Timeline for What's the best way to present date of birth form fields?
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| Dec 12, 2013 at 15:26 | comment | added | peterchen | @AlexFeinman: or even instantly while user is typing | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 13:27 | comment | added | Alex Feinman | Shortly after text entry, parrot the date back to the user in parsed form. This confirms understanding. | |
| Jun 7, 2011 at 5:39 | comment | added | Bennett McElwee | My idea is to make the entry process as simple as possible for most users. I don't mean to assume they will look at the example, but if they do then it may help. If the application caters to users with different date conventions then we could detect their location and adjust the date format and example appropriately. Apart from the format, I would expect people to rarely make mistakes typing their own birthdate. (You'd want to test this if accuracy is critical.) It's not foolproof, but it will offer a quick and simple experience to the vast majority of users. | |
| Jun 2, 2011 at 15:34 | comment | added | Jay | I would expect more user typos with this method. You're assuming the user will look at the example, rather than assuming that whatever they usually use at their locale will work. | |
| Apr 22, 2010 at 23:03 | history | answered | Bennett McElwee | CC BY-SA 2.5 |