Monday, May 31, 2004

Tie up the relations to prevent e-mail spoofing

The long week-end gave me the opportunity to have a deeper look into the anti-spamming proposal from Microsoft Caller ID for E-Mail. Sounds reasonable and doable

A few google searches further I found - SPF (Sender Policy Framework) - a similar approach but already alive and used by many ISPs! Unlucky enough that Network Solutions does not allow me to add a TXT entry in my DNS records. I wrote them a "feature request"...

Anyway - for Fastmail users - add a TXT entry to your DNS record with "v=spf1 mx ptr:messagingengine.com -all" - that will block (on a SPF aware MTA) all mails send with your domain in "From" not sent by the messagingengine.com host.

Tie up your DNS entries to stop spamming (or at least make it harder).

Cédric

Update: It looks like the old Network Solution DNS Manager could manage TXT records - but they removed the feature in the new Account Manager.

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

HTML 4 Forms - Next step please!

Building sophisticated web applications using HTML 4 forms isn't real fun - and it looks like we have to stick with them for the time being.

At least on the definition part - things are rolling on - W3C host a workshop to gather possible future solutions.

Worth reading:
Proposal from Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software

Down to earth assumptions and practical approach - hope we are going to see some of that stuff in future browsers.

Cédric

Sunday, May 23, 2004

Add spell checking into every input field!

Isn't it obvious that every input field or text area should have a "Check spelling" option in the context menu - or even as-you-type checking and highlighting à la Word?

Obviously not (yet).. Apple added spelling as base service "AppleSpell" into Mac OS X - that's the right way.
How to add spelling into a Mac OS X Application

Google ad shows a link to www.asutype.com when searching for "spell checker" - looks like the missing - cover it all - spell checker for Windows.

Opera added a nice feature into the latest release
How to enable check spelling in Opera 7.5

One challenge of the today’s information architecture is to transform the knowledge from our brains into easy findable content - and that's mostly by typing stuff somewhere. Helping peoples feeling comfortable while writing text and let them focus on the content itself (rather the correct spelling) will bring us a step closer.

Cédric

Understanding the Basics

Beyond sane - not yet insane. Is about how we act - interact - overact and ways of looking at ordinary things, that changes the perception on how we see the world.

Obvious! Welcome to my web log.

Cédric

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