Comments on: Fools, damned fools, and the designers of online forms http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/02/fools-damned-fools-and-the-designers-of-online-forms/ Logic, enthusiasms, sceptical thoughts, and a little LaTeX geekery Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Caroline Jarrett http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/02/fools-damned-fools-and-the-designers-of-online-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Caroline Jarrett Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=417#comment-491 Your problems are so typical of a form where the designers haven't thought about how the person filling it in would find the answer to the question.<br/><br/>I particularly sympathised about the 'hours' problem - a fine example of language that is apparently plain but not quite so clear when you get a little further into it. Your problems are so typical of a form where the designers haven’t thought about how the person filling it in would find the answer to the question.

I particularly sympathised about the ‘hours’ problem – a fine example of language that is apparently plain but not quite so clear when you get a little further into it.

]]> By: Jebadiah Moore http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/02/fools-damned-fools-and-the-designers-of-online-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Jebadiah Moore Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=417#comment-473 I recently applied to a couple of UK schools via UCAS (I'm an American), and I had the exact same problem. Some of the issues I think were probably due to differences in terminology and education systems, but some were definitely just poor design. I recently applied to a couple of UK schools via UCAS (I’m an American), and I had the exact same problem. Some of the issues I think were probably due to differences in terminology and education systems, but some were definitely just poor design.

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