JavaScript
Jakob Nielsen proof password masker
Written on July 5th 2009, filed under Usability, JavaScript with 0 comments.
Ok, I’ll admit a lame name for a piece of JavaScript but it does describe what it does. A few weeks ago Jakob Nielsen shocked the web design community by advising to no longer mask passwords. In most situations visitors users would be alone behind the computer and masking the password would cause more confusion than it adds security. Makes sense.Page 1 of 1 pages