(Sorry for posting it here, but there seems to be no place to post this, as this isn't a bug report, but also not a general topic. This is supposed to be a suggestion. Move this to where it belongs, as I couldn't find a place for suggestions.)
Why do we require users to enter their e-mail address twice? The e-mail field is visible, so no need for password-style double entering. (Don't be IPB's puppet, do things the obvious way instead.) Possibly we should go back to one password field.
Why enter e-mail twice?
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Re: Why enter e-mail twice?
Presumably because people DO get it wrong sometimes. One typo and you won't get any email from the site. Makes sense to confirm that the admin has their email correct.
Re: Why enter e-mail twice?
And I'm not sure what IPB has to do with e-mail address confirmation, which is a widely used procedure throughout the Internet. Maybe we're missing something?
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Re: Why enter e-mail twice?
Mistype = you can't get to your account.
Personally, it annoys me (so ctrl+a, ctrl+c, tab, ctrl+v is used when confronted with such a form), but I see the reason for it.
Personally, it annoys me (so ctrl+a, ctrl+c, tab, ctrl+v is used when confronted with such a form), but I see the reason for it.
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Re: Why enter e-mail twice?
Anyway 99.9% of people do Copy-Paste for this field and if they are mistaken – it's their problem. 90% of people have this field auto-populated with correct e-mail address. Why do we make things complex?the_dan wrote:Mistype = you can't get to your account.
Personally, it annoys me (so ctrl+a, ctrl+c, tab, ctrl+v is used when confronted with such a form), but I see the reason for it.