usability

• The Case Against Drop-down Identities | Smarterware – Human beings and their relationships are complex and nuanced, so the software that attempts to describe them must accomodate a wide range of expression.
• Dickinson College students protest school’s handling of sex assaults – Philly.com -
• HTTPS Everywhere | Electronic Frontier Foundation – HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites.
• Planned Parenthood: House Bars Planned Parenthood From Federal Funding – On February 18, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care.
• 6 Surprising Bad Practices That Hurt Dyslexic Users – UX Movement – When dyslexic users read text, some­times they can expe­ri­ence visual dis­tor­tion effects [5]. These effects vary in degree from per­son to per­son, but they can make read­ing text that much harder. Below are six bad prac­tices that are likely to cause these visual dis­tor­tion effects for dyslexic users. These bad prac­tices can also make read­ing dif­fi­cult for non-dyslexic users. But the effect they have on dyslexic users is much worse.
• ACLU intervenes in Gay-Straight Alliance dispute, protest underway – Since Monday’s report, the local newspaper has editorialized that the district has placed themselves in a difficult position and the ACLU has gotten involved on behalf of the student seeking to for the club. More details after the fold…
• Open Marriages – Galleries – The Daily Beast

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