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*GASP* I almost forgot, what about the Skepchick Party?!? Because of Rebecca's gameshow, are they not having it? :eek:
 
LilaMae said:
*GASP* I almost forgot, what about the Skepchick Party?!? Because of Rebecca's gameshow, are they not having it? :eek:
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That was never listed as an official JREF event.

I suspect Rebecca will come up with something. I also suspect it will be much smaller than last year.

I'll see her at NECSS and get myself on the guest list. :)
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
I'll see her at NECSS and get myself on the guest restraining list. :)
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Fixed that for you.

But as for the party, after last year the word was that for 2011 they were going to scale things way back, if they even have a party at all. I would expect it to be much more of a by-invitation-only thing this time.
 
Dicon said:
Fixed that for you.

But as for the party, after last year the word was that for 2011 they were going to scale things way back, if they even have a party at all. I would expect it to be much more of a by-invitation-only thing this time.
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Yep. Same thing I was told.
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
That was never listed as an official JREF event.

I suspect Rebecca will come up with something. I also suspect it will be much smaller than last year.

I'll see her at NECSS and get myself on the guest list. :)
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I'll slip you a $5 if you get me on, too. My offer also includes complimentary shooter-mcgavins [bang-bang] ;)
 
Who gets notified of checkout user interface FAILs?

If you mis-select the exp year of your credit card, you are automatically re-directed to the previous page, and therefore wiping out ALL cc info already entered.

See attachment for image (not enough posts to post image here - rolleyes)

In addition, IMHO, the "Previous" and "Next" buttons should be reversed.
 

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Hi HenryHank,
I don't know who did the UI. It probably wasn't the JREF; they probably just got convio's standard interface. The registration page does list TAM@randi.org as an email address if you want to offer suggestions, although maybe if you found a contact at convio it would get to the UI designers faster.
 
This is actually a fairly common implentation of a shopping cart flow as it does not require the merchant to post the cc data back to you, which some view as a security risk. Yes, some sites do post the cc info back, perhaps masking the card number with XXXs to bump up the security a bit.

Personally, I wouldn't classify it as a UI fail. It's a business decision made by the site owners as they balance security against convenience.

That said, I absolutely do prefer it when sites retain my info if I have to back up.
 
Dicon said:
This is actually a fairly common implentation of a shopping cart flow as it does not require the merchant to post the cc data back to you, which some view as a security risk. Yes, some sites do post the cc info back, perhaps masking the card number with XXXs to bump up the security a bit.

Personally, I wouldn't classify it as a UI fail. It's a business decision made by the site owners as they balance security against convenience.

That said, I absolutely do prefer it when sites retain my info if I have to back up.
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The problem has nothing to do with CC security.. I'm talking User Interface.

The problem is that if you mis-click by even one pixel when selecting the Year, the form submits itself before the user intended it to do so. I don't care which button is under the drop down, the interface shouldn't allow users to mis-click and submit the form before the user intends. And when that does happen, ALL user submitted information is lost, not just the CC info.
 
SkepticScott said:
Yeah, that is bad UI design. I should let the user double-check the form before submitting it.
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic (sounds like it), but that's not the point. The point is that a mis-click should NOT submit the form just because the drop down is poorly positioned over a javascript submit button.
 
HenryHank said:
The problem has nothing to do with CC security.. I'm talking User Interface.

The problem is that if you mis-click by even one pixel when selecting the Year, the form submits itself before the user intended it to do so. I don't care which button is under the drop down, the interface shouldn't allow users to mis-click and submit the form before the user intends. And when that does happen, ALL user submitted information is lost, not just the CC info.
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Oh, I see what you're talking about now.

In that case, I suggest always filling out online forms verbally, prefacing every command with a firm "Computer!" so it knows to pay attention.
 
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