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) > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *