Wasn't the original purpose of the "confirm email" field to thwart automated scripts? It's getting the human touch, confirmation that the form is being filled out by a person, that's the goal. As an Alan Cooper fan, I venture there are probably better and more elegant ways to achieve this confirmation. Confirming those randomly-generated visual distorted letters/numbers is an example.
Rather than focus on the high amount of errors that no doubt occur, why not focus on a way to challenge the de facto standard? Isn't this standard a leftover of a technical landscape that has since evolved? This landscape won't evolve & clean up unless we push it to do so. If challenging this method is not an option, then in the interests of letting people complete their tasks as quickly as possible (and getting out of the way), people should be allowed to copy & paste. -G ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
