Ian Applegate..

..woes, whims & whatnots – Digital Project Manager in London

Posts Tagged ‘bad practice’

giving the user a CHOICE on a form

It never surprises me how, even in 2008, websites still force users in to either giving away information they would rather not provide, or insisting that they sign up to some form of regular contact.
To become a member of a certain group or community, providing your credentials should always be enough. Providing a valid email [...]

Churchill teaches us how not to build web forms

It’s bad enough when forms are over-long and boring, but when a web form is actually completely unusable, frustration is an understatement.
This example of a web form by Churchill (whoops, actual link is https://churchillpet.com/ but beware, the secure certificate is out of date!) shows us the worst example of poor web standards and testing [...]

Facebook Apps gone mad

Even when all applications were minimized, this crazy page went on for miles and miles. Surely people can’t actually use any of these applications?
I am a big fan of Facebook, and of the open API (I have 5 applications installed myself) – some of the apps are great, but really, with the wondrous “How fat [...]

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