The discussion revolves around adding a show password feature to Discourse’s login page. Stranik initiated the conversation, mentioning that many users, especially on mobile, struggle with password entry and would benefit from this feature. codinghorror pointed out that this has been discussed before, and the feature should ideally be implemented by browsers. However, tobiaseigen shared a personal experience where this feature would have been helpful, and codinghorror expressed his support for adding an explicit show password button.
sam initially opposed the idea, considering it a browser issue, but later changed his stance, citing the industry’s adoption of this feature. He suggested deferring the work until a full-screen login is built and recommended the Facebook/Twitter approach. awesomerobot supported the idea and preferred the Facebook/Twitter approach.
The feature was eventually implemented by awesomerobot and merged into the Discourse repository. However, tobiaseigen reported that the show/hide toggle is not visible on mobile devices, which is where it is needed most.
Many users in the mobile version, want to see the title/icon to show the password. For example:
There are already some complaints that they are within a few minutes can’t log. Maybe they used to use other social networking sites where this feature is present.
This has been discussed before, the feature needs to be in your browser. The field is properly tagged as a HTML password field so what the browser does with it is up to them.