[chetane07]

That's an "interesting" usability decision, I'm curious to hear what makes you believe it's better usability than having a password be hidden?

I personally hate it because it get the following signals from it:

* How could such an obvious product bug be missed * Feels "amateur" -> is my password secure/encrypted? * I don't feel safe using the site, because who knows how secure my account data really is...

But you might not be designing for me, so let's take a step back. Given the following assumption:

Hidden password: All don't care, as it's standard. No one loves, no one hates. Visible password: Some love it, some hate it, some are just confused.

I think the extra love is really not worth the amount of hate it brings along. Why have people hate when you can avoid it :) Just my 2 cents.