Unmask Password Fields on Web Forms

The past several months I have been reading about how unmasking password fields can help with usability on web forms. The article that really moved me was written by Jakob Nielsen called Stop Password Masking. I am not going to recap everything he said. You can read his article on your own time, however, I will point out some important things he mentioned. These will reinforce why we need to stop masking passwords. Continue reading →