[okfn-labs] CrowdCrafting application to get more info on Public Bodies (starting with EU)

Mon Nov 4 11:03:27 UTC 2013

On 4 November 2013 09:49, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

>
> What I would do would be to link to website with target=_blank (or perhaps
> an iframe??) and give some good instructions on what we want e.g. "Please
> provide a brief description of this organization in English. The
> description should start with a single summary sentence and be
> approximately 1-2 paragraphs in length. Copying and pasting directly from
> the website is fine".
>
> The one tweak I would make is to not allow them to submit a result if the
> description is less than, say, 40 words, or more than, say, 250 words.
>
>
That seems like unnecessarily hard criteria (unless you've surveyed the
source data and have good reasons for these end points!).  In UX design
choices like this can be some of the most frustrating and confusing for
users, and are better avoided unless there are very solid reasons.

Laura
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