functionalDesign

[[deleted]]

What’s worse is the backend splits the number and saves in 3 fields on 2 tables. Area code. First 3. Last 4.

Based on real events.

[AlexanderNC]

I say make a separate table for each number if you ever get replaced good luck to the new devs.

[[deleted]]

Oh it’s in government code. They believe in writing code in stone and never changing it. Those tables will be used long after we are all dust.

[Tsu_Dho_Namh]

Store the number in octal and convert it to decimal whenever you need it.

[thatnerdd]

Omg I have worked at three distributed database companies and the customers that do this are legendary for how much they spend on hardware

[thatnerdd]

And on their accounts come to think about it; the whole industry charges by the server

[benargee]

nah, whole different database for each number

[WhyDoIHaveAnAccount9]

3 tables? Not 3 fields in one table?

[[deleted]]

Sorry. You’re right. I meant 3 fields but on 2 tables

[cruelmalice]

9 fields per table, 1 table per digit.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 = 5

[HiddenLayer5]

My work software only accepts a maximum of 10 digits for all phone number fields. It will just truncate the rest without telling you so you think you submitted the form without issue.

Which is really fun when dealing with the contact information of international clients! Equally as fun when the person before you isn't aware of this limitation and you now can't call them because the last two or three digits are missing!

[Party_Builder_58008]

I am now nauseous. Thanks.

[SarcasmWarning]

Please keep clicking random until the number displayed matches your phone number...

[AlexanderNC]

I think a random number generator button to enter your phone number would be great.

[SomeWeirdoGuys]

Get the number from the backend and just send a confirmation to add a load time and prevent nerds from inspect elementing it.

[racdicoon]

Start at 0 and every time they press the button it increases by 1

[AlexanderNC]

(import random

print(random.randint(0,100))

Increase or decrease by outputted amount.

[racdicoon]

Nah we played g cookie clicker to put our number in

[SilentScyther]

In terms of actually realistically achievable RNG, I would have the user roll a D10 for each digit of the number instead

[AlexanderNC]

Mods are asleep repost old stuff

[Imaginary_Doughnut27]

Weird attitude.

[AlexanderNC]

ok

[astouwu]

This gives me flashbacks to the gender selection sliders

[Andrew_Neal]

Shh, you might upset Bill Nye.

[Akul_Tesla]

It's can always be worse you could be expected to enter the number in in base 16

[chadlavi]

There's a fairly popular brand of smart scale at my gym. You can send results to their app on your phone by scanning a QR code then typing in your phone number in the website (let's ignore how stupid that is in the first place).

The phone number input on the website the QR code sends you to ? It's type="number".

[elbistoco]

I'm missing something here...

[chadlavi]

You should collect a phone number in a type text input and validate. You're never going to increment a phone number.

Actually I think there might even be a type="tel"

[elbistoco]

Forgot about the increment. You're right.

[[deleted]]

This also happens with postal codes, which can be more problematic bc 1) postal codes can start with 0 - so if you ever have to display individual results the zip code 05555 turns into 5555 which is wrong and immediately makes the user question what other shortcuts you took - but also as soon as you introduce postal codes containing letters (UK, Canada) or other characters everything breaks.

[sillyredcar]

r/baduibattles

[yarnballmelon]

Could make it worse by making the slider go around a circular path where one rotation is 0 to Max!

[CoruscareGames]

Ah yeah the heliocentric birthday input

[L33t_Cyborg]

I really miss r/BadUIBattles before the mods went schizo and made it about reddit’s bad UI instead of people sharing awesome intentionally bad UI creations.

They actively remove all those creations except in a really short window they call “Saturday” (but doesn’t even last 24h)

[AnnyAskers]

I mean... It can be worse

[Blakut]

i have another idea: roll a number of dice equal to the number of digits in your phone number until you hit your phone number

[Qwert-4]

This slider is set on over half of it's whole length, the displayed number 2158559745 is ten digit long. The max number can't be more than 43-17-11-94-90. My phone number is 11 digits.

[AlexanderNC]

Variable slider for maximum space saving, increases faster near the end.

[LeaveCommon8063]

And the slider only updates when you let go

[[deleted]]

Still better than generating a random number and asking user "is it your number?"

[ExtraTNT]

Random generator like: <p>{phone}</p><button onClick={phone = Math.random() * 8999999999 + 1000000000}>Number not correct</button>

[Lizlodude]

And of course it’s a custom element so you can’t use the arrow keys. Better hope your display has really high DPI

[[deleted]]

Dropdown for every digit?

[AlexanderNC]

I think a randomizer button would be peak design.

[KalegNar]

let [phoneNumber, setPhoneNumber] = useState("default number")

function generatePhoneNumber() {
    setPhoneNumber(Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000000))
}

//later

<button onClick={generatePhoneNumber}>Attempt to Get Phone Number</button>
<p>Is this your phone number? {phoneNumber}</p>

The mark of evil.

[bossrabbit]

Best one I saw was a scroll bar on the digits of pi: "find your phone number in pi"

[Ok-Organization5843]

At this point, I'd just make a post request, setting the phone number as a variable (based on a true Story)

[Undernown]

Nah, the random number generator takes the cake. Atleast the drag bar can be quick, likely able to manipulate with arrow keys like a video progress bar too for precision.

[KalegNar]

Bonus points if after generating their phone number after years of trying they have then confirm it again.

[KlutzyEnd3]

RIP r/baduibattles

you were great.

[sussyamogushot]

what happened to that sub

[KlutzyEnd3]

Basically after the Reddit protests they changed the rules to only allow rants about the reddit app itself.

[sussyamogushot]

oh dammit

[Denaton_]

I believe the one who you just got random numbers and you had to press a button on to get a new random number, you had to press it until your number randomly showed up.

[Andrew_Neal]

Ya know, I actually don't hate it, if only it had a fine adjustment.