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Username checking done right

Haloscan has a great registration feature: Pick a username, and it'll tell you whether that name has been taken as soon as you tab to the next field. No submit button, no server delays, no suggestions of cryptic number suffixes. Just instant feedback:

December 21, 2004 : 2:15 PM
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Moira Burke

Psst! This is the blog of Moira Burke, a Ph.D. student in the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Rife with derivative pop culture blather, this site occasionally features thoughts on social psychology, usability, aesthetics, and the general meanderings of someone figuring out the meaning of life. Won't you help me find it?

my first name @ this domain name

Also see: Veggieburgh, my restaurant and recipe site

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