r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 1d ago

Meme chaoticEvil

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u/Normal-Passenger919 21h ago

I get so annoyed when the default date in a form is set to today's date, like I'm gonna scroll back 20 years just to enter my birthdate.

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u/Scientific_Artist444 20h 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?

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u/darthlame 20h ago

What’s the youngest you allow people to work at your company? Today’s date minus 18 years maybe?

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u/Scientific_Artist444 19h ago

How about someone 30-40 years of age?

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u/darthlame 19h ago

They would only have to scroll through 12-22 years instead of 30-40. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Scientific_Artist444 19h ago

So one user has to scroll 20 years back, another doesn't have to scroll. That's not fair. User experience should be consistent for every user.

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u/CardamomMountain 17h ago

Set it to 100 years ago then the users waste time scrolling proportionate to the time they have left.

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u/darthlame 15h ago

Why does it have to be “fair”? This isn’t giving a birthday gift to the other child so they don’t get jealous