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GUI flaw #1579

Open nus-se-script opened 1 week ago

nus-se-script commented 1 week ago

Screenshot 2024-11-15 at 4.30.13 PM.png When a person with a really long name is added, you are not able to see the rest of his/her name

[original: nus-cs2103-AY2425S1/pe-interim#662] [original labels: type.FeatureFlaw severity.Low]

Shantaa commented 1 week ago

Team's Response

Thank you for this point. During our design we had to deliberate between restricting name length, wrapping the text or leaving as it is in the picture. However, restricting name length felt like an overzealous input validation case where there was not much value aside from aestheticism, and wrapping the text will suffer the same issue if a user sabotages with even longer names anyway. We believe leaving it as it is (overflowing) is the best decision as, when we look from a user perspective:

  1. Most Singaporean names will not reach the length (61 characters) that you inputted (unless for deliberate sabotage);
  2. It is ultra rare that a user cannot identify a person even after 61 characters of their name is shown, even if the back portion is cut off
  3. It is ultra rare that two or more people will have matching names up till 61 characters, in which we are confident the advisor will be able to identify which contact it is

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