Software As She’s Developed

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Signing Up to Websites, 1999-2009. A Montage.

July 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Following up The New Registration and Login Grammars, I thought it would be interesting to look at how signup forms have changed over the years. 1999 Excite!. Goes so far as to ask you your race, and then a further question about whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent. Oh, and then your household income! Talk [...]

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The New Registration and Login Grammars

June 25th, 2009 · 8 Comments

There is a well-established “grammar” for how we sign up and log into websites. Provide your name, email and password; verify the email; login to the site with username and password until you’re timed out. You know the drill. But a wave of new web apps and protocols is challenging the status quo, breaking the [...]

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