tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776799.post3233056111059426766..comments2019-08-30T06:08:13.223-07:00Comments on Sean McGrath: Please re-enter your e-mail address..Sean McGrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729925642255386855noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776799.post-67304156432961088102009-07-20T07:32:29.764-07:002009-07-20T07:32:29.764-07:00Even if you copy and paste, the mere existence of ...Even if you copy and paste, the mere existence of the verification field makes you take a second look at the field. If you assume that there's a 1% chance that you enter the address wrong, and a 10% chance that you don't notice the error while selecting the text, that still gets you from one failure in one-hundred to one in one-thousand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776799.post-89203936513647745352009-07-19T17:12:59.509-07:002009-07-19T17:12:59.509-07:00Bah! I hate web sites that don't make you typ...Bah! I hate web sites that don't make you type it twice. Type it once, get a typo, and you'll never touch that account again. Create a new one! Hope you didn't order anything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776799.post-56749124747630245572009-07-19T14:51:28.321-07:002009-07-19T14:51:28.321-07:00Yes, you are technical and you will just copy/past...Yes, you are technical and you will just copy/paste it. Many "ordinary" people will re-enter it. And apparently the re-entering catches quite some errors. At least, that's what I read once in a discussion on this feature that's nowadays common.<br /><br />I can imagine the advantage outweighs the drawbacks. Sadly :-)<br /><br />ReinoutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776799.post-70099259583843009702009-07-19T13:08:21.849-07:002009-07-19T13:08:21.849-07:00Hi,
I think the rationale behind that is that if...Hi, <br /><br />I think the rationale behind that is that if you lose your password the only way to reset it is through your email.<br /><br />So the tradeoff seems to be either enter your password twice, then don't forget it, or enter your email twice and have a chance to recover it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com