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Re: Restoring Control

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On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:54:09 +0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
<Use_guestbook_page@website.in.sig> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> wrote in 
>news:n8mol79fnr2ro651qhqh8amemgbhbc148s@4ax.com:
>
>> 
>> Too many Websites are hostile to data entry, sometimes rather
>> nastily so.
>
>Like the ones that don't let you go back and change values in a previous 
>page?

     I was not even thinking of that, but those would make it onto a
Bad List.

>The worst are the ones that give script error messages and pop-up a window 
>asking if you want to debug the script. Usually this happens after you have  
>entered credit card info, and it is not clear if the financial transaction 
>has yet been posted.

     I was not thinking of those either.  Oh, my.  Even more things to
disapprove of.

     What I was thinking of is pages that work but not nicely.
Examples:

  1) Having to enter a date using dropdowns for each of year, month,
and day.

  2) Long dropdowns not laid out for ease of use.  Countries of the
world that are in alphabetical order are not so friendly considering
that a few will account for most entries.

  3) Pages that report errors that are not clear.  I ran across one
page while applying to a company.  It was not clear what was required
and what was optional.

  4) Insular data validation.  We do not have ZIP Codes in Canada,
etc.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Restoring Control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-07 17:11 -0800
  Re: Restoring Control Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-08 04:39 -0800
    Re: Restoring Control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-08 08:17 -0800
      Re: Restoring Control Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-10 17:45 -0800
        Re: Restoring Control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-10 23:53 -0800
          Re: Restoring Control Mike Duffy <Use_guestbook_page@website.in.sig> - 2012-03-11 16:54 +0000
            Re: Restoring Control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-11 20:52 -0700
              Re: Restoring Control Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-13 18:36 +0000
                Re: Restoring Control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 19:49 -0700
    Re: Restoring Control David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 16:55 -0700

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