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HTML Forms Limitations
–Some Assembly Required
•<input value=“initial value”>
•“Swiss cheese” processing
–Primitive (Flat) Data Representation
•Name=Micah&Title=Chief+XML…
–Need Script to do anything…
•Validations
•Calculations
•Dynamic Forms
20th century Web forms are much more efficient for data collection.
Biggest bottleneck (and expense) is still with setup.
1)Still expensive and require specialized knowledge to design and set up
2)No paper required for printing
3)Effortless distribution
4)Less-painful to fill
5)Effortless data collection