Authors: M: Lyle Mullican
Lyle Mullican is the Vice President of Operations for Corporate Web Services, Inc. in Rochester, MN. With a background in the visual arts, he is passionate about web design at all levels including architecture, code, and presentation. You can find him on his company blog, personal site or the usual social networks.
Articles By This Author
The Problem with Passwords
Issue 300February 9, 2010
Abandoning password masking as Jakob Nielsen suggests could present serious problems, including undermining a user’s trust by failing to meet a basic expectation. But with design patterns gleaned from offline applications, plus a dash of JavaScript, we can provide feedback and reduce password errors without compromising the basic user experience or losing our visitors’ trust.
Indexing the Web—It’s Not Just Google’s Business
Issue 285June 9, 2009
Interface responsiveness is one of many details web developers must consider in their quest to deliver a good user experience. An application that responds quickly enhances the user’s sense of control. In working to maximize application speed, though, one often-overlooked element can affect performance more than almost anything else: database design.
