Jun 14, 2026, 9:28 AM

I applied for an ETA for the UK (Thanks #Brexit) and what can I say....

As a web-developer I do have to assume that the form was made by the best developers the UK was able to get ... for a crate of beer....

I mean... Who needs helpful error-messages, right?

But Brexit for sure also means getting rid of everything un-british! Who needs more than 128 characters anyhow!

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$A screenshot of a form-field showing a validation error-message. The message reads: "Your answer cannot contain the symbols < > ^ [ ] { } or ;" The faulty answer is "Grävenwiesbach" Yes! There is not a single one of the mentioned symbols in that answer.$