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Ken Keiter

kenkeiter.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2012

Ken Keiter, a software engineer, writes about interface design and hiring, and built the Skeuocard credit card input library.

What HN saysHN commenters bring up Skeuocard in credit card form threads, with some saying it is easier to use and others noting possible accessibility issues.
15HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts

  1. 1
    Skeuocard
    12 people · 1.1K points · first shared 2013 · 196 comments on HN
  2. 2
    Redesigning the Credit Card Input
    2 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
  3. 3
    Tips for Hiring Great Engineers, Faster
    1 people · 15 points · first shared 2012 · 3 comments on HN

What HN people wrote when they linked it

primitivesuave · 2014-06-05
I once saw a detailed analysis of skeuomorphic credit card input, and it turns out the general population is less likely to fail on a non-moving credit card input box, largely because of difficulties with entering the CVC code. This combines both the skeuomorphic nature of Skeuocard by Ken Keiter (http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/) with the simplicity of creditcardJS (creditcardjs.com). I love it!
iLoch · 2014-06-04
This is great! There's also Skeuocard (http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/) which offers a bit more of a skeuomorphic design. I think I favour the form as part of the card, however this may be confusing/inaccessible to some people - nice work on the library!
couchand · 2014-12-30
Remember that it's not always about comfort, sometimes it genuinely is about usability. Consider Skeuocard [0]: it's much easier to enter information when the place you're entering it looks like the place you're reading it from. [0]: http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/
stock584 · 2014-06-04
Pretty nice, pretty similar to JS Skeuocard (http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/)
pathikrit · 2014-03-31
Would be nice to combine this with [skeuocard](http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/)
frankus · 2014-01-31
For a good example of how to do this right, see skeuocard: http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/
alixaxel · 2013-11-08
Skeuocard (http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/) was on the top page of HN a couple of months ago.
xerophtye · 2013-11-08
I liked that other one better. http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/
omeid2 · 2013-11-08
Related: http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/ I think I saw this on hackernews a while ago.
srhngpr · 2013-11-07
For a simpler, open-source alternative, check out Skeuocard [1], I believe it was posted on HN previously. [1] http://kenkeiter.com/skeuocard/ Edit: here's the original post - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6143604
dictum · 2013-08-01
>Every question a user has to ask themselves during the checkout process is another reason for them not to complete it. (http://kenkeiter.com/2013/07/21/redesigning-credit-card-inputs/) "Wait, where do I put the CVC, name and expiration date?"

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