Why must a password be entered twice?
2 Answers. It is to avoid typos. If you have to type the password twice chances are you’ll make your password what you want. They want to avoid having people whose password is “blah” having to retrieve their password later on because they typed “blaj” by mistake.
Is Confirm password required?
Many think the confirm password field is necessary to include when creating a password. This is because a password field masks the user’s input. If users mistype their password, they won’t recognize it. The confirm password catches typos by prompting users to type their password twice.
Is it easier to ask for password only once during registration?
It would be easier to ask for a user’s password only once during registration. The problem: The user could make a mistake while typing the password once because of hiding letters. The solution: The user could have a toggle button for showing or hiding the password. Working example with toggling the visibility of the password.
Why do we need to ask the password twice during login?
Users make more errors when they can’t see what they’re typing while filling in a form. They therefore feel less confident. This double degradation of the user experience means that people are more likely to give up and never log in to your site at all, leading to lost business. (Or, in the case of intranets, increased support calls.)
Is a ” repeat password ” field necessary in a signup page?
When designing a new and simplified signup page I got into an argument with a colleague about the necessity of the “repeat password” field. We designed the signup process in such a way that the user will be logged in automatically after completing the email verification process.
Do you have to enter your password every time you log in?
So, at least initially there will be no need for the user to enter their password. Therefore the user will only ‘verify’ the password when logging in the second time in case we omit the “repeat password” field.