Yeah, your both right. I need to remember the KISS principle. Keep It Simple Stupid, haha. I did something like this years ago using first name, last name and ID and it seemed to work out well, so I'll just go with that.
Bruce On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:20 AM, "Erika L. Rich" <[email protected]> wrote: > > As someone who has to try to stop duplicate registrations for a simple > event website, where people are not even trying to create double entries on > purpose, I totally agree with your assessment that it can start to erode > the usability of a site. So be careful with it. :) > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Just to play the other side of the argument here...there are lots of >> technical ways to make things more and more secure. The downside to >> almost all of them is that it also makes the process more difficult. >> I've seen a bunch of clients over the years that get fixated on making >> things "totally secure" and completely lose usability in the process. >> Trying to root out the possibility that 1 in 100 people might dick you >> over can result in another 20 never bothering to go through with their >> purchase because you made it too difficult. Yeah, you made it "more >> secure" but you lost more than you gained and that should always be >> the bottom line. >> >> There's a reason that stores figure shoplifting loses into their >> pricing models. Work on finding and preventing the big stuff. Don't >> sacrifice usability for the sake of trying to prevent every last >> little thing. Just something to think about as you meet with them. >> >> Cheers, >> Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
