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Four quick thoughts: - We haven't solved this already? Who hasn't tried to read some code and couldn't tell O from 0 or l from 1, etc.? - Aside from ambiguous
by chiefalchemist 3y ago
Four quick thoughts:
- We haven't solved this already? Who hasn't tried to read some code and couldn't tell O from 0 or l from 1, etc.?
- Aside from ambiguous characters you have to be aware of spelling and leet spelling. e.g., 53X, S3X, 5EX, etc.
- FFS stop with the 10+ character strings without spaces or hyphens. There's no reason for that.
- Not everyone has perfect vision. Ambiguous characters *and* less than perfect vision (often with not spaces / hyphens) is a mortal UX sin.
We've all been on the wrong end of these, and yet they are common enough - in 2024??!!? - that they need to be mentioned here.