Around 1:00pm today I received my iPad from UPS after a long night of anxiously waiting. First impressions: – It’s a whole lot heavier than I thought it would be. – It’s extremely fast and responsive. Everything runs very fast on it and apps/music/movies took very little time to install from my MacBook. – The [...]
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Gizmodo posted about the iPad Kindle app this morning and it sounds like it’s going to be great. I have absolutely no regrets about selling my Kindle 2 now. Can’t wait for my iPad to arrive next week!
I am an Apple Fanboy and I fully admit to it. Over the last few months the rumors have been growing about Apple coming out with some kind of tablet to compete with the Netbook market, and in many ways to pick up where the Newton left off over a decade ago. I think this [...]
Just because Jakob says it doesn’t make it right (or smart)
29 Jun, 2009 in Accessibility, Computers, Security, Usability, WebsiteIn Jakob Nielsen’s June 23, 2009 Alertbox post entitled, “Stop Password Masking“, Mr. Neilsen makes the argument that it’s time to stop masking passwords (showing stars or bullets instead of the actual keystrokes) in web forms. He argues two main points as to why this “archaic” practice should be discontinued: Password masking causes users to [...]
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