commentary &humor &philadelphia &sports &tech 28 Oct 2007 08:40 pm

Web Form Field of the Day

I happened to be listening to the Eagles game today on WYSP-FM, when the commentators announced one of those contests that you could only enter if you were listening to the broadcast (you had to enter the hint they gave out-it was the Herr’s Crunch Time play of the game). While I was on the contest page I decided to look at the other contests. I followed the link for the Hyundai Super Sunday Fiesta Football Frenzy contest. As one who designs web forms all day, I usually find all the flaws when I’m filling out web forms, such as form fields that don’t have a “tabindex” attribute, making it hard to tab from one field to the next (not to mention making the form inaccessible to people with disabilities). However, the registration form for Football Frenzy takes the cake. Here’s my favorite field:

crazy form field

Hey, I’m an open-minded person. I figure that there must be a reason for the N/A choice. Maybe their market research showed a high number of hermaphrodites in their target market? Earthworms might want to enter? If I win the trip to the Super Bowl, I’ll wear a dress.

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