On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, David Mann wrote: > On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 1. Why do forms that expect a credit card number reject spaces? >> When you enter a credit card number in an online ordering form, it >> would make sense to enter the groups of digits with spaces between so >> you can easily see if you got them right. But no! As soon as you hit >> Next, the form clears and you get an error message about an invalid >> card number. Developers: how fucking hard is it to ignore the spaces!! >> Assholes. > > It's trivial and it's exactly what I'd do. I also dislike forms that > split the CC number into four separate inputs, then when you type your > fourth digit it automatically shifts focus to the next field. All > very good until you make a mistake and need to backspace. > > And the form shouldn't clear on error, that's pretty stupid too.
As a programmer myself, agreed except for that very last point. I mean, the form as a whole shouldn't clear, but it's arguable (though not an argument I'm going to have on this list ;-) that clearing the credit card number is a requirement for proper security. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
