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Created October 12, 2017 11:04
Create Trello Card from Google Forms using Google Apps Script
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Hurray for bad UI

So here's a story about how bad user interface, legacy Google results — and a degree of stupidity on my part — result in embarassment, confusion and more work than should be necessary with just a little more consideration.

Background

We want to transfer a domain name for a live website from its existing registrar at a public sector body to a registrar for the organisation to own and have easier editing access to for DNS changes, etc.

It's a .org.uk domain, which means the transfer involves having a 'Registrar tag' (formerly known as IPS tag) amended to point to the gaining registrar, and then commencing transfer (verifying ownership along the way).

I both agree and disagree, if that's possible...
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Agree: it's odd to talk about the page fold, where numerous usability studies prove that users scroll,
the web is a vertical medium, pages are long and the fold isn't a thing.
Disagree: it's odd to assume that what appears in that first viewport onto a page isn't higher-impact
for a user than the rest of the page. It sets tone, usually navigation / wayfinding, titles and introduces
what you're doing. It's your first impression.