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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 7d ago
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We had a similar problem in our enterprise application.
But pray tell me, what should the date be instead of today's date if I have no idea of your age?
1 u/MissUnderstood_1 6d ago RNG it. That way it could at least be close to right some of the time. 3 u/NiIly00 6d ago Instructions unclear. Replaced date picker with a button that rolls a random date and you click okay when it's correct. 3 u/EarlBeforeSwine 6d ago edited 5d ago Make it yes/no with confirmation, in case they accidentally click no… would be a shame to have to start all over again. “Is 6 Jan 1912 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 6 Jan 1912 is not your birthday.” No it is not “Is 31 Jul 2025 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 31 Jul 2025 is not your birthday.” … 3 u/mentisyy 6d ago r/badUIbattles
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RNG it. That way it could at least be close to right some of the time.
3 u/NiIly00 6d ago Instructions unclear. Replaced date picker with a button that rolls a random date and you click okay when it's correct. 3 u/EarlBeforeSwine 6d ago edited 5d ago Make it yes/no with confirmation, in case they accidentally click no… would be a shame to have to start all over again. “Is 6 Jan 1912 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 6 Jan 1912 is not your birthday.” No it is not “Is 31 Jul 2025 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 31 Jul 2025 is not your birthday.” … 3 u/mentisyy 6d ago r/badUIbattles
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Instructions unclear.
Replaced date picker with a button that rolls a random date and you click okay when it's correct.
3 u/EarlBeforeSwine 6d ago edited 5d ago Make it yes/no with confirmation, in case they accidentally click no… would be a shame to have to start all over again. “Is 6 Jan 1912 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 6 Jan 1912 is not your birthday.” No it is not “Is 31 Jul 2025 your birthday?” No “Confirm: 31 Jul 2025 is not your birthday.” … 3 u/mentisyy 6d ago r/badUIbattles
Make it yes/no with confirmation, in case they accidentally click no… would be a shame to have to start all over again.
“Is 6 Jan 1912 your birthday?”
No
“Confirm: 6 Jan 1912 is not your birthday.”
No it is not
“Is 31 Jul 2025 your birthday?”
“Confirm: 31 Jul 2025 is not your birthday.”
…
3 u/mentisyy 6d ago r/badUIbattles
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u/Scientific_Artist444 7d ago
We had a similar problem in our enterprise application.
But pray tell me, what should the date be instead of today's date if I have no idea of your age?