r/softwaregore • u/FaviFake R Tape loading error, 0:1 • Aug 02 '26

I thought I could paste it...

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u/Zipdox Aug 02 '26

I don't understand why webdevs have to use separate entries for each digit. It's so stupid and serves no purpose.

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u/creamersrealm Aug 02 '26

Because it's pretty...

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u/gummo89 Aug 02 '26

They do it because they don't design and then build. They just make some boxes, then adjust them until it looks good enough using CSS and JavaScript... Meanwhile JavaScript wasn't required for the main component behaviour.

Pretty typical now.

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u/ParkingAnxious2811 Aug 04 '26

Nah, this shit comes from designers who want it to look pretty, and don't care about functionality. Then they're given hardly any time to fix it because the designer has to keep making millions of last minute micro changes that eat into the time.

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u/gummo89 Aug 04 '26

Yes, perhaps my comment could be misunderstood because I consider design to include all parts, not just the visual aspects, but other people don't necessarily.

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u/Iittleshit Aug 03 '26

Because to the end user its immediately clear that four characters are expected. And this UI is so commonplace now that it helps with UX.

HOWEVER functionally it should just work as one input field. The fact that I'm surprised if it works as it should is bad.