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On "3. Validate fields immediately", please do not tell me "Uh oh - this email address looks wrong".

I am 35, not 8. Just say "This is not a valid email address".




He points out that this should probably be done on blur which means after you’ve left that input it’ll validate. This is much better than waiting until you submit.




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