iPhone-like Password Fields jQuery Plugin

Posted · Category: Forms, MIT License

Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesnâ€™t even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures.

That’s why Apple implemented an alternative method on iPhone/iPod Touch: passwords get masked while typing but the last character in row is shown in plain text. Compared to common password fields on the web this method improves usability.

Therefore, Stefan Ullrich has developed a dPassword jQuery Plugin for transforming password fields into iPhone-like password fields, which delays password masking. It works unobtrusive too. Non-JS users get the common masked password fields.