the concept of consent in UI design is not just for "high stakes" things like privacy and notifications; i want it for all the boring stuff too. please don't aggressively try to guess the thing that i want (e.g. autocomplete); please instead give me a way to understand my options and request them at my initiative

@chrisamaphone
Personally I despise the overkill-hostile error checking in forms.

Type one letter in the e-mail field — the whole field lights up in red “incorrect e-mail”.

Click on another field out of order, because, i.e., you need to correct something — red, error.

Change focus in the WM — red, error.

Much more nerve-wracking would be to have an explicit “validate” button and the “next”/“finish” button do the same implicitly.