capitalized and change it.
- UncleMeat 5y agoNo. What happens is people fail to login several times in a row and complain about it. This approach changes the security of a password basically not at all while reducing the number of people who become aggravated by not being able to login because they don't realize their capslock is on.
- mmis1000 5y agoNo, even if you fix it... it will went wrong on the moment you click enter to save. Some mobile keyboards are just dumb enough to fight against users even they explicitly change it back. Some will have a option to disable it, but some probably won't.
- pindab0ter 5y agoThis depends on the implementation of the keyboard, which is not something you can rely on.
- stevula 5y agoMost apps use the appropriate type of input field ("password") which the browser or mobile OS recognizes should not be capitalized. But some apps use a normal text input (with some masking/styling to make it look like a password field) which a mobile keyboard will normally capitalize. I get very annoyed when I see the latter.
- jhanschoo 5y agoAs someone else mentioned, it's dependent on your choice of keyboard app on Android. The problem of having to trust another vendor is probably why my financial institution provides its own in-app keyboard for its apps.