Flex Chroma Password Sync Guide

I just stumbled upon a neat little idea that I hadn’t seen before.

You know how you are often asked for a password or an email address within a web form… and then are asked to repeat it to make sure you typed it correctly?  How do you know if you’ve typed it correctly when the fields are blanked out?  The answer is, you don’t know until you’ve submitted the form and the form validation comes back and tells you about your error.

Well this little trick provides a visual cue as to whether or not you’ve got a match… without having to submit the form.  I can’t say it’s a huge time saver, but it sure is neat.

Basically, as you type, a sequence of colors is generated within the chroma indicator.  If you’ve got a match, both color blocks will show the same colors, if not, then you’ll see different colors.  Simple as that.  Here’s an example…

I wouldn’t be surprised to see this popping up on web forms around the net.  Flex Junk has the source for this available on the site.

[via Flex Junk]