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Re: Card Manager 0.2.4



A few thoughts.
 
1, We will not be using the "cards created" counter as a public display for anything official because it is so easy to toggle and increment the counter. 
 
2. On the other hand, if you don't get the "clear" what happens if you get a card that you think is cleared or blank, but it is not - then you'd want to clear it.  When you load it in, you want to be able to clear it to make sure its blank, so you do need a clear function.  On the other hand, if we did use the Clear button, then if a card had data on it, we could clear it with clear button, and then display a "card created" message upon creating it with the "enter" key.  This is not RCR, just discussion at this point. 
----- Original Message -----
From: Sophia Lee
To: RCR
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: Card Manager 0.2.4

RCR: sl-022601-01
Requested: February 26, 2001
Required: n/a
County:  n/a
 
Module: Using the Manager to Create Voter Cards.
 
Currently: When a blank card is inserted into the Manager, the Manager prompts the user to create the card with the ballot assigned to the key displayed.  It displays the message "Famous Names, 1: Create?".  After the card is created, the display changes and prompts the user to clear the card.  It displays the message "Famous Names, 1: Clear?"  Remove the voter card.  The card is ready for voting.
 
Is it possible for the Manager to display "Card Created" to indicate that the card has been programmed and it's okay to remove it at this point?   As it stands now, it is very easy for the count (number of times programmed) to be off.  I found myself hitting the <Enter> key repeatedly until I realized that it was looping between Create and Clear.   I then looked at the count and noticed that it incremented a few more times than I intended for it to.