<story><title>Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers (2020)</title><url>https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/24/why-the-gov-uk-design-system-team-changed-the-input-type-for-numbers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zxcvgm</author><text>The article shows an example of a credit card field being a &amp;quot;number&amp;quot;. Having made several online purchases, I realized I&amp;#x27;m now frustrated by a CC number field that doesn&amp;#x27;t allow any spaces or dashes, or doesn&amp;#x27;t format it visually this way for you. They should just allow dashes&amp;#x2F;spaces then strip it using JS or at the backend.&lt;p&gt;There is a reason that the number printed on the credit card is grouped into 4 digits, and I believe that it makes human parsing easier. When I submit the form and it says &amp;quot;invalid card number&amp;quot;, trying to figure out which digit I mistyped into the form while scanning that long string of digits with my eyes, gazing at the card and back at the screen is just stupid.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers (2020)</title><url>https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/24/why-the-gov-uk-design-system-team-changed-the-input-type-for-numbers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Lior539</author><text>On a side note, the Gov.UK site is one of the best sites Ive come across, especially for a government. It&amp;#x27;s incredibly simple and easy to navigate. It&amp;#x27;s easy to find any information you&amp;#x27;re looking for and all information is explained in very clear and simple english (unlike many other government sites, which are convoluted and fill of jargon).&lt;p&gt;IMO this is the gold standard for government websites</text></comment>