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I would add to that what I call "fractioning" of data (on multiple screens).

We used for years (decades) a DOS based tool, where in a "conventional" 80x25 mask there was enough space for all the data we had to input (navigating with TAB/Enter, etc.) before passing to the next (with F8).

On the new software the same data (in windows, on a modern screen) goes inside a teeny-tiny window that has not enough fields, so it is spread on three tabs and this breaks the flow.

The same happens a lot on forms on the web, fill one or two fields, click next, repeat.



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