Em 29-03-2010 13:50, Sybren A. Stüvel escreveu:
> On Monday 29 March 2010 01:43:37 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
>> A typical phone user is perfectly capable to fix the stored number to
>> use international form if he intends to do so.
> 
> My point is that a typical phone user shouldn't have to. The software should 
> support the user, not the other way around.
> 
>> And for phone number to name match, nothing simpler: match from end, not
>> from start of number.
> 
> So everybody that has a number ending in "112" will show up as "emergency"? 
> The same goes for many phone provider service numbers that are shorter than 
> regular telephone numbers.

That wouldn't happen, because the number is *much*longer* than 112.

> I'm all in favour of KISS, but I think that usability is more important than 
> software design.

One key item in usability is to do what users expect. Can you tell me of
a phone that acts as you defend?

Rui
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