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Re: How to convey password requirements on registration pages

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From: Mallory
Date: Apr 25, 2019 2:02AM

... or the instructions are visible plain text before the password field. I know some users stick to a forms-mode way of dealing with forms and so may miss it, so as Dan mentioned, having something attached to the field pointing out "hey there are password rules [at this location]" would help with that.
Plain text is always visible, always navigable, doesn't have problems with popups or vanishing or whatnot. I think the needs of users in this case especially should override visual-design concerns with the possible exception of, could a long set of instructions create issues for people who have some trouble focussing or determining what they're doing while in the form (some coga stuff).

It's something that certainly benefits from extra thinking.

cheers,
_mallory

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, at 5:19 AM, Maxability wrote:
> This is always a question to me. Here are my two cents.
>
>
> Placing the instructions elsewhere and using aria-describedby perhaps
> will be difficult for users with learning challenges as they have
> navigate back and forth between the instructions area and the password
> field. For SR users using aria-describedby will not allow to navigate
> word by word at the PWD field.
>
> I dint think of the pros and cons but here is my proposal.
>
> Place a PWD instructions button in close proximity to the create new
> pass word field. This button should receive focus before the password
> field. On activating the button the instructions should be displayed,
> once the user read the instruction, just by hitting the escape key focus
> should be pushed to the password field allowing the user to type in.
>
> In case user want to read the instructions again, the instruction button
> is just a shift + tab away and enter key opens the button.
>
>
> Only challenge I could think right now is an extra tab focus.
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Rakesh
>
> On 4/23/2019 5:50 PM, Isabel Holdsworth wrote:
> > Larry:
> >
> > If the list of requirements is long, no matter how or where they
> > appear on the screen, it's likely that some users, especially those
> > with learning difficulties (and me), will struggle to follow the
> > instructions.
> >
> > But for the benefit of screenreader users, the requirements need to be
> > in very close proximity to the field they refer to, and as has been
> > said by others, if the instructions come after the field then
> > screenreader users need to be informed of their presence.
> >
> > I personally think that aria-describedby would work quite well here,
> > but not relied upon. So if the instructions were placed just after the
> > password field in the DOM, and associated with it using
> > aria-describedby, this could offer quite a good solution.
> >
> > Cheers, Isabel
> >
> > On 22/04/2019, Mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> As a "slow person" I benefit from (and I don't care how ugly) a list of how
> >> I have to do it being visible to me at all times (I mean, not only when I
> >> have focus on the pw field).
> >>
> >> Just try not to put the requirements in an aria-describedby setup, or if it
> >> is, it can also be normally navigated to and read in any way needed (like by
> >> character). I've focussed on pw fields in the past and got a book blasted at
> >> me. It still meant I had to try to hold all the rules in my head.
> >>
> >> Dan: don't forget a space, but yeah that does look like it could be
> >> reasonable:
> >> (to avoid PasswordPlease, tho it depends on SR and setting whether you'd get
> >> that as one or two words)
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> _mallory
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, at 7:47 PM, Swift, Daniel P. wrote:
> >>> Larry:
> >>>
> >>> Could you place the requirements after the textbox and within the label
> >>> include extra text for the screen reader only indicating that there is
> >>> a list of password requirements listed just after the textbox.
> >>>
> >>> <label>Password<span class="sro">Please note that requirements are
> >>> listed just after the password textbox</span></label>
> >>>
> >>> Thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Dan Swift
> >>> Senior Web Specialist
> >>> Enterprise Services
> >>> West Chester University
> >>> 610.738.0589
> >>>
> >>>