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WordPress.com don’t get the Principle of least privilege

By SamStephens on February 11, 2012

Wordpress.com wanted to be able to read, update and post to my Twitter account in order for me to authenticate as a commenter.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Authentication, Identity, Privacy | Leave a response

Autosaving of form fields in browsers

By SamStephens on November 29, 2010

I’ve once again lost a decent sized chunk of text in a textarea, due to a browser crash. I’ve started wondering about whether browsers should implement autosaving for textareas. Our usage patterns have got to the point where we use browsers to write large chunks of text on a regular basis.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Browsers, Opinion, Usability | 2 Responses

Android is the mobile platform of the moment

By SamStephens on November 8, 2010

If you’re going to choose a single mobile platform to develop for in the next year, there are three main alternatives: Android; iPhone; and Windows Phone 7. It’s my belief Android is the platform for developers new to mobile to choose, unless you have an overriding reason to look at the other platforms.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged android, Mobile, Opinion | Leave a response

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