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Complicated password policy failure
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Loading ...In most bigger companies, and for some commercial websites, you have to create what they like to call a strong password. Normally this will mean your password has to be at least 5 characters long and contain at least one number. Nothing wrong with that, and I can usually make a password that I can remember.
However lately I believe companies are pushing us to reach new levels of our brain or something. I’ve been seeing more policies where you have to have numbers, letters, special characters and capitalized letters in it. Oh and to top it of it can’t be a password you had in the past, or a incremental version of that (eg: test1 to test10).
Now lets examine how usefull such a policy is. I used to have pretty strong passwords, hard to guess and difficult to crack. Now that my passwords have to be so complicated I’m resorting to putting post-its on my screen with the passwords again. Very insecure and very easy to hack.
Skinable drop down box, first release
Just a few days ago I posted that I started working on a better looking drop down box to replace the select element on webpages. Today the first version is released under the GPL license. You can download it by visiting the plugin page under Plugins - Custom Combobox.
This first version includes:
- Custom drop down arrows for disabled / mouse over and default combobox states
- Ability to change the border styles of the drop down part as well as the combobox itself
- Supports translating the following elements in comboboxes:
- select element
- ul & ol element
Please note: as this is the first release there may still be some bugs in the code, please feel free to contact me if you find any and I will attempt to solve them as quickly as possible.
Started work on a skinnable drop down box in JQuery.
For my work I recently came across an issue with IE6 and the width of a select. For some reason it does not scale to the width of the content. So I started looking into a custom implementation using JQuery.
Unfortunately the work halted when I ran into serious issues with our beloved website full with frames. But I am continuing it in my spare time as a research project. So soon more on this adventure.
The failing Blackberry, Apple and X-Box
Normally I don’t post any youtube movies here, but this one is funny and IT related. Hope you like it as much as I did. It’s about a Blackberry, Apple and X-Box.
The HTC Desire indepth
In a previous post I said I recently got a new phone, the HTC Desire. But since I only had it very briefly I felt it wasn’t the time yet to write about the phone itself. Well know I’ve been playing with it for more then a week so it’s time to write some small article about it.
So I’ve been using HTC phones for several years now and so far I’ve liked every single phone I’ve had. But the Desire was my switch from Windows Mobile to the Android platform, and I was very worried about the switch to say the least.
First impression of the Desire
After switching on the phone for the first time I went through the setup procedure, which is as simple as 1, 2, 3. So thank god for that, it’s a huge step up from Windows Mobile 5.
I have to give HTC one thing, the phone response very well to any time you touch the screen. It’s probably the capacitive screen, but its a whole lot better then what I was used to. Just after first boot you will probably play around a little with the widgets that are included.
As the Sense interface gives you 7 different tabs that you can put widgets on it will take you some time to configure it to your likings. Which is as much a blessing as a curse, especially in when you are just using the phone for the first time. Luckily the phone comes with several presets for the Sense interface.
My biggest concern was migrating all my data from Windows Mobile to the Android platform. And unfortunately my worries where right. So Google step up to the plate and make migrating from different phone platforms easier. It’s impossible to migrate text messages or call history without doing a lot of manual work.
The good the bad and the ugly
So what’s up with this phone. Is it a good thing to buy or good gift to get 
. Well it sorta depends on what you are expecting. If you want a phone that gives you a lot of access to your social networks, then yeah it might be something for you. If you want something that just enables you to call and send text message, then please don’t waste your money on the Desire. It’ll do the job but at a high price.
Having said that here are some of the pro’s and con’s of the phone:
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