Here’s a presentation from the archives, dating back to work Robert Hempsall and I did for the DVLA (the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency). At that point the majority of applications for driving licences were still made on paper, but online applicationsContinue reading… Who enjoys filling out an application for a driving licence?
Category: Forms
Designing e-commerce and checkout forms
This post originally appeared in 2011 on ‘Forms that Work’ – the companion website for Caroline’s book with Gerry Gaffney Forms that Work: designing web forms for usability. If you’re selling something on the web, then you’ll inevitably come toContinue reading… Designing e-commerce and checkout forms
Labels and buttons on forms – and other time-consuming controversies
Labels and buttons on forms are a topic that provoke a lot of discussion. At the 2011 AC CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems I ran a course addressing some of these controversies and sharing best practice. Continue reading… Labels and buttons on forms – and other time-consuming controversies
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
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. We’ve changed our advice and recommendContinue reading… Designing forms for mobile
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 View the slides as a PDF: Forms design – what matters toContinue reading… Forms design: what matters to users?
Top five books about forms design – 2010
Added note in 2025: It’s still possible to find all these books. I’ve updated the links to them and put a bit of context into them. It’s December, and we’re coming up to the gift-giving season. In case you wantContinue reading… Top five books about forms design – 2010
Design tips for complex forms at APPU
When it comes to designing forms, 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 fewContinue reading… Design tips for complex forms at APPU
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 View the slides as a PDF: Designing complex forms, at Clarity2010 #forms ‘formsthatwork
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