http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/ Cool Programming Tips with C# webmaster@kbcafe.com webmaster@kbcafe.com Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:34:40 GMT Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:34:40 GMT Copyright 2005 Randy Charles Morin http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/logo.jpg http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/ http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/archive.xml Over-validation is a real problem on the Internet. Some programmers assume that all addresses fall within their knowledge of what an address is. They design website to meet their limited knowledge and it works for 90% of the cases. You just lost 10% of your customers. I was applying for a credit card at PC Financial and I couldn't enter my mailing address as their validation did not accept the address. More oddly, the validation on cell-phone numbers was also constrictive. Somebody needs to fire a development. http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/?guid=20081218163440 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:34:40 GMT http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/?guid=20081218163440 http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/?guid=20081218163440 http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/trackback.aspx?guid=20081218163440 http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/commentapi.aspx?guid=20081218163440 http://www.kbcafe.com/csharp/20081218163440.xml