I wish there was a consortium for setting standards on form fields. I fill out a lot of forms. As such, I assume that by now I can fill out a basic form asking for contact informaton and I should be able to use my browser’s auto-complete features. Yet, it doesn’t always happen. And it… Continue reading Standards in form fields
Month: May 2006
Names in forms
Is it better to create a name field that allows the users to type in their names anyway they want, or should the first and last names be separated into different fields for better data management?
Lunch and Dinner
When I was growing up in urban Saskatchewan, we often referred to the midday meal as dinner and the evening meal as supper. It seems now that whenever I use the term dinner, everywhere I go people ask me “Do you mean lunch”. Is this usage no longer common in Canada?