<story><title>Terms of Service; Didn&apos;t Read</title><url>http://tosdr.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rossjudson</author><text>One straightforward fix: A law that says an &amp;quot;I Agree&amp;quot; button only binds the user to the text that&amp;#x27;s actually visible on the screen. More text? More buttons!&lt;p&gt;That will drastically cut down on the boilerplate. Want to straitjacket your users with 60 pages of user agreement? No problem! You&amp;#x27;re only 60 button clicks away from complete lack of liability.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gyardley</author><text>Is this not already common in certain industries? I&amp;#x27;ve seen plenty of video game terms of service that make you scroll to the bottom before the &amp;#x27;accept&amp;#x27; button can be clicked, making all the text at least temporarily visible on the screen. (I recall the World of Warcraft client doing this after every single patch update - no idea if it still does. I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure every time I update my PS3 I go through this experience, too.)&lt;p&gt;That said, one can scroll rather quickly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Terms of Service; Didn&apos;t Read</title><url>http://tosdr.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rossjudson</author><text>One straightforward fix: A law that says an &amp;quot;I Agree&amp;quot; button only binds the user to the text that&amp;#x27;s actually visible on the screen. More text? More buttons!&lt;p&gt;That will drastically cut down on the boilerplate. Want to straitjacket your users with 60 pages of user agreement? No problem! You&amp;#x27;re only 60 button clicks away from complete lack of liability.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>Some people have taller monitors than others. Some browse in different font sizes. There is no way, even in theory, of determining what was visible on screen.&lt;p&gt;edit: really, this is the exact same problem as &amp;quot;some people have taller screens than others&amp;quot;, but some people have taller browser windows than others too. If I want to get some text off screen before clicking &amp;quot;I agree&amp;quot;, it&amp;#x27;s fully within my power to do so.</text></comment>