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> bad phone number inputs

That's exactly what this post reminded me of.

The bad phone number input 'prompt' is, I'd say, classic at this point. I don't know which URL started it all, but here are a couple:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/651hfm/i_s...

https://imgur.com/a/4f3XB

Bonus HN posts:

Show HN: I've made a rotary dial number input, because why not? (2019) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21234891) 190 points 86 comments

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Phone Numbers (2016) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11321236) 236 points 122 comments

Google's phone number handling library (2014) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8574080) 284 points 42 comments




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