Streetography - Show/Hide password

An input field for a password frequently results in frustrated users or even lost business. A long-standing design standard is in displaying a “secure response” in the form of a * character when you are entering your password.

When we were designing the login screen of a mobile app Streetography, we wanted to display the user's password as readable text by default. Of course, the “hide action” is present so it's easy to use it in situations where you might need it.

This solution is optimized for usability. There are no security issues. You hardly move your smartphone out of sight when typing and you can still simply hit the “hide action” option.

Check the two options above and let us know which one do you prefer:
01) Readable text for password by default
02) Secure response in the form of a * character by default

So why did we decide to break the norm? Because facts are on our side!

- An average person logs in at least 15 times a day
- 86% of companies in the United States use password authentication for their services
- 89% of adults have more than 10 online passwords
- Around 82% of people have forgotten their passwords
- Password recovery is the number one request to Intranet help desks
- One more funny fact: Password “123456789” is used by 446,162 accounts and “123456” by nearly 2,000,000 accounts

“Masking passwords doesn't even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures.” ...and it's worse on mobile.

- Nielsen Norman Group

Design by @Stanley Haladej
Coop with @Lukas Horak