[UPHPU] Confirm Email Address Form Field

[Brandon Stout]

Hi y'all,

I'm getting more and more annoyed with new web forms that make me 
confirm my email address.  I realize that they are probably trying to 
keep people from mis-typing their email address, but it completely 
misses the point of a confirmation field.  As I see it, you should use a 
"Confirm Password" field because it is not displayed in clear text - it 
makes sense to confirm the password.  However email address form fields 
are plain text.  Furthermore, people who mistype their email address 
will not receive the "confirm your registration" email, so they will 
just have to try again.  I've always pasted my email into the annoying 
"confirm email" field.  However, one form I filled out recently topped 
off my annoyance level with this field.  They actually had some 
javascript that made it impossible to copy from the "Email" field, and 
impossible to past anything into the "Confirm Email" field.  I refused 
to subscribe after that.  Do y'all agree that this is an unnecessary and 
annoying field, or should I just calm down and accept this new trend?

Thank you for your thoughts, especially if they flame all people who 
make forms that require people to confirm their email address ;) .

Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org