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Why The NRG Group website is pants


Our opener for today is some enticing File Handle system error messages. Nice.

Server errors

What's wrong with this form? Can you spot the two errors? (answers after the picture).

form validation

The two problems above were firstly the redundant Gender box, after all the title gives it away. Secondly for a job application, I don't think many people will have a date of birth of 2002!

Finally, we leave with a nice horizontal scroll bar. Not sure what they are for, since the content should of course fit. You shouldn't really need to see horizontal scroll bars in the course of normal viewing.

Frame too small