Yep, that's "progress" for you. BTDT. It is most frustrating especially
on a Web page where I am using a dial up modem for my connection to the
Internet. Make a mistake and 2 minutes later the screen is repainted with
the error message on a blank screen! (groan) :-(

Brian.


On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:00:13 -0500, Paul D. Christensen
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>today I experienced the joys of using a more "advanced" system than the
HP3000.
>
>I filled out the website form for my local bank's on-line banking system.
>
>Had to fill in various items, name, social security number, mother's maiden
>name, bank account number,
>password question, password, etc.
>
>Then it takes you to a new screen where I was shown an error message
>stating that one of the fields
>was missing or incorrect.
>
>I had filled in all of the required fields, so it must have been that some
>field was incorrect.
>Back to the previous screen, which is now blank and I start all over
>again.  Only to get the same
>error message again....
>
>Now isn't this **way** better than that dumb old view screen, which would
>have highlighted the
>field in error  and left the rest of the data on the screen for me to
>correct and hit enter again!
>
>I've called the bank - found out it was because I put a dash in my account
>number - and I'm back at
>the blank screen, filling in all of the fields for the 4th or 5th try.
>
>
>Paul D. Christensen
>PC Enterprises Inc.      [log in to unmask]
>206 Central Avenue
>P.O. Box 369
>Osakis MN 56360-0369  (www.lakeosakismn.com)
>
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