Joomla 2.5 Core Password Strength Meter

Not sure if you knew it but in Joomla 2.5 you can force password field to display strength meter.

It's really easy to achieve. All you need to do is edit /components/com_users/models/forms/registration.xml file and add

strengthmeter="true"

Check screenshots for better understanding:

{phocagallery view=category|categoryid=11|limitstart=0|limitcount=0}