[kde-guidelines] Password Field

[Heiko Tietze]

On Friday 06 December 2013, 13:45:31 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > ** When setting a new password, have it entered twice to prevent typos in
> > passwords.
> 
> horribly annoying imho
Not when it comes to security ;-)
 
> > ** Provide a "Show password" check box to unmask the password both when
> > setting new and when entering existing passwords.
> 
> yeah, and then we have these checkboxes everywhere taking up more space and
> providing more clutter. it’s possible, but i like Björn’s suggestion of
> something in the line itself. could use, e.g, an eye icon or other imagery
> that works (requires testing)
The coffee shop next door uses a whole, less meaningful sentence as password. 
Something like 'diekuhliefumdenteichundfieldannrein'. Would be hard to make 
sure that it was typed right when I see the last letter only. And it couldn't 
get validated by the waitress.