Password masking, Hollywod and standards

Passwords are sacrosanct on the web. Some sites force you to change it every so often, others force you to use a minimum length, others force you to use certain symbols to make a password stronger. All this is OK I believe. But why do passwords always appear in the form '******' when you introduce them on a web page? As if everyone is peeping over your screen at that very second? Jakob Nielsen, one of the most notable usability experts says 'Stop Password Masking', his comments reminded me of the only time I've seen non-masked passwords: Hollywood movies. Perhaps Hollywood on this occasion has a better depiction of what works, especially now that Nielsen said something on the topic.

Continue reading : "Password masking, Hollywod and standards"

July 2, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Browser makers listen up, we want the following... Signed - OpenAjax alliance

Reaching a consensus is a difficult task in any endeavor, just look at technology standards were numerous parties are pulling in different directions in order to get better leverage for their 'standard' based products. One such process going on right now is the one being held by the OpenAjax alliance, which will hopefully have a say on future browser standards, but what is probably more important about this process is its openness, which sheds a real light on what the software community has to say about the techniques browsers should be supporting.

Continue reading : "Browser makers listen up, we want the following... Signed - OpenAjax alliance"

July 8, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

AJAX and W3C progress

For all the popularity behind AJAX, much of its functionality is fragmented across browsers mainly on account of its organically grown root's inside Microsoft, with other browser makers rushing to support it in whatever form possible. However, the main body behind web standards -- the W3C -- has also gotten itself involved in setting the direction behind one of AJAX's core pieces, having recently published a working draft on XmlHttpRequest .

Continue reading : "AJAX and W3C progress"

October 27, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

HTML 5 : We don't need no XHTML

Rules are meant to be broken they say, and when it comes to web standards looks like the same holds true. XML was set to be everywhere, even influencing one of the web's pilars -- HTML -- in favor of XHTML....fast forward to summer 2007, and being retro is in : HTML has been revived as HTML 5. What does this mean ? What does it offer ? I'll try and recap the web's markup evolution and proposed future in this entry.

Continue reading : "HTML 5 : We don't need no XHTML "

July 18, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (19) | Track Back (0)

Widgets the W3C kind.

A new initiative is underway at the W3C named : Widgets 1.0 , its intent is standardizing the various elements which compose applications that go by this same name.

Continue reading : "Widgets the W3C kind."

February 15, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Internet Explorer 7 and CSS changes.

After a long wait, the newest Internet Explorer version is out, IE 7 release ( Team blog entry with download link).

Continue reading : "Internet Explorer 7 and CSS changes."

November 21, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Image Annotations for the semantic web

The W3C is going full speed ahead with the series of recommendations for enabling the semantic web . An interesting paper has been published on Image Annotation on the Semantic Web .

Continue reading : "Image Annotations for the semantic web"

March 23, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

W3C Voice extensions for Speaker Verification and Internationalization.

W3C announced new extensions to Internationalize and Secure Voice Browsing .

Continue reading : "W3C Voice extensions for Speaker Verification and Internationalization."

December 8, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Archives Standards