Comments on: Well explained forms

By: Miles’ Blog » Stating the obvious II - Thoughts and errata from Miles Burke.

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:45:58 +0000

[...] In a previous post I pointed out an example of stating the obvious. Well, it’s back – munching on a Christmas present, ‘Walkers Chocolate Covered Nuts of the World’, I spotted a notice on the back that made me wonder where will this ever end? [...]

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:35:54 +0000

I love it when you go to a contacts page on a website and they list their website address. I always think that’s for the sort people who ring It support lines to complain about their cupholders.

By: Miles

Miles — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:17:56 +0000

You can find the form in question at this URL: http://www.subscribenow.com.au/home/mpurchase.asp?m=10017&src=9002 The screengrab is at 100%, so that is the icon size.

I don’t think Bankcard users hsould have to call – make em fill the form in, and then call them if need be – that’s just lazy for the retailer.

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:50:24 +0000

I hope that’s an old payment form – because AFAIK we don’t need to collect card type data any more (VISA, Diners, Mastercard etc) … it’s not required.

Shame they couldn’t do the expiry date properly though in the MM/YY format it is on the card – that could confuse people. It’s funny when you ring up the bank and they ask for your card expiry date, and you say “August 2006″ … that confuses them because even a human operator needs it in the MM/YY format :)

Did the card type icons have alt text? I mean, even with images turned on and at a decent resolution I don’t sure for sure what that first one is …

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 05:42:48 +0000

That’s great, and yeah, what is Name on Card? My numbers are a few mm towards the bottom of my card – shall I be worried? Should I take my card back?

Which retailer is this anyway?

By: Kay Smoljak

Kay Smoljak — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:01:02 +0000

There’s no algorithm to validate bankcards – so I’m guessing that rather than letting them just enter anything they want to inconvenience bankcard users instead.

Anyway, I don’t understand what they mean by “Name on card” – they haven’t explained that one. The name on my card is “American Express” :)