Andre’s Blog

I just finished reading through Luke Wroblewski’s slides on form design. It may seem like a mundane topic, but when you considered most applications are a series of forms strung together it becomes very relevant. And more so if you’re an ecommerce site or site trying to get users to sign up via a form. Luke’s done research on label position (left aligned, right aligned, above the text box) and made recommendations on when to use each convention. He also looks at how to use required fields, how to group fields, use tabs and backs it up with really usability testing and eye tracking evidence!

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Best practices, backed up with real world research. This is a must read for anyone even remotely connected to the development or design of a web form. Come let’s get users through those forms quicker! Luke has lots more great design and usability tips over on his blog Functioning Form. Luke also has a book on form design coming out next which I’m looking forward too called Web Form Design Best Practices.

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