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Re:Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-... by galaxy_gas on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @11:43AM (#45824980)
I teach at a summer camp once that had custom web app for roll such that it displayed one name at a time to call out and to mark it as present you had to type their given name in a box, otherwise click next with empty input for absent
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Re:Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-... by jtbayly on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:10PM (#45825956)
Somebody needs to be fired for that sort of UI...

I've probably made that sort of UI without realizing it...

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Re:Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-... by jjk7 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:44PM (#45826326)
False absence, is better than false presence. Especially with kids.

The UX is optimizing for accuracy over ease of use, and in this case is likely intentionally difficult to use.

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Re:Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-... by FarmerPotato on Thursday November 06, 2025 @11:45AM (#45837184)
If I was faced with that, I would switch to paper. Somebody can type it in later.

Also I have no mental imagery of summer camp with networking much less internet. I can't comprehend dropping my kids off at a retail storefront or a church as "summer camp".

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