Stephen When the correction screen was less cluttered people sent in abysmal corrections totally ignoring the advice given on the screen. It is because of this lack of reading the simple instructions that it was gradually necessary to add the tick box and other additions to the screen message. The correction screen was changed by an iterative process until the vast majority of corrections now received meet the requirements. The tick box was only added in August 2005 (in fact about a month before you made your first comment) because "a large percentage of individuals were not reading and conforming to the instructions associated with submission of corrections". The situation is now reversed in that the number of valid corrections is quite high. This sort of debate is proper to our DISCUSS list which I've copied to, if anyone has any further queries regarding the corrections process please post to the DISCUSS list. To join the DISCUSS list please subscribe via: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/lists.html which also give guidance on what is appropriate to each of our mailing lists. Luckily our programmers and all other individuals involved in FreeBMD give their time free so you would have one mighty task to make them look for a new job. Allan Raymond FreeBMD Co-ordinator of Syndicates ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Rowe" <stephen@racetime.com.au> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 24 January 2006 00:52 Subject: RE: {not a subscriber} Attempted Correction Failure Dave, You are seeing it from the viewpoint of someone who uses that system regularly or had a hand in designing it. A first timer reading those instructions can, and will, get confused very easily. They are NOT clear; on modern sized screens the text is crowded and confused and even if you DO read all the instructions, that particular section is NOT easily identified. I made the comment when I first read (and missed) this section - if any of my programmers EVER submitted a screen design to me for a web page and 'insisted' this is how it should be, he (or she) would be looking for a new job straight away. This is a very narrow minded view that appears to come from someone or some group who know everything and can never accept that maybe, just maybe, they are wrong. Stephen Rowe RaceTime / RaceNews Melbourne Australia Family Web: http://rowe.racetime.com.au web : http://www.racetime.com.au email: stephen@racetime.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Dave Mayall [mailto:david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 9:05 AM To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: {not a subscriber} Attempted Correction Failure In a word.... "no" The whole point of the box is that it shouldn't be easy to see at a glance. It should only be spotted by somebody who is reading the instructions. Trust me, if you had to read through the utter dross that used to be submitted by people who ignored the instructions, you'd see the point.