Look around the web, you’ll find them all over the place. MS-Word and PDF forms that you have to download and complete. I would be forgiven for thinking that we have not progressed on the web since 1995.
I know I’m not perfect I have been party to this crime against UX as well.
We know they are bad, so why are we still using them.
Let’s Consider
You’re feel inspired to join a professional association. The website seems pretty good, it lists all the benefits. There is a professional air about it. You can see that some of your respected peers are already members.
Tagged: cms, forms, frameworks, MS-Word, p-52, p52, PDF, project-52, usability, user experience, ux
Some of you may not know this, I come from a formal science background, I trained as a scientist. However, I don’t consider myself to be one, by any stretch of the imagination. I feel more at home in the design space.
Still all that background in the science arena has allowed me to apply it to the area of User Experience design. A guess it’s like a Science of UX Design.
Tagged: p52, project-52, research, science, theory, usability, userexperience, ux, ux-design, Web Methodology, webdesign
You have built the perfect web site, the colours invoke the right emotional response, the visual imagery leads customers to the relevant information while allowing the audience to personally relate to the site. The content is ideal for the web, not to much but enough to convince people of the service. The major call to actions are in the right locations, and easy to find. Everything is set, the web site is ready to take on the world!
Still no matter how perfect your site is, if the last step, when they encounter the web form, isn’t streamlined and usable, the rest is a waste of time.
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As I’m designing forms I don’t usually have an issue making then usable or accessible within the limits of the clients budget.
However taking the form to the next level technically can sometimes be an issue. This is exactly what Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton, Tim Connell and Derek Featherstone is all about, designing and building those great forms on the web.
When I first purchased this book (yes I do purchase my books, they aren’t usually review freebies) I was a little skeptical as to whether this book would have any content in it that would be relevant to me. This is an issue that I’m running into more and more these days.
Tagged: accessibility, design, enhancement, forms, jquery, project-52, review, ui, usability, ux, webdesign
