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Your Login “Security” Is Awful

You want to log in? No problem! Put in your email, press enter. We re not asking for your password at the same time, because we hate password managers. Everyone knows you ve memorized them, or use the same one, or whatever. Oh, wait, we don t want your password! We ll email a code and you have TEN [ ] The post Your Login Security Is Awful appeared first on Neon Rocket .

apostrofly (n.)

uh-POS-truh-flahy sounds exactly like the pest that it is A rogue apostrophe that shows up absolutely everywhere, planted with the breezy confidence of a person who never questions their own judgement, in places that did not ask for it, and in words that did not need it. Causes loss of intelligence in everyone who [ ] The post apostrofly (n.) appeared first on Neon Rocket .

The Holy Book of Sock

A fragment of the Book of Sock was discovered on an ancient thumbdrive on or before 2017. Miraculous it was still readable! This may or may not be related to the Holy Order of Sockism. The Gospel of the Word Of Sock (WOS) 3:37 He warned them polyester cotton blend may feel pleasant to the [ ] The post The Holy Book of Sock appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Your Post Advocates…

Ever since the early days of the ancient web/usenet, there have been arguments and disagreements†. Someone is wrong. Laziness being the mother of invention, someone created a funny checklist that starts Your post advocates a ___ approach to Your idea will not work. Some of the items are generic/funny enough to apply to any [ ] The post Your Post Advocates appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Jakob Nielsen, Father of ‘Fast and Cheap UI’

An early influence on my UI/UX interest was Jakob Nielsen at useit.com/alertbox. I devoured his articles on how people use the web, worst-practices (unfortunately far too many are still in use today), and common traps. Learning from useIt.com, webpagesthatsuck.com and others, I grew my skills from definitely sucks to still sucks, but less. I started [ ] The post Jakob Nielsen, Father of Fast and…

US Healthcare Websites are the Worst

How many healthcare websites were designed by someone who knows nothing about user interface design? A: All of them Call to action? 🤣 Let s say you wanted to log into the member portal. Where is it? (I cropped the header off because this particular insurance company is not special in any way; they all suck [ ] The post US Healthcare Websites are the Worst appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Why The Joel Test will save your life

If you haven’t seen it, it is Truth. Learn it, memorize it, evangelize it. (maybe) The Joel Test We’re going to talk about #2. Build Let me paint you a picture: You need to build two versions of app, one for French Guiana and one for France. Also, your app uses google analytics, google maps [ ] The post Why The Joel Test will save your life appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Sprint Length?

I was asked a question recently: what’s the ideal sprint length? To start, let’s look at the purpose and function of a sprint. The Sprint: What and Why A sprint is a period of time in which the team promises to deliver certain functionality. At the end of the sprint, the team is supposed to [ ] The post Sprint Length? appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Automation: The Rule of Three

How many licks? Building, Fixing, Writing, Saying something? Do it one time – sounds good Do it twice – a bit annoying Do it three times – you’ve crossed the line Time to AUTOMATE If you have to do the same thing the same way three or more times? Time to automate it. Write a [ ] The post Automation: The Rule of Three appeared first on Neon Rocket .

Processing a group of images for Cordova

When you have a group of images that you want to use for your cordova app’s splash screen, it can be tedious to get their dimensions and then add them to the cordova.xml file. You have to examine every image, get the height and width, then create the entry for it: splash src= width= # height= # / The [ ] The post Processing a group of images for Cordova appeared first on Neon Rocket .