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A review by mattsheehe
Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by James Reffell, Aaron Gustafson, Bob Baxley, Jared Spool, Caroline Jarrett, Luke Wroblewski, Jack Moffett, Micah Alpern, Peter Wallack
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A look at web forms and the best practices for various types of forms.
Mr. Wroblewski (which is fun to try and say) begins his book with a simple declaration: nobody likes forms. Forms, from an end-user perspective, are what stands between them and what they actually want, be it a product they are ordering, or data they want to see, or even an application they want to use.
Early chapters of the book focus on minimizing forms as much as possible, and, as such, reducing the overhead a user has to getting to their destination. Later chapters get more detailed with discussions of how to show (or, better, avoid) errors and how to help users fill in the form quickly and easily. All of the examples of various layouts and presentations are backed up with studies (usually of the "eye-tracking" variety) to show that the conclusions drawn are less about the author's preference and more about how people interact with the web.
Recommended for anyone who's designing a form.
Mr. Wroblewski (which is fun to try and say) begins his book with a simple declaration: nobody likes forms. Forms, from an end-user perspective, are what stands between them and what they actually want, be it a product they are ordering, or data they want to see, or even an application they want to use.
Early chapters of the book focus on minimizing forms as much as possible, and, as such, reducing the overhead a user has to getting to their destination. Later chapters get more detailed with discussions of how to show (or, better, avoid) errors and how to help users fill in the form quickly and easily. All of the examples of various layouts and presentations are backed up with studies (usually of the "eye-tracking" variety) to show that the conclusions drawn are less about the author's preference and more about how people interact with the web.
Recommended for anyone who's designing a form.