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Monday, November 26, 2007

Contact?

Here's how not to make a contact form: make all kinds of irrelevant information required (those with an asterisk) for the form to work.


TTL adds:
Yeah, looks they want to date you or something.

My pet peeve are ones which insist you tell them your "state". At least this one asks for a province. (Just fill in the name of your favourite wine.)

Actually, designing of international forms for postal address is all but impossible. There are tens of different address formats in use. In some Asian countries Postal Address, the concept, has no resemblance to ours. For one, it's upside down. The most significant bit, country name, is on top.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 Nov 2007, 13:17:00

    Yeah, looks they want to date you or something.

    My pet peeve are ones which insist you tell them your "state". At least this one asks for a province. (Just fill in the name of your favourite wine.)

    Actually, designing of international forms for postal address is all but impossible. There are tens of different address formats in use. In some Asian countries Postal Address, the concept, has no resemblance to ours. For one, it's upside down. The most significant bit, country name, is on top.

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  2. Alex27 Nov 2007, 18:20:00

    I remeber the first time I saw a German address, I almost freaked, it was only two lines long. Three after I added the country.

    The typical British address, though can be limited to street, city and postcode often include county, district and house name.

    The Sparrows
    53a May Terrace
    Cottington
    Nr Little Spaldbeck
    Gr. Spaldbeck
    Notts.
    NG21 5EX

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  3. Pascal [P-04referent]29 Nov 2007, 03:22:00

    ttl said...
    Yeah, looks they want to date you or something.

    ROARING LAUHGHTER! :-D

    Not to mention that if you're using baby milk from that company, you've already got someone in your life, most likely.

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