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  • domain validity

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Passwords

No password confirmation field

Password confirmation is an extra field. And it is one that usually does not pre-fill.

But if it is not there - the user could type the password wrong and would need to use the Forgot Password routine (if they come back).

But with the wide-spread use of pre-filled passwords and password tools the risk for misspelling is greatly reduced. Also, 40-60% of registered users will never come back anyways…

Meta has been using single fields for years and years already. It is safe to assume that they tested it:

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From Zuko, a form optimization tool:

We achieved a 56.3% increase in form conversions by removing “Confirm Password” while not negatively affecting the password reset rate.

Some UX folks are rather adamant about it: https://uxmovement.com/forms/why-the-confirm-password-field-must-die/

Show the rules

These are our rules which we show:


Minimum 8 characters
Contains 1 lowercase,
Contains 1 uppercase,
Contains 1 numeric
Contains 1 special character

As the user progresses on the password, we show progress on the rules as well:

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