-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting usability study for all you client developers...
/psa - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Alertbox: Stop Password Masking Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0700 From: [email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Reply-To: [email protected] To: Alertbox Announcement List <[email protected]> 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. - ---------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpCPB4ACgkQNL8k5A2w/vzRowCcDVw3P7Wt3NZ0KjsvNzO59D5B T60AoPy/nKydyKWtqQ8hoUyu4VYzNMyv =dm97 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
