[Heartlogic-dev] Re: fine tuning

[William L. Jarrold]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:17:39PM -0600, William L. Jarrold wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > 5. I enter my login & password and click the button.
> >
> > Question:  Am I being too paranoid to not endorse this...
> >
> > Remember Me -- Store your login information in a cookie on your machine
> > for a year. Enable this option only if you are using your own computer.
> >
> > ...I don't trust netscape/mozilla security much more than M$.  Therefore
> > I don't want to put passwords on cookies.  Is this reasoning sound or
> > overly paranoid?
>
> You are overly paranoid for two reasons:
>
> 1. The cookie doesn't store a password.  It stores a COOKIE-ID which
> the server maps to your account.
>
> 2. Since we aren't using SSL or any other encryption techniques, the
> whole thing is completely open to eavesdropping (as mentioned in
> Informed Consent).  So any illusion of security is, in fact, an
> illusion supported by the assumption of good faith and a sense of fair
> play.

Ah, thanks.

>
> > > 6. Now I am asked about my diagnosis.  Hrm.  This is a funny question.
> > > I don't even know what "Autism" _is_ so I guess I'll just click the
> > > Continue link at the bottom.
> >
> > The disparity btwn [change] button vs the <continue> hotlink is a little
> > confusing.  Any ideas on making them more the same?
>
> Agreed.  It should be easy to fix, but I need to research it.  >>TODO

*Research* it?  Hm wow.  Well, you're the guy whose software handles
$1 billion worth of transcations per day.

>
> > > OK, I
> > > read through the introduction and click on the Proceed link.
> >
> > Hrm, am I supposed to fill in the Scenario Examples 1 and 2?  (You
> > might want to add fine print saying, "You don't *have* to answer
> > this, it is just an example but feel free to practice if you want.").
>
> Gosh, I just don't have time to make this trivial change now.  >>TODO
>
> > Also, minor typo in Scenario Example 2...
> >
> > Feeling:} Sad.
> >
> > ...send the } to /dev/null.
>
> Fixed.
>
> > > 8. Here is the first "Rate Believability" screen.
> > >
> > > + + +
> > >
> > > OK, that's 8 clicks.  Is it too much?
> >
> > I dunno.  Sure, why not.  Let's ask friendly folks for their
> > opnions.  I'll start asking some more folks.  I'll cc you or
> > forward.  Nudge me if I am laggard.
>
> Eek!
>
> Please wait for me to fix the issues which you have identified above.
>
> I have been asking friends to review my stuff for years and now my
> friends just ignore me.  Friends' time is precious.  Let's give them
> our best face.

Good point.

>
> > Hrm, I think it will take people lots of guts to push through on this
> > survey.  Everyone is in instant gratification mode while online.  Maybe
> > there are a few highly dedicated parents of children w/autism out there?
>
> Well .. openmind got responses so why not us?  ;-)

Yep.

Bill

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