Forms that Work : Designing Web Forms for Usability - Gerry Gaffney

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Forms that Work

Designing Web Forms for Usability

By: Gerry Gaffney, Caroline Jarrett

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Paperback | 12 November 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability clearly explains exactly how to design great forms for the web. The book provides proven and practical advice that will help you avoid pitfalls, and produce forms that are aesthetically pleasing, efficient and cost-effective. It features invaluable design methods, tips, and tricks to help ensure accurate data and satisfied customers. It includes dozens of examples - from nitty-gritty details (label alignment, mandatory fields) to visual designs (creating good grids, use of color).

This book isn't just about colons and choosing the right widgets. It's about the whole process of making good forms, which has a lot more to do with making sure you're asking the right questions in a way that your users can answer than it does with whether you use a drop-down list or radio buttons. In an easy-to-read format with lots of examples, the authors present their three-layer model - relationship, conversation, appearance. You need all three for a successful form - a form that looks good, flows well, asks the right questions in the right way, and, most important of all, gets people to fill it out. Liberally illustrated with full-color examples, this book guides readers on how to define requirements, how to write questions that users will understand and want to answer, and how to deal with instructions, progress indicators and errors.

This book is essential reading for HCI professionals, web designers, software developers, user interface designers, HCI academics and students, market research professionals, and financial professionals.

*Provides proven and practical advice that will help you avoid pitfalls, and produce forms that are aesthetically pleasing, efficient and cost-effective.

*Features invaluable design methods, tips, and tricks to help ensure accurate data and satisfied customers.

*Includes dozens of examples -- from nitty-gritty details (label alignment, mandatory fields) to visual designs (creating good grids, use of color).

*Foreword by Steve Krug, author of the best selling Don't Make Me Think!

Industry Reviews

"The humble form: it may seem boring, but most of your website's value passes through forms. Follow Jarrett & Gaffney's guidelines, and you'll probably double your online profits.? --Jakob Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group "This book isn't just about colons and choosing the right widgets. It's about the whole process of making good forms, which has a lot more to do with making sure you're asking the right questions in a way that your users can answer than it does with whether you use a drop-down list or radio buttons.? --Steve Krug, Foreword author and author of the best selling Don't Make me Think "If your web site includes forms, you need this book. It's that simple. In an easy-to-read format with lots of examples, Caroline and Gerry present their three-layer model -- relationship, conversation, appearance. You need all three for a successful form -- a form that looks good, flows well, asks the right questions in the right way, and, most important of all, gets people to fill it out.? --Janice (Ginny) Redish, author of Letting Go of the Words -- Writing Web Content that Works

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Graphical & Digital Media Applications Web Graphics & Design Operating Systems Digital Lifestyle & Online World: Consumer & User Guides Internet Guides & Online Services Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction User Interface Design & Usability Artificial Intelligence

Introduction: What is a form? What is a form?
Persuading people to answer
Pick the right moment to ask a question
Think about relationship question by question
Follow three rules that that influence response rates
Think about who will answer your questions
Summary Interlude
Registration forms: rules and suggestions
Gathering the right information
Find out why you need the information
Check if your organization already holds the information
Find out what others ask for
Summary: only ask for information that you need
Case study: conference registration form
Making questions easy to answer
How questions work
Make it easy to understand the question
Make it easy to find the answer
Judging the answer: avoiding privacy errors
Placing the answer: avoiding category errors
Summary: writing questions
Case study: avoiding choice points
Writing instructions
Writing instructions
Rewriting instructions in plain language
Cut the instructions that aren't needed
Move the instructions to where they are needed
A before- and after- example
Summary: Writing instructions
Interlude: help for forms
Choosing between drop-downs and other controls
Picking controls for your forms
How users expect controls to work
Use these six questions to choose the right control
Specialist controls may help
Think about the form as a whole
Summary: Providing the answer
Interlude: names and addresses
Making the form flow easily
Make the form flow easily
Use progress indicators
Avoid surprising users with sudden changes
Be gentle with errors
Say 'thanks' to close the conversation
Conversational flow - summary
Interlude: why we hate pop-ups
Taking care of the details
Taking care of the details
Where to put the labels compared to the fields
Colons at the end of labels?
Sentence or title case for labels?
How to indicate required fields
Choosing legible text: fonts and words
Summary Interlude: serif or sans-serif
Making the form look easy
What makes a form look good
Make sure users know who you are: logos and branding
Make your form look tidy with grids
Make it look organized with grouping
Avoid two-column forms
Summary Case study: an appearance makeover
Testing (the best bit)
We're passionate about usability testing
How to do really good usability testing of forms
Final message from this book
Appendices
Suggestions for further reading
References
Acknowledgements
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Forms that Work

Designing Web Forms for Usability

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Paperback

Industry Reviews

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