Stop Password Masking (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn’t even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures.
I’d agree that masking does inhibit user feedback and causes some problems but it’s been around [...]
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Tags: Design
Build Your Own Captcha and Contact Form
Ever get hit with spam through the contact form on your personal site? Well, here is a short tutorial on how to build a custom captcha to keep the bad guys out.
Nice tutorial on building a contact for with a captcha in PHP.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Tags: Development
Email Standards Project
Our goal is to help designers understand why web standards are so important for email, while working with email client developers to ensure that emails render consistently. This is a community effort to improve the email experience for both designers and readers alike.
Just found this via http://fixoutlook.org. Nice to see someone trying [...]
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Check My Colours
It is a tool for checking foreground and background color combinations of all DOM elements and determining if they provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits.
Nice little tool to ensure accessibility compliance.
(via www.zeldman.com)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Tags: Design
8th Grader Builds Solar-Powered Bike With GPS, iPod Dock : Gas 2.0
Eighth-grader David S. Dixon–along with his dad David G. Dixon–has built a street-legal quadricycle powered by a solar-charged electric motor. The bike not only carries his dog and three friends, but it has also has an iPod dock and GPS.
Somebody needs to make this [...]
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Tags: Miscellaneous