Break for Halloween. Also – don’t just reset a password – make sure

31 Oct
2007

It’s Halloween today, which means I’m busy gorging on the chocolate we are suppoused to be giving out [those Twix are so delicious].

With user accounts as hundreds of sites (I’m sure we can all attest to that) – ‘forgot password’ is a process I go through again. So – pick on Compete again – email addresses are easy to get to. If I put in my email address – you shouldn’t reset the password immediately. You should make sure it is the right user by sending a ‘click this link’ request to that email.

Simple usability stuff like this boggles my mind. I know Aaron likes Compete – time to reset his password ceaselessly ;)

[I'm kidding, don't actually screw with other people's passwords. Just a dumb move by Compete]

I had also promised some stats on releasing freebie themes – that is delayed until next week (we have a decent-sized announcement tomorrow).

2 Responses to Break for Halloween. Also – don’t just reset a password – make sure

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Matt

October 31st, 2007 at 8:42 pm

Decent-sized, eh? Canadian iBegin Source data? I can only hold my breath.

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Ahmed

October 31st, 2007 at 9:32 pm

Ah nah – more on the blog end.

Refocusing and re-factoring :)

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