Category Archives: Observations

My current toolset

Posted on February 18, 2010 by lehresman

There are many tools I use on a day-to-day basis to get things done. John Long posted a similar list on his blog, and I thought it would be interesting to make a similar list for myself. Without further ado, … Continue reading →

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Are masked password fields necessary?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by lehresman

Last March, @johnwlong tweeted “Do people really want their password hidden (••••••) when they signup?” (here) and “Wondering about dropping the “confirm password” field on our signup screen and using a normal text field for the password instead.” (here). My … Continue reading →

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Two types of websites

Posted on January 19, 2010 by lehresman

Something I have noticed over the years is that there are fundamentally two uses of the Web: web pages, and web applications. Each are created, developed, and maintained very differently. It is useful to understand which you are creating before … Continue reading →

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