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Labels and buttons on forms – and other time-consuming controversies

Jane Matthews 25 November 2019 12 May 2011
Labels and buttons on forms – and other time-consuming controversies

These slides are from my course presentation to CHI2011, the conference of the SIGCHI, held in Vancouver, Canada. Labels and buttons on forms from Caroline Jarrett #forms #formsthatwork

Design questions for complex forms: a study of census envelopes

Jane Matthews 2 November 2021 10 May 2011
Design questions for complex forms: a study of census envelopes

Census years are exciting times for the forms enthusiast. They’re quite rare – most countries run their census at 10-year intervals. And they affect the entire population. That’s the definition of a census – a count of an entire population. Census forms alsoContinue reading… Design questions for complex forms: a study of census envelopes

Designing forms for mobile

Jane Matthews 1 February 2021 29 March 2011
Designing forms for mobile

This post was first published in 2008 on ‘Forms that Work’ – the companion website for Caroline’s book with Gerry Gaffney Forms that Work: designing web forms for usability. It was updated in 2011. Design for mobile first For aContinue reading… Designing forms for mobile

Forms design: what matters to users?

Jane Matthews 17 March 2020 16 February 2011
Forms design: what matters to users?

These slides come from a seminar I ran for MSc students at the University of York in February 2011. MSc Seminar on Forms Design from Caroline Jarrett #forms #formsthatwork

The Top Five Books about Forms Design

Jane Matthews 2 November 2021 20 December 2010
The Top Five Books about Forms Design

It’s December, and we’re coming up to the gift-giving season. In case you want to put something professionally relevant on your wish list—or, perhaps more realistically, in case you haven’t yet spent your 2010 book-buying budget—I’m going to devote thisContinue reading… The Top Five Books about Forms Design

Design tips for complex forms at APPU

Jane Matthews 19 March 2020 2 November 2010
Design tips for complex forms at APPU

Most design advice is for simple forms. What should we do when the forms are complex? This presentation, delivered to the Associação Portuguesa de Profissionais de Usibilidade, Lisbon,  in October 2010, gives a few tips in different areas: relationship, conversation,Continue reading… Design tips for complex forms at APPU

Design tips for complex forms, Clarity Conference

Jane Matthews 28 June 2023 28 October 2010
Design tips for complex forms, Clarity Conference

This presentation to the Clarity Conference in Lisbon gives some ideas for how to improve difficult, lengthy forms. Complex forms at Clarity2010 from Caroline Jarrett #forms ‘formsthatwork

Usability – and what usability means for a form

Jane Matthews 3 December 2019 18 October 2010
Usability – and what usability means for a form

Thanks to KANA Europe for inviting me to join their customer conference.  This was the presentation I gave, on usability and forms. Usability and forms, KANA Europe customer summit from Caroline Jarrett #forms #formsthatwork #usability

Label placement in Austrian forms, with some lessons for English forms

Jane Matthews 2 November 2021 4 October 2010
Label placement in Austrian forms, with some lessons for English forms

Here’s a topic that divides UX professionals from ordinary people: label placement in forms. UX professionals get all excited about it, and I plead guilty to joining the discussion. I’ve written about it, included it in my book Forms ThatContinue reading… Label placement in Austrian forms, with some lessons for English forms

The ‘back’ button: how to manage it on web-based forms

Jane Matthews 3 December 2019 10 September 2010
The ‘back’ button: how to manage it on web-based forms

Developers are often concerned about what will happen in web-based forms when people use the ‘back’ button. For example, users may fill in part of a form, then click ‘back’, not realising they may lose the data they have justContinue reading… The ‘back’ button: how to manage it on web-based forms

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