Comments on: Usability bugs http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/ Freelance writer Sue Horner talks about writing, newsletters and corporate communications Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Louise Desmarais http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-49914 Louise Desmarais Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:36:42 +0000 http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/#comment-49914 Sites that don't give clear direction upfront as to what is required in a password, and you have to try to come up with a password three times before you meet all their requirements. Password must be more than 6 characters Password must not have spaces Arghhh! Sites that don’t give clear direction upfront as to what is required in a password, and you have to try to come up with a password three times before you meet all their requirements.

Password must be more than 6 characters

Password must not have spaces

Arghhh!

]]> By: Sue http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-48351 Sue Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:14:05 +0000 http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/#comment-48351 ...or the sites that make you sign in with an e-mail address AND a password AND a userID, but when you try to choose one, keep telling you that userID is taken. I have read about IDs that incorporate bad language after a few rounds of "sorry, that userID is taken." …or the sites that make you sign in with an e-mail address AND a password AND a userID, but when you try to choose one, keep telling you that userID is taken. I have read about IDs that incorporate bad language after a few rounds of “sorry, that userID is taken.”

]]> By: Barb Sawyers http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-48349 Barb Sawyers Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:02:37 +0000 http://getitwrite.ca/2009/05/29/usability-bugs/#comment-48349 How about a secure client site that requires me to change my password frequently, when my online banking service doesn't? How about the sites that assign you a long, confusing password that you'll never remember I could go on... and probably will How about a secure client site that requires me to change my password frequently, when my online banking service doesn’t?
How about the sites that assign you a long, confusing password that you’ll never remember
I could go on… and probably will

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