I'm building a mobile web app that will request a bunch of information from the user (name, dob, address, etc) and am trying to cut down as much fields as I can.
I've noticed a new trend where mobile webapps don't request password confirmation and instead just show the password field in cleartext.
How is this perceived by the users? Does it not give a sense of insecurity?
Answer
There are indeed many apps that have dropped the password confirmation field, but I'm not sure they have also switched to showing the password.
I think not having to confirm the password is a good thing:
- Most mobile apps keep you logged in anyway (it's a personal device), so you'll rarely need the password again
- You can always default to "forgot password" if there's a problem
So I would still show the field starred, but if you like, you can have a link or a switch saying "show password" (some password managers do that).
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