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Stop Misusing Select Menus
A form has many user interface elements. If you don’t know how to use them all properly, you could make filling out forms difficult for your users. One interface element that’s commonly misused is the select menu.
Read more »Why Password Masking Can Hurt Your Sign Up Form
Masking passwords is an age-old practice that’s commonly found on sign up and login forms. It’s used to prevent over-the-shoulder snoopers from catching a glance of the user’s password.
Read more »8 Reasons Users Don’t Fill Out Sign Up Forms
Signing up for a website is a big commitment for most people. Users that sign up for your website are giving their personal information and trust to you. If you misuse their personal information or violate their trust, you can upset your users.
Read more »Form Label Proximity: Right Aligned is Easier to Scan
Label alignment on forms is a serious issue. How you place labels next to fields can affect how users fill out your form. There are only three ways you can align labels to fields.
Read more »A Flexible ID Field Helps Forgetful Users Log In
Everyone forgets things from time to time. But forgetting a username on a website can keep users locked out of their account. It’s like forgetting your keys and getting locked out of your house.
Read more »Another Case for Using Top Aligned Form Labels
By now, most designers should know that top aligned labels allow users to fill out forms faster than left aligned labels. This makes sense when you read and understand why and the research that verifies this fact.
Read more »9 Things Designers Can Learn from Target’s Checkout Form
Target recently redesigned their website. While many have their own opinions about it, there a few positive things designers can learn from Target’s checkout form. At first glance it may not look like much, but once you dig deeper you’ll find a diamond in the rough.
Read more »New Form Techniques Proven to Save Time and Money
Filling out forms are painful when they’re time-consuming. A form that’s efficient to fill out can save users time. But it can also save companies a lot of money.
Read more »The Danger of Using Home Page Login Fields
What happens when a website puts their login fields in the upper corner of the home page? Users can easily mistake the login fields for a site search box and get confused.
Read more »3 Ways to Make Checkboxes, Radio Buttons Easier to Click
Checkboxes and radio buttons are an essential part of forms. But most of the time, they’re not easy to click. This is because their click targets are small. The smaller a click target is, the more difficult it is to click it.
Read more »Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster with Unified Text Fields
Nothing turns users off more than a long and complicated form. There are many ways designers can simplify their forms to make them faster and easier to fill out.
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