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    From Sylvia Else@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 13:45:06 2021
    https://vaccines.digitalhealth.gov.au/checkin

    On a smart phone (mine's an Android), which is how this is typically
    used, how does one change today's date into one's date of birth, without swiping back on the month hundreds of times?

    (One answer is to be a teenager, but otherwise?)

    Sylvia.

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  • From Anssi Saari@21:1/5 to Sylvia Else on Mon Jul 12 11:01:08 2021
    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:

    https://vaccines.digitalhealth.gov.au/checkin

    On a smart phone (mine's an Android), which is how this is typically
    used, how does one change today's date into one's date of birth,
    without swiping back on the month hundreds of times?

    Once you get the month view, tap on the 2021 on top left of that popup
    for a scrollable year selection.

    Not exactly obvious. Nothing wrong with entering a date of birth...

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  • From Sylvia Else@21:1/5 to Anssi Saari on Mon Jul 12 18:32:16 2021
    On 12-Jul-21 6:01 pm, Anssi Saari wrote:
    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:

    https://vaccines.digitalhealth.gov.au/checkin

    On a smart phone (mine's an Android), which is how this is typically
    used, how does one change today's date into one's date of birth,
    without swiping back on the month hundreds of times?

    Once you get the month view, tap on the 2021 on top left of that popup
    for a scrollable year selection.

    Not exactly obvious. Nothing wrong with entering a date of birth...


    Yes.

    I tried a lot of tapping of random places, but the year number is a
    small target, and I didn't find it at the time.

    I've sent the government an appropriate criticism of the practice of
    just assuming that everyone knows in detail how to use an Android phone.
    I dare say they'll file it under NFA.

    Sylvia.

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  • From Rich@21:1/5 to Sylvia Else on Mon Jul 12 16:40:04 2021
    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
    On 12-Jul-21 6:01 pm, Anssi Saari wrote:
    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:

    https://vaccines.digitalhealth.gov.au/checkin

    On a smart phone (mine's an Android), which is how this is typically
    used, how does one change today's date into one's date of birth,
    without swiping back on the month hundreds of times?

    Once you get the month view, tap on the 2021 on top left of that popup
    for a scrollable year selection.

    Not exactly obvious. Nothing wrong with entering a date of birth...


    Yes.

    I tried a lot of tapping of random places, but the year number is a
    small target, and I didn't find it at the time.

    Yes, very small -- and with absolutely no visual hint that it just so
    happens to be a control that does something.

    I've sent the government an appropriate criticism of the practice of
    just assuming that everyone knows in detail how to use an Android
    phone. I dare say they'll file it under NFA.

    You should have filed the complaint with Google, as Google is the one
    who made the dialog. The app. put out by the Australian Govt. is
    likely just using the standard Android built in date picker.

    You can blame Google's material design (which, translated, means: "no
    visual hinting that anything is a touch target - and only colors that
    are so close in contrast as to be almost indistinguishable being
    available for use).

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  • From Sylvia Else@21:1/5 to Rich on Tue Jul 13 09:16:44 2021
    On 13-Jul-21 2:40 am, Rich wrote:

    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
    I've sent the government an appropriate criticism of the practice of
    just assuming that everyone knows in detail how to use an Android
    phone. I dare say they'll file it under NFA.

    The app. put out by the Australian Govt. is
    likely just using the standard Android built in date picker.

    It is, but that was a design decision too. They should have looked at
    the date picker, realised it was no good for an application that people
    are almost compelled to use, and done something else.

    Even a "Are you having trouble setting the year? Here's how..." on the
    page would have been an improvement.

    Sylvia.

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  • From Bruce Horrocks@21:1/5 to Sylvia Else on Thu Jul 15 20:44:00 2021
    On 13/07/2021 00:16, Sylvia Else wrote:
    On 13-Jul-21 2:40 am, Rich wrote:

    Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
    I've sent the government an appropriate criticism of the practice of
    just assuming that everyone knows in detail how to use an Android
    phone.  I dare say they'll file it under NFA.

    The app.  put out by the Australian Govt.  is
    likely just using the standard Android built in date picker.

    It is, but that was a design decision too. They should have looked at
    the date picker, realised it was no good for an application that people
    are almost compelled to use, and done something else.

    Even a "Are you having trouble setting the year? Here's how..." on the
    page would have been an improvement.

    Perhaps they should start a countdown timer when the app is first
    launched? It starts at 2021 and decrements once per second. When you (eventually!) get to the date picker it uses the current timer value as
    the default year of birth.

    ;-)


    --
    Bruce Horrocks
    Surrey, England

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