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rsoto on May 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins

You type your password twice because you might make a mistake. Also, you can't copy anything from passwords fields.

aliglia on May 5, 2011 [–]

Sorry I misspoke -- I copy/paste from email confirmation fields. And I understand why password confirmations exist, but I think the option posed in this article is a much more elegant solution to that issue.

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