January 17, 2008
roundup
.ASPX considered harmful: I always thought it would be f'ing hilarious to use mod_rewrite to change my .php extensions in one of my many projects to .aspx or .cfm.
Account login mistakes. Here is the summarized list:
- Mistake #1: Having a Sign-in In The First Place
- Mistake #2: Requiring Sign-in Too Soon
- Mistake #3: Not Stating the Benefits to Registering
- Mistake #4: Hiding the Sign-In Button
- Mistake #5: Not Making "Create New Account" or "Forgot Your Password" a Button or Link
- Mistake #6: Not Providing Sign-in Opportunities at Key Locations
- Mistake #7: Asking for Too Much Information When Registering
- Mistake #8: Not Telling Users How You'll Use Their Information
- Mistake #9: Not Telling Users the Requirements for Username and Password Up Front
- Mistake #10: Requiring Stricter Password Requirements Than The NSA
- Mistake #11: Using Challenge Questions They Won't Remember In A Year
- Mistake #12: Not Returning Users to Their Desired Objective
- Mistake #13: Not Explaining If It’s The Username or Password They Got Wrong
- Mistake #14: Not Putting A Register Link When The Sign-In Is An Error
- Mistake #15: Not Giving the User A Non-email Solution To Recover Their Password
- Mistake #16: Requiring More Than One Element When Recovering Password
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