Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die

Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die by dragonsngoblins on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:53PM (#21415329)

I imagine this was partly an attempt at data normalization. If you'd been allowed to type it in they would have had to worry about differences in spelling, capitalization, etc.

I'm not saying the solution they used was a good one mind, but I bet that was part of the motivation to implement it that way

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Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die by dreamcompiler on Friday November 01, 2019 @01:55AM (#21416562)

I expect you're right, but there are better ways (e.g. autocomplete) to achieve that.

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Re:Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won't Die by dragonsngoblins on Sunday November 03, 2019 @06:08PM (#21437410)

Oh most definitely. I didn't want to imply they went about it in an even half reasonable way, just that the motivation of designing the interface like that had nothing to do with optimizing for time spent filling it in

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