14 Nov 09
12 Nov 09
"A researcher who examined 10,000 Hotmail, MSN and Live.com passwords that were recently exposed online has published an analysis of the list and found that “123456″ was the most commonly used password, appearing 64 times. Forty-two percent of the passwords used lowercase letters from “a to z”; only 6 percent mixed alpha-numeric and other characters. Many of the top 20 passwords used were Spanish names, such as Alejandra and Alberto, suggesting that the victims were in Spanish-speaking communities. Nearly 2,000 of the passwords were only six characters long. The longest password was 30 characters — lafaroleratropezoooooooooooooo."
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security
password
hotmail
msn
"Seis de cada diez usuarios de redes sociales en España accede a su perfil a diario y el 84% lo hace, al menos, una vez a la semana, según el Estudio sobre Redes Sociales en Internet, elaborado por Elogia Ipsofacto para el Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB Spain)"
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socialmedia
statistics
11 Nov 09
10 Nov 09
According to our typography study:
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Line height (in pixels) ÷ body copy font size (in pixels) = 1.48
1.5 is commonly recommended in classic typographic books, so our study backs up this rule of thumb. Very few websites use anything less than this. And the number of websites that go over 1.48 decreases as you get further from this value.
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Line length (pixels) ÷ line height (pixels) = 27.8
The average line length is 538.64 pixels (excluding margins and padding), which is pretty large considering that many websites still have body copy that is 12 to 13 pixels in font size.
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Space between paragraphs (pixels) ÷ line height (pixels) = 0.754
It turns out that paragraph spacing (i.e. the space between the last line of one paragraph and the first line of the next) rarely equals the leading (which would be the main characteristic of perfect vertical rhythm). More often, paragraph spacing is just 75% of paragraph leading. The reason may be that leading usually includes the space taken up by descenders; and because most characters do not have descenders, additional white space is created under the line.
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Optimal number of characters per line is 55 to 75
According to classic typographic books, the optimal number of characters per line is between 55 and 75, but between 75 and 85 characters per line is more popular in practice.
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usability
tips
typography
9 Nov 09
"A usable CMS will:
1. minimise the number of options
2. be robust and error-proof
3. provide task-based interfaces
4. hide implementation details
5. meet core usability guidelines
6. match authors’ mental models
7. support both frequent and infrequent users
8. provide efficient user interfaces
9. provide help and instructions
10. minimise training required
11. support self-sufficiency"
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usability
cms
8 Nov 09
5 Nov 09