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How to prototype a digital form on paper

Caroline Jarrett 23 March 2022 9 November 2021
How to prototype a digital form on paper

Here are three ideas for creating paper prototypes of digital forms. Or any form, really. Print widgets onto stickers Long, long ago – in 1999! – Gerry Gaffney made a paper prototyping kit that is free to download. It’s aContinue reading… How to prototype a digital form on paper

Sentence case or title case in forms?

Caroline Jarrett 21 December 2021 5 November 2021
Sentence case or title case in forms?

Is it better to use sentence case or title case in forms? If you think “surely there are more important forms questions than that one” then you are right. Never once, in all my many years of watching people fillContinue reading… Sentence case or title case in forms?

No yes/no questions

Caroline Jarrett 23 March 2022 2 November 2021
No yes/no questions

If you’ve been in a forms studio with me, you’ll be familiar with the moment where I say: “No yes/no”. It’s my shorthand for “Avoid questions that only have two available answers: ‘yes’ and ‘no’. People often struggle with them”.Continue reading… No yes/no questions

Thought for the day by Tim Paul: a diagram about forms

Caroline Jarrett 23 March 2022 12 August 2021
Thought for the day by Tim Paul: a diagram about forms

On 5th August 2021, Tim Paul (head of interaction design at the UK Government Digital Service) posted a thought for the day on Twitter with this diagram: The diagram resonated with a lot of people, including me, so Tim agreed thatContinue reading… Thought for the day by Tim Paul: a diagram about forms

What is a design system?

Caroline Jarrett 22 December 2021 1 December 2020
What is a design system?

Recently, Amy Hupe asked this question on Twitter: Who’s got a really clear and concise explanation of what design systems are, that would make sense to someone who’s never come across one before? We had a good discussion and IContinue reading… What is a design system?

“Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

Caroline Jarrett 22 December 2021 23 November 2020
“Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

Someone asked me about writing good questions for forms. As usual I recommended the NHS Digital service manual page as a favourite resource – and then I thought “have I put that on my website?”. And I hadn’t. So hereContinue reading… “Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual

A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

Caroline Jarrett 2 February 2022 2 October 2020
A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

If you’ve tried to code digital forms entirely by hand then you’ll know why we value form builders so much – digital tools that help with the process of getting the right questions into the right order. But even theContinue reading… A chat about forms and form builders – xgov

Five ways to choose which form to fix

Caroline Jarrett 4 May 2022 31 August 2020
Five ways to choose which form to fix

It was all going so well. I was running a forms workshop and we’d found lots of things to think about in the selected form. Then one participant said, sadly: “But we’ve got hundreds of forms like this”. Which ledContinue reading… Five ways to choose which form to fix

Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

Caroline Jarrett 4 May 2022 15 August 2020
Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

I was delighted that the team at UX Podcast chose an episode with me to rebroadcast in August 2020. UXPodcast on forms and surveys with Per Axbom and James Royal-Lawson Originally made in 2014, Per, James and I discuss aContinue reading… Answering surveys and talking about forms on UX Podcast

Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Caroline Jarrett 4 May 2022 10 April 2019
Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

If you’re working on improving a form, especially a government one, what advice do you need? In April 2019, I discussed a topic map that might help to answer that question in a webinar for Digital.GOV. To find out moreContinue reading… Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

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AlbertoCairoAlberto Cairo@AlbertoCairo·
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This is both amazing and depressing. https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1529181072931659777

matt@mattxiv

florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe

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WebDevLawHeather Burns@WebDevLaw·
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Here follows a thread, sadly topical to so many things, which tells a story which most people outside of Scotland won't be aware of. It's about school shootings, the tabloids, the early days of social media, and what the lessons learnt then might teach us about tomorrow.

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yozYoz Grahame@yoz·
24 May

Thinking of creating new software? Please read this first.

It’s from @krusynth’s brief and excellent guide for new digital servants in Federal government.

I just had to make one small and tragically obvious edit.

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
24 May

In which @welshflier talks about not fitting in, and now finally finding her next step

WelshFlier@welshflier

Life! https://annecollis.blogspot.com/2022/05/once-upon-time.html

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
24 May

Two questions for you: a designer wants to use modals because "they are an important part of a modern website".

Q1. Is this correct?
Q2. Any references or research to support your answer to q1?

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