Password un-masking:
Show them in clear text
Windows has a nice option labeled Show characters
right below password input fields:
“Show characters” checkbox under a password field in Windows
Useit.com recommends it: It’s time to show most passwords in clear text as users type them.
So without further ado, here’s what it looks like on the web: unmasking the password field This is the HTML code from the example:
And this is the JavaScript jQuery that toggles the masking and unmasking of the password field:
I personally think this is better than the iPhone method of showing only the last typed character, because well… when using a real keyboard I type my passwords faster than I’d be able to read them letter by letter. Which means I type too fast or read too slow. Either way this would be a better solution to having to type a password two times in order to confirm it.