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Tagged with password signup-signon
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Repeated password entry despite it being visible?
If the signup for a new user account dialog includes an input field to set a custom password which has an option (eye icon) to uncover its current textual contents, should there also be an input field ...
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Reducing Password Complexity?
Since starting my new role I've found that 20% of log in sessions are resulting in a dropout.
From watching user recordings, I believe this is down to users forgetting their password. Users log in ...
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Is there a standard for distributing permission for account creation?
I am creating a web app that will require the user to have an account to access, but I am not allowing people to create accounts freely. I want to give specific people permission to a pre-existing ...
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Would you get rid of Password field in sign-up form
Imagine this, you are signing-up for a product and you get asked the same old questions when creating an account(Name, email address etc) with the exception of a password.
After you sign-up, an email ...
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Does it make sense to authenticate a user when he/she provides existing valid credentials while registering?
Someone came up with this proposed behavior recently and I haven't been able to find examples of services working the same way. I have to say I don't really like it, but can't put my finger on a ...
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Is it ever useful to show the Password Requirements on page load?
I have a hypothesis that I have no idea how to test other than lots of observational testing, but perhaps someone has covered this already.
On signing up to a new service and being presented with the ...
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Potential UX issues with password-less logins?
There is a fantastic article entitled Is it time for password-less login? that suggests that we could use the "reset password" link as the default login action to any site. It provides a lot of ...
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Password Complexity Requirements
Anyone has research or data that shows correlation between using password complexity requirements and sign up conversion rate?
Example of password complexity requirement:
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Forgotten Passwords - is there a real benefit to asking for memorable password hints on signup?
On several signup forms I see fields such as "Choose your Memorable Password Question". Is this actually benifical nowadays? Surely a more secure method if someone forgets their password is to build a ...
JonW♦
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How should the sign-up page for a mobile website work?
How should the sign-up page for a mobile website be?
For example:-
Does repeat password make more sense or less on mobile version of a website. To put it differently, are users more prone to make a ...
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Password field in cleartext
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 ...
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