The Password Meter Feed

The application you see at passwordmeter.com is a prototype designed to assist users with building and selecting strong passwords. The application has gone through three minor revisions already, and I have no plans to stop tweaking it any time soon. I am very much interested in getting feedback from the general public. Any advice you have on how the application could be improved is welcomed and appreciated.

The current release as of August, 27 2008 (v.1.03), contains the bulk of the checks and balances that I had originally planned on adding to the app. However, there are three additional changes that are currently under development.

1. Eliminate all unnecessary table structures within the application to conform with current web standards.
2. Recalculate positive and negative weighting algorithms so that both add up to 100 potentially canceling each other out.
3. Add in the ability to run checks against a server-side library using Ajax calls to eliminate common words found in an english dictionary.

The first task should be done shortly after I get a bit more sleep. The second change will take a little longer as cross-browser CSS support still tends to bog my brain down at times. The third and last option will require even more effort and time since I’ve never dealt with any of the Unix/Linux-based spell check mods. Any advice in this area in particular would be greatly appreciated.

That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more updates!

The Meter Man