Browsing the archives for the Obfuscation tag

The Cringe Factor

26 Jul, 2009 in Democrat, Healthcare, Issues, Left, Politics, Republican, Right, The Media by

Have you ever watched a show on TV or overheard a nearby conversation in which people who are obviously not experts on the topic they are discussing start debating incorrect “facts” back and forth to the point where you just have to cringe at how utterly, entirely wrong they are? I’ve been having that happen [...]

Just because Jakob says it doesn’t make it right (or smart)

29 Jun, 2009 in Accessibility, Computers, Security, Usability, Website by

In 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 [...]