Ask HN: Do we need password confirmation input?
I made a card that says that we do not need password confirmation fields in sign up forms.
My arguments:
- If the user typed it wrong, you should have password recovery page
- You also have show/hide password icon
- Often users have password managers
- If the user types password first time, he will probably copy-paste in in the second field? Well, some percent of users do that
- And we also have social sign up
So, basically, I think the less fields we have - the better.
But I met some critique regarding this approach.
So I'm gathering pros / cons that I'll put in an article later.
Thoughts?