Blog entries with tag ‘Design

新 Edge 标签页作为 Alt+Tab 切换项的评论

听闻最近 Windows 10 预览版里 Alt+Tab 可以切换(新)Edge 标签页,我有一些评论想要发表。另,最近忙了很多事儿,密码学研究系列久久未更,还在计划重写博客网站,烦呀!

新 Edge 标签页作为 Alt+Tab 切换项的评论

Windows Credential User Interface with secure attention sequence: not even bad

Ever since I used Windows NT (for me, the first Windows NT I used is Windows XP), I’ve been familiar with the importance of Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The combination is known as the secure attention sequence for Windows. In an uninfected copy of Windows, the sequence is handled exclusively by Windows, and is used to thwart trojan dialogs luring users’ credentials. Requiring SAS before Welcome Screen is a quite usable security feature. However, it is not the case for Credential User Interface.

Struggling with e-mail systems

As a perfectionist, I have been struggling to have a perfect PIM (personal information management) solution. For the personal part, I currently use (Exchange-based) Outlook.com. For the professional (institutional) part, things have been so hard. This entry records some of the problems I have encountered so far, and for certain ones, a solution. Expect this entry to be a mess and full of complaints.

Sharing functionalities in iOS and Windows

Sharing data among apps is a common task in modern operating system. Both iOS and Windows Runtime provides central means of transmitting data from one app to another beyond the clipboard. In this entry, I will look at the sharing functionalities in both systems.

Sharing functionalities in iOS and Windows

My High Contrast themes

High Contrast theme that is great for daily use, with extra large cursor. Updated one year later: I created a theme that can be used to simulate Windows Standard. Check it out!

My High Contrast themes