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adamtrilling on May 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins

The checkbox isn't the confirm your password...it's to make the actual characters show up so you can see that you've typed the right thing.

Not sure I love the idea, because there will be certain situations when a user can't use it, but it's worth considering...

carols10cents on May 5, 2011 [–]

Yeah, I'd want to do some experimentation with the label of the checkbox. I would guess something like "Show password" might be clearer as to the purpose of the checkbox than "Check password".

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