Poor Web 2.0 Design Harms Usability and Security
History is repeating itself. Poor usability was a problem with client server apps back when Visual Basic opened GUI design to pretty much every programmer. Then easy to use HTML tools turned us all into graphic designers. Now Web 2.0 tools are continuing the problem. Bad security seems to be on a parallel track.
Quoting Jakob Nielsen on usability the BBC reports in Web 2.0 'distracts good design':
Describing Web 2.0 as the "latest fashion", Mr Nielsen said many sites paying attention to it were neglecting some of the principles of good design and usability established over the last decade. ... "They should get the basics right first," he said. "Sadly most websites do not have those primary things right."
Pretty much the same thing can be said for security - designers should get the basics right first. The biggest problem with Web application security are clearly explained at the Open Web Application Security Project's Top Ten list of most common vulnerabilities.
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