[NCLUG] html form to email cgi advice

[Chad Perrin]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:19:43PM -0700, Alan Silverstein wrote:
> > Do you, then, also believe that web forms are necessarily evil as
> > well?
> 
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question but it seems overly broad.

[snip]

> 
> If an entity really wants to hide its email address and standardize its
> incoming email, it should keep the form as simple and generic as
> possible with the fewest choices or widget visits required by the user,
> and the most freedom to just type in their text and send it.  (Assuming
> the entity can even stand providing a text box that renders bigger than
> say 10 chars wide by 2 lines tall!)

I agree with that.  I disagree with the guy who tells me that anyone who
provides a web form contact page is necessarily out to screw the
customer.  I hope that clarifies my position -- and the reason I asked
whether you believe that web form contact pages are necessarily evil,
given that your immediately previous email to this list seemed to agree
with the guy who tells me that anyone who provides a web form contact
page is necessarily out to screw the customer.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]