THE WEB CAN BE A BETTER PLACE TO SURF AND DO BUSINESS !
Last Updated: October 30, 2004
[September 26, 2004]
UI Patterns and Techniques - "In essence, patterns are structural and behavioral features that improve the 'habitability' of something -- a user interface, a Web site, an object-oriented program, or even a building. They make things more usable, easier to understand, or more beautiful; they make tools more ready-to-hand."
[September 25, 2004]
Cameron Adams: "The nature of technology is change; better, faster, stronger. The challenge for those who design applications that rely on technology is to provide forward-thinking design while still allowing those with outmoded technology to access the new applications."
[September 22, 2004]
Verisign, RSA Seek to Change the Face of Passwords - "Two-factor solutions combine a pass phrase with a key chain token that continually generates unique passwords that are used only once each time a user logs on to a network. The process is in stark contrast to traditional password solutions, which involve a single, user-generated password that's used continually over a period of time."
Women, and the future of IT
Hands-Free Mousing Could Mean Using Your Nose
[September 21, 2004]
Net security threats growing fast - "The key challenge for Microsoft is not XP users, it's the Windows 98 and 95 machines. Getting those people to upgrade and improve their security is going to make the difference."
[September 18, 2004]
WinXP SP2 = security placebo? - "The home user is the one most in need of good security configurations and tools, yet the one least served by SP2. Windows may be easy to use, but it is extremely complicated and difficult to administer, especially for security, with a tremendous number of hidden functions and many complex configuration interfaces. It should be left to the professional admin to enable services and understand their dependencies, not left to the home user to figure out which ones are risky, and which ones can safely be disabled. [...] Unfortunately, Windows remains a quite dangerous system to connect to the Internet, and users are still very much on their own in terms of security solutions."
[September 15, 2004]
Shana Tova - Happy New Year !
The Jewish New Year starts tonight. LucDesk wishes its readers a year of health, happiness and
above all, peace.
Eyetrack III: "How much do we really know about how people read news websites? We can track their behavior clicking through a site visit. We can collect personal information. We can ask them questions. But that presents a small part of the full picture. To get the rest, we need to climb inside their heads and look through their eyes as they view online news sites [...]"
[September 13, 2004]
Gerry McGovern: "Many governments have done great work on the Web, but in order to create a genuine knowledge society and economy, they need to reverse 'the more the merrier' approach and focus on a 'less is more' strategy."
[September 08, 2004]
Flash is a medium, not the alternative medium: "Just because you think Flash can do everything does not mean you should do everything in Flash. [...] Only once we define the project's goals, and look at the problems the project presents can we begin to decide on what mediums to use as solutions to these problems."
[September 04, 2004]
BBC News: "Scientists are attempting to inject some real science into video games development to accurately measure the effects games have on minds and bodies."
[September 01, 2004]
Find Web Plagiarism: "Copyscape (currently under beta release) finds copies of your content on the Web. You can use Copyscape to identify sites that have copied your content without permission. Copyscape will also show you who is quoting your site. Simply type in the URL of your original content, and Copyscape does the rest."
Mouse Odometer (Mouse Tracking Program): "It tells you how far your mouse goes, how many keys you've pressed, and how many mouse clicks you've had for every application you use."
Don't Expect Privacy on the Web: "Whether they realize it or not, many people leave sensitive information out in plain view on Web sites. But sooner or later, a Google search will dig it up."
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