Comment by galaxy_gas
3 months ago
I teach at a summer camp once that had custom web app for roll such that it displayed one name at a time to call out and to mark it as present you had to type their given name in a box, otherwise click next with empty input for absent
Somebody needs to be fired for that sort of UI...
I've probably made that sort of UI without realizing it...
False absence, is better than false presence. Especially with kids.
The UX is optimizing for accuracy over ease of use, and in this case is likely intentionally difficult to use.
If I was faced with that, I would switch to paper. Somebody can type it in later.
Also I have no mental imagery of summer camp with networking much less internet. I can't comprehend dropping my kids off at a retail storefront or a church as "summer camp".