Re: applyyourself.com

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From: Ann Barcomb
Subject: Re: applyyourself.com
Date: 04:54 on 02 Oct 2006
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Pete Hunt wrote:

[UCAS]
> At least yours doesn't choke and die when you use punctuation more complex 
> than a full stop.  Helldesk: "Yes, we know about that.  You can't use 
> non-standard punctuation".

You win on that one.  ApplyYourself considers accented Latin characters
to be non-standard, and in some textarea fields, newlines and tabs are
not allowed.  The newlines and tabs are accepted, and saved, but you are
warned that it will mess up the result.  These same fields will also
simply truncate your response if it is too long, without informing you
that there was an error (you are expected to click on a link next to
the box which will then tell you how many characters you used, before
you submit).  On the other hand, given how they handle errors,
unannounced truncation is preferable.

If I knew what kind of a backend the schools got, I'd seriously consider
writing them a new application process in place of my extra essay.
There's stuff above here

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