As I’m browsing through the interwebz, I’m too often stumbling upon an annoying, or just cheeky things on various websites. Many of them are completely useless, and websites without them would be much more user friendly, and nicer place. So here is some list I’ve put together. Enjoy, and try to avoid that in future :)
Jan
8
Password generator [UPDATE] Posted in: Applications, Interwebz Comments (0)
Recently, many websites has fall due to lack of security, and many of them stored users passwords in pain text (rather no comment here), pretty useless md5, or unsalted sha1.
In every of those cases it is highly dangerous for users, since lack of security in here can cause the new owner of their private data to crack their passwords, thus be able to steal their identity on other places of teh interwebz. Good, strong, and different passwords for any website could solve this problem, but who would be able to memorize that… That’s why I have created this little web app, called Password generator.
Dec
14
Help saving MySQL Posted in: Interwebz, Web development Comments (1)
Oracle is trying to buy Sun, which is the owner of MySQL project. The problem is, that without MySQL, Oracle would make a lot more money, thus there is a big issue about MySQL project safety. Please, read this message from Michael Widenius, the creator of MySQL, and decide if you want to help saving MySQL.
Dec
2
Fix YouTube player in Opera Posted in: Interwebz Comments (0)
Some time ago, YouTube has introduced an HQ & HD streaming. Wider player was next logical step, but their implementation was a bit weird (triggering was somehow random o.O). After a few chaotic steps – for a while – there was nice, friendly player, wide and high as it could be, and everything was fine. And than, they have decided to fucked it up with pointless padding on sides, creating a black bar on each side, which was driving me crazy. Instead of returning it back, they’ve tried to make it look better, so the rounded corners were added O.O