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Chroma-Hash makes confirming your password easier

One of the most frustrating things on the Internet is when you have to type in a password twice. Sometimes, a website will force you to hit the “submit” or “log in” button before it tells you that the passwords don’t match! Chroma-Hash is a jQuery plugin that securely generations a color bar for each [...]


AT&T Hates the Drop-Down List

There are many things that web designers can do to improve usability, but tampering with the Drop-Down List is not one of them. The only flaw of the Drop-Down List is that novice users may not know there is more than one option. The only visual cue to novice users have is the arrow. AT&T [...]


CAPTCHA Isn’t Working

Here is an interesting fact: People spend 150,000 hours a day typing in CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) codes. Some people don’t mind it, and say that the CAPTCHA instills trust in the site because it appears more secure. However, a lot of people are complaining, and with [...]


Firefox 2.0.0.5, Adblock Plus and Google AdSense

If you’re having trouble logging in to Google AdSense, you’re not alone.
It turns out that the combination of Firefox 2.0.0.5 and the Adblock Plus add-on prevent the login page from displaying for Google Adsense. Google’s Inside AdSense blog suggests clearing your cache and cookies and disabling the Adblock add-on in order to log in.
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