vintagesilver wrote: "In my opionion, eBay did not design the SYI form to be a "heads down" data entry process, and unfortunately they do validations/refreshes every time certain fields are entered, effectively wiping out or changing fields you go on to enter down further in the form....The SYI form is a very poor design for those of us that do "heads down" data entry and expect to move quickly through a listing"
You've just described the exact reasons why I never use the SYI form and stick with the "advanced" form. I can glance up and down at every field on one page and check back up to make sure nothing changed without walking back and forth between windows and trying to remember what I entered previously (or having to go back several steps to change it).
I think the designations "simple" and "advanced" are flawed. In many ways the "advanced" form is easier. Yes, it has access to more features but the basic design of it isn't more "advanced" than the simple form, it's a different way of entering data that gives you access to everything on one page, in any order you want to do it, instead of relying on memory and having to add data in a specific order and having to go back and forth between several pages to make adjustments as happens with the SYI form.
Also, if you list in the simple form and then need one of the features in the advanced form, you can't change it without ending the listing and using up an insertion credit (or paying an additional insertion fee). If you list with the advanced form, you always have access to all the features—you can revise it without having to end it.
