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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by DonHopkins on Thursday February 27, 2020 @04:31PM (#22438159)
I hate it when they have drop-down menu for entering your year of birth, so the older you are, the further you have to scroll, but only infants and toddlers can select the year they were born without scrolling.

A non-numeric text field is so much easier, and you should also be able enter your birth year as Roman numerals (which is even easier for millennials).

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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by RandallBrown on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:07PM (#22438474)
I think you're joking about Roman numerals, but millennials birth years are anything but easy to type in as a Roman numeral. For example, my birth year of 1987 is MCMLXXXVII.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by DonHopkins on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:38PM (#22438737)
Oh that's right, I meant post-millennials, who got a fresh start in MM.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by xboxnolifes on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:51PM (#22439234)
Zoomers
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by numpad0 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:01PM (#22439920)
Can’t you just type “1984” or “Alaska” while focused on the dropdown to select on modern browsers
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by smcl on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:44AM (#22440784)
Not on mobile
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by mc3 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:05PM (#22440170)
Gen Z are the ones born on MM or later.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by 2038AD on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:53AM (#22441686)
Nope! Late 90s get rolled in too. Exact dates depend on who you ask and I'd avoid using generational names altogether.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by DonHopkins on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:59AM (#22449365)
OK, MMer! ;)
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by mc3 on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:43PM (#22461732)
I'm closer to MTV than MM
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by DonHopkins on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:19AM (#22462115)
So OK MMMBopper? ;)
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by saagarjha on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:38PM (#22440061)
Trying to change the system because millennials have it slightly easier than you is the most “ok boomer” thing I’ve seen today ;)
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