Re:Bumper Sticker Computer Science (1985) [pdf]
by sgt101 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @03:35PM
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Don’t make the user provide information that the system already knows.... well, in several systems that I've worked on we "knew" several different versions of the information we were asking from the user. The question was : what did the user think right now. Truth... that's a different thing!
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Re:Bumper Sticker Computer Science (1985) [pdf]
by cpeterso on Sunday August 19, 2018 @05:40PM
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In that case, you could present all known versions and ask the user to simply select one instead of re-entering redundant information. Amazon, for example, remembers multiple mailing addresses and let's you select one (or enter a new address) when placing a new order.