Comment by mikeash
10 years ago
Can't we do both?
Apple dropped the ball here by allowing a password to be set to something that could not be typed at the login screen.
The user was stupid for performing this experiment without an escape hatch.
Stating one does not exclude the other.
You're assuming the user thinks they are performing an "experiment". When I use core OS functionality I don't think I'm "experimenting", I'm using the system.
I don't backup my C:\ drive before I "experiment" with the cut & paste tool.
If you saw an emoji keyboard pop-up on your change password screen it would be natural to just assume that the OS was now accepting emojis in passwords.
The linked question states:
"I wanted to check if it's possible to use emoji in a password for my Account on OS Yosemite."
You're correct in general, but in this particular case they clearly saw this as something that might not work. They just didn't anticipate how badly "not work" could go.