Re: [IxDA Discuss] FW: Looking for data to refute crazy client

2009-07-01 Thread Nasir Barday
You asked for cold, hard research. This is the closest I could come: http://is.gd/1jSh1 Only $749! Right. But if your client (or one of your partners) has access to Forrester, you could get in on this. - N Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] FW: Looking for data to refute crazy client

2009-07-01 Thread Nasir Barday
There really should be a standardized way to handle the whole password problem. Websites all seem to have their own ways of solving it, from fancy ways to keep you logged in (or boot you out), to locking your account, to requiring sometimes absurd password strength. Of course, the contexts are alw

[IxDA Discuss] FW: Looking for data to refute crazy client

2009-07-01 Thread Gregor Kiddie
Having been a student... and more recently worked in a university, I know where what sounds like a crazy requirement is coming from. As far as the university department is concerned, the user doesn't exist at all, on their system until an admin user creates them (using the year / class roll). No e