Posts Tagged ‘Opinion Column’
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UX Meets SecurityBetter Password Masking For Sign-Up Forms
- October 26th, 2012
- 98 Comments
Editor’s Note: This article expresses the author’s personal opinion and covers experimental UX techniques which aren’t considered to be best practice. Masking passwords is an old practice that’s commonly implemented in sign-up and log-in forms. It’s used to prevent over-the-shoulder snoopers from catching the user’s password. While masking passwords is a ...
Read more...Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here”
- June 20th, 2012
- 51 Comments
Have you ever wanted your users to click a link but didn’t know how to get them to act? When some designers run into this problem, they’re tempted to use the words “Click here” on their links. Before giving in to the temptation, you should know how using these words ...
Read more...Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends
- March 15th, 2012
- 177 Comments
Since Elliot Jay Stocks so poignantly told us to destroy the Web 2.0 look, we’ve witnessed a de-shinification of the Web, with fewer glass buttons, beveled edges, reflections, special-offer badges, vulgar gradients with vibrant colors and diagonal background patterns. The transformation has been welcomed with relief by all but the ...
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