I have to say I think people are being a little bit harsh on the poster. I've been a contractor for 5 years, and I've worked in various companies, fun and not fun. In my experience, fun in the work environment doesn't detract from success (as long as serious work happens also). It's a reasonable question, I think.
Fun work environments are often coupled with longer working hours. This combination works for some people. Others prefer more staid environments where they can walk out at 5 PM.
Mileage varies on this one. I like to work in a room with plenty of natural light, with my screens pointed so that they don't get hit by it. (Typically, this means that the monitors are under or next to the windows).
It works for me. If I work too long in a room without natural light, I get depressed and maudlin, and I start writing uncommented spaghetti code.
Your right, this is stupid. I've been guilty of it myself, but your post has reminded me how dumb it is and I'll be fixing my sites shortly.
But in answert to your question of "why do sites split up addresses in multiple fields rather than having a single text box"-- I can't speak for all sites, but I do it because if I do it that way, browser AutoFill features like the ones in MSIE and iCab will work, whereas they won't work in a TEXTAREA.
Browser AutoFill is the best feature added to web browsers since tables, and nobody will talk me out of that opinion. I probably enter my name, e-mail address, or zip code into one site or another around 30 times per week. AutoFill makes that a lot less painful.
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I have to say I think people are being a little bit harsh on the poster. I've been a contractor for 5 years, and I've worked in various companies, fun and not fun. In my experience, fun in the work environment doesn't detract from success (as long as serious work happens also). It's a reasonable question, I think.
Fun work environments are often coupled with longer working hours. This combination works for some people. Others prefer more staid environments where they can walk out at 5 PM.
Mileage varies on this one. I like to work in a room with plenty of natural light, with my screens pointed so that they don't get hit by it. (Typically, this means that the monitors are under or next to the windows).
It works for me. If I work too long in a room without natural light, I get depressed and maudlin, and I start writing uncommented spaghetti code.
Your right, this is stupid. I've been guilty of it myself, but your post has reminded me how dumb it is and I'll be fixing my sites shortly.
But in answert to your question of "why do sites split up addresses in multiple fields rather than having a single text box"-- I can't speak for all sites, but I do it because if I do it that way, browser AutoFill features like the ones in MSIE and iCab will work, whereas they won't work in a TEXTAREA.
Browser AutoFill is the best feature added to web browsers since tables, and nobody will talk me out of that opinion. I probably enter my name, e-mail address, or zip code into one site or another around 30 times per week. AutoFill makes that a lot less painful.