Comments on: Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster with Top Aligned Labels http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/ User Experience Movement Wed, 16 May 2012 07:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Tondeuse barbe http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-8725 Tondeuse barbe Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:58:53 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-8725 First of all isn’t this just a summary of the article Luke W wrote back in 2007? Second of all it’s complete nonsense. The difference in how quickly a user can fill out a form comes from cognitive processing not visual fixations and saccadic eye movements. If you are designing web forms and your primary goal is for users to fill them out as quickly as possible, your form fields should be right aligned. First of all isn’t this just a summary of the article Luke W wrote back in 2007? Second of all it’s complete nonsense. The difference in how quickly a user can fill out a form comes from cognitive processing not visual fixations and saccadic eye movements. If you are designing web forms and your primary goal is for users to fill them out as quickly as possible, your form fields should be right aligned.

]]> By: Lit d appoint http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-8717 Lit d appoint Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:17:35 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-8717 I find it very funny that the comment area does not use the format you provide. As a developer since 1995 specializing in mobile and international sites I can tell you that vertically aligned forms work on all mobile phones, and they are the only one that always work on all mobile phones. Translation is also reverent since sometimes translation greatly increases or decreases that amount of space a phrase takes up horizontally. I recently had to translate a website into Simplified Chinese and it had a bunch of radio buttons in table columns … it was a nightmare and required complete reformatting. I find it very funny that the comment area does not use the format you provide.
As a developer since 1995 specializing in mobile and international sites I can tell you that vertically aligned forms work on all mobile phones, and they are the only one that always work on all mobile phones.
Translation is also reverent since sometimes translation greatly increases or decreases that amount of space a phrase takes up horizontally.
I recently had to translate a website into Simplified Chinese and it had a bunch of radio buttons in table columns … it was a nightmare and required complete reformatting.

]]> By: Vince Delmonte http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-8128 Vince Delmonte Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:00:45 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-8128 Excellent analysis--I had never seen labels broken down into number of visual fixations before. Great stuff! Excellent analysis–I had never seen labels broken down into number of visual fixations before. Great stuff!

]]> By: Er1c http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-8119 Er1c Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:38:17 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-8119 I find it very funny that the comment area does not use the format you provide. As a developer since 1995 specializing in mobile and international sites I can tell you that vertically aligned forms work on all mobile phones, and they are the only one that always work on all mobile phones. Translation is also reverent since sometimes translation greatly increases or decreases that amount of space a phrase takes up horizontally. I recently had to translate a website into Simplified Chinese and it had a bunch of radio buttons in table columns ... it was a nightmare and required complete reformatting. I find it very funny that the comment area does not use the format you provide.

As a developer since 1995 specializing in mobile and international sites I can tell you that vertically aligned forms work on all mobile phones, and they are the only one that always work on all mobile phones.

Translation is also reverent since sometimes translation greatly increases or decreases that amount of space a phrase takes up horizontally.

I recently had to translate a website into Simplified Chinese and it had a bunch of radio buttons in table columns … it was a nightmare and required complete reformatting.

]]> By: Sommier à lattes http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-8068 Sommier à lattes Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:29:29 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-8068 I already new to put my forms into a single column, but I never considered the labels. Very useful … I already new to put my forms into a single column, but I never considered the labels. Very useful …

]]> By: CMS Buffet http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-7965 CMS Buffet Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:40:42 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-7965 Looks convincing. We switched one of our forms. Let's wait and see... Looks convincing. We switched one of our forms. Let’s wait and see…

]]> By: karl http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-7957 karl Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:23:59 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-7957 I never thought of it this way. Very profound. I'll be thinking of this every time I create a form. Thanks for sharing! I never thought of it this way. Very profound. I’ll be thinking of this every time I create a form. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: portique bois http://uxmovement.com/forms/faster-with-top-aligned-labels/comment-page-3/#comment-7839 portique bois Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:42:24 +0000 http://uxmovement.com/?p=1468#comment-7839 Top-aligned labels are the way to go especially if you want to translate the website into other languages. The same text in another language might be shorter or longer and some languages are right-to-left instead of left-to-right. Top-aligned solves both problems. Plus, it becomes possible to add descriptions below each text box in case the user really needs to know what they are filling in. Top-aligned labels are the way to go especially if you want to translate the website into other languages. The same text in another language might be shorter or longer and some languages are right-to-left instead of left-to-right. Top-aligned solves both problems. Plus, it becomes possible to add descriptions below each text box in case the user really needs to know what they are filling in.

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