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Re:Stop Password Masking by cubix on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @08:11AM (#670212)
He is sure right about the reset button though. I can't be the only one who has entered a dozen or more fields only to lose it all with an inadvertent reset rather than submit.

Also, how about the iPhone compromise? It displays the last character you typed for only an instant.

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Re:Stop Password Masking by Hexstream on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @10:19AM (#670420)
"I can't be the only one who has entered a dozen or more fields only to lose it all with an inadvertent reset rather than submit."

The solution is obvious to me. If javascript is enabled, allow the user to undo a reset.

If javascript is disabled, don't show a reset button or make it harder to click accidentally somehow (make it smaller or a link or more out of the way).

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Re:Stop Password Masking by fretje on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @08:44AM (#670262)
Hey that's the same on my nokia!
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