encryption is (mostly) not magic | Benlog
4 weeks ago by sunpig
For the most part, encryption isn’t magic. Encryption lets you manage secrets more securely, but if users are involved in the key management, that almost certainly comes at the expense of usability and features. Web services should strongly consider encryption where possible to more strictly manage their internal access controls. But think carefully before embarking on a design that forces users to manage their keys. In many cases, users simply don’t understand that losing the key means losing the data. As my colleague Umesh Shankar says, if you design a car lock so secure that locking yourself out means crushing the car and buying a new one, you’re probably doing it wrong.
encryption
security
mozilla
firefox
privacy
users
usability
hashing
hash
password
key
voting
4 weeks ago by sunpig
ongoing by Tim Bray · Three Mobile-Software Rules
5 weeks ago by sunpig
These days, I spend quite a bit of time talking about how to write software for Android. I think three of the general rules are worth expanding on here because I’m increasingly convinced they apply to software in general, not just for mobile devices.
timbray
software
android
intent
url
verb
http
scheme
architecture
mobile
application
usability
crash
memory
5 weeks ago by sunpig
The design of a signage typeface | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
5 weeks ago by sunpig
I was unable to fully answer those questions, but felt that I must find the answers, no matter what the cost. Back in Europe I began studying the typefaces on road signs just about everywhere the Latin script is used. But looking at photos or signage specifications doesn’t reveal much about the actual performance of those typefaces. So I set off, driving thousands of miles across Europe to explore the legibility of these signs and typefaces, first hand. Once I even ended up in a holding cell at the border crossing to Norway, because the customs officers just wouldn’t accept that someone would drive all over Europe simply to take photographs of traffic signs.
design
signage
sign
road
roadsign
wayfinding
usability
font
type
typography
graphic
visual
reading
legibility
5 weeks ago by sunpig
Bruce Lawson’s personal site : What Users Want from Mobile, and what we can re-learn from them
11 weeks ago by sunpig
RT @brucel: What Users Want from Mobile, and what we can re-learn from them
brucel
brucelawsom
mobile
users
speed
load
usability
functionality
want
desire
webdev
11 weeks ago by sunpig
What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen? : Jävla skitsystem!
february 2012 by sunpig
RT @newsycombinator: Whats the waiter doing with the computer screen?
computer
screen
whiteboard
design
ux
ui
hci
usability
override
drawing
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actual
february 2012 by sunpig
Intense Minimalism • Social Usability checklist
september 2010 by sunpig
RT @lukew: Social Usability Checklist: a simple instrument to drive effective social network design.
social
usability
checklist
network
connect
ease
use
heuristic
expression
september 2010 by sunpig
Designing for usability vs. motivation
june 2010 by sunpig
@xbora Re. "annoyance" vs. "motivation":
design
motivation
usability
uipatterns
engage
audience
june 2010 by sunpig
Effective A/B Testing
september 2009 by sunpig
(via <a href="http://simonwillison.net/2009/Sep/13/effective/">Simon Willison</a>)
ab
abtesting
test
testing
bentilly
presentation
comparison
analytics
statistics
development
code
science
math
pareto
pearson
g-test
usability
optimization
september 2009 by sunpig
zomigi.com » Why browser zoom shouldn’t kill flexible layouts
june 2009 by sunpig
"Now that all the major browsers include the ability to zoom the entire page layout, rather than just increase text size, are liquid and elastic layouts obsolete? Can’t we just use fixed-width layouts and let the user zoom them if needed? The answer to that question depends on whether browser zoom solves all of the same problems than liquid and elastic layouts solve, and I don’t think it does."
zoemickleygillenwater
browser
zoom
layout
css
flexible
elastic
line
readability
usability
june 2009 by sunpig
The $300 Million Button
january 2009 by sunpig
Jared Spool describes a simple design change that generated $300 million of new revenue for a client.
web
software
design
usability
ui
business
ux
lukewroblewski
testing
interactiondesign
jaredspool
uie
hci
geeknotes
january 2009 by sunpig
A List Apart: Articles: Return of the Mobile Style Sheet
january 2009 by sunpig
Dominique Hazaël-Massieux on mobile stylesheets.
web
css
style
design
ala
alistapart
usability
mobile
screen
accessibility
geeknotes
stylesheets
handlheld
january 2009 by sunpig
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