forms

25 Aug 2010 - 3:07am
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2 years ago
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iOddJobBob
2010

Contact/Telephone Numbers in Forms

We are currently re-looking our Forms with regards to the way contact numbers are entered. Presently we have two text-boxes, one for area/country code, and then one for the number.

I'm trying to do some research on the best way to present this to users. Do any of you have any ideas and possibly a few sites that I can use to benchmark against?

Thanks in advance!

2 Jul 2010 - 3:47pm
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2 years ago
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Charles Adler
2008

The influence of pre-populating web forms

I'm currently working on a revision to a checkout process in which we're debating the pros & cons of pre-populating certain fields.

The application allows users to select an item for "purchase" and pledge an amount related to the value of that item. This means they can in fact pledge more than the stated amount for the item, or the exact amount of the item. They obviously cannot pledge lower. 

The debate is such:

Do we pre-populate the form field with the amount of the selected item or leave it blank to encourage some percentage of greater pledge.

3 Jun 2010 - 10:20am
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Jennifer Wolfgang
2010

Using buttons as CTAs (Calls to Action) vs. Text Links

In our work, everyone (stakeholders) wants to use a graphical button for their CTAs, often asking for multiple such buttons on a single page. The notion is that these will drive a higher conversion rate... ON THOSE links. (These are not form submits, remember.) A proof of concept was done late last year to test the effectiveness of buttons vs. links on a particular page. Here was the scenario:

Top segment homepage, containing the following...

2 Jun 2010 - 8:18am
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keeverfrye
2010

Top 8 things you didn’t know SharePoint could do: Turbocharging your SharePoint implementation

Top 8 things you didn’t know SharePoint could do: Turbocharging your SharePoint implementation

Format: Free Webinar

 Instructor: Steve Hamilton,  Principal Software Engineer,  e.magination

20 Apr 2010 - 1:51pm
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3 years ago
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LFrancis
2009

Recommendations for getting people to give their postal code

I have a quiz where people fill out 15+ questions to find out what kind of traveller they are. My client would like to ask them for their postal code, so that they can ultimately send people information and offers that are customized to their traveller type and location. They would also like the postal code to validate the geo segmentation research about the traveller type differences by location.

Quiz respondents are not asked for their full mailing address. They have an option to opt in to receive further information by providing an eMail address.

9 Feb 2010 - 6:13am
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3 years ago
11 replies
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Maciej Bieganski
2010

Forms design / labels inside the fields

Hi,

In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started;

TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or
not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot.

Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons
(accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc).

Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow
up with some objective studies and/or research.

Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting
findings? User studies?

20 Jan 2010 - 2:30pm
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3 years ago
22 replies
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rajunov
2009

Age vs Date of Birth in sign up form

Hi all,
The site we're doing is a contest users enter and submit photos. It
requires users to be over 18, or if they are between 14 - 17 they
have to go through a consent flow.

I got a question from a designer about what would be better in terms
of UX for the sign up form - asking the user for:
- their age with a text input /or select, OR
- their date of birth, with 3 select fields [day, month, year]

Just wanted to get some input about your experience with this.

13 Oct 2009 - 4:56pm
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3 years ago
8 replies
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Caroline Jarrett
2007

Measuring forms performance

Hi all

I have a client who is about to choose a web metrics tool. They are
currently using Web Trends but they want something that will allow them to
monitor the performance of their web forms, particularly so that they can
track whereabouts in the form a user gets to before bailing out.

What are your current recommendations in this area?

Thanks

Caroline Jarrett

Effortmark Ltd
Usability - Forms - Content

Phone: 01525 370 379
Mobile: 0799 057 0647
International: +44 152 537 0379

16 Heath Road
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 3AB
UK

29 Sep 2009 - 9:59am
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3 years ago
4 replies
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dlichaw
2009

Wizard/Form Design Inspiration

Hi all,

Can anyone think of any online or offline apps or websites that have
a well-designed "wizard" or customization widget/feature that helps
you customize and produce big blocks of text? Like write a letter, or
customize a product, or create a product...What I'm working on is
text-based, but I'd love to see any examples, text or photo or
whatever, anyone's got!

Basically, I'm looking for examples that take in *many*
inputs/fields and display *many* options/returns in a fun, clear, and
easy-to-understand way.

2 Jul 2009 - 3:57pm
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3 years ago
6 replies
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DrWex
2006

In search of: form design pattern

I need to come up with a good pattern for designing a form. It has
the following characteristics:

- There are about 10 "sections" (related groups of inputs)
- The sections are of varied size, ranging from one dropdown
selection, to a multi-column table of several rows that needs to be
filled out

The total of all such sections would make the whole form bulky if I
tried to present it on one screen. I'm debating using different
chunking patterns such as an accordian or tabbed form and wondered if
anyone had an example of a favorite pattern they would recommend.

TiA,
--Alan

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