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No more accordions: how to choose a form structure

Caroline Jarrett 14 November 2019 13 August 2015
No more accordions: how to choose a form structure

Government forms are usually complex, asking a huge number of questions.What is the best way to group questions to make completing them as easy as possible for people? This blog post for Government Digital Service considers what we’ve learned about form structure fromContinue reading… No more accordions: how to choose a form structure

How to improve a complex form

Jane Matthews 18 November 2019 13 June 2012
How to improve a complex form

If you have a long, complicated form then here are some things that you can do to help users through it: Find out which parts of it are truly necessary. Can you simplify it at all, or perhaps delay someContinue reading… How to improve a complex form

Design questions for complex forms: a study of census envelopes

Jane Matthews 25 November 2019 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

Tips for designing complex forms

Jane Matthews 3 December 2019 26 May 2010
Tips for designing complex forms

From tax returns to lasting power of attorney, some forms present both designers and users with a huge number of challenges. In this presentation to the 2010 Usability Professionals’ Association Conference, I highlight some of the pitfalls of designing complex forms –Continue reading… Tips for designing complex forms

Expert review helps to improve a complex form

Jane Matthews 23 March 2020 11 October 2007
Expert review helps to improve a complex form

Applying for Lasting power of Attorney is often something people do at a time of challenge or stress. In this presentation to the Sixth International PLAIN Language Conference I describe a case study for the US Department of Constitutional Affairs where ourContinue reading… Expert review helps to improve a complex form

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
19 Jan

Another episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time” today - this time, a bunch of tips for #FormDesign prompted by thinking about translating and internationalisation by @simoherold
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Kiwani Dolean@Kiwani_Dolean

Learnings from designing for multi-language user interfaces https://buff.ly/2XDSu1T

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19 Jan

In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, a police officer crashed a drone because of over-exposure to useless pop-ups
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Ken Tindell@kentindell

Hilarious effect of all humans being trained to automatically dismiss asynchronous pop ups so you can get on with your work. https://twitter.com/theregister/status/1351475167243939841

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18 Jan

Today’s flower photo is a volunteer camomile that persists in flowering, somehow

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18 Jan

The Twitter content I needed this afternoon

My favourite central bank @CentralBankJA explains budgeting in its own unique mix of everyday Jamaican language and a lightly animated presentation
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Bank of Jamaica@CentralBankJA

Bank of Jamaica presents, Real Talk: Ep. 2, its financial literacy series as part of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy. In episode 2, John Williams educates his father on the importance of budgeting. #BOJSpeaks https://youtu.be/FF6AoKAJ44M

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17 Jan

Today’s flower photo had to be the amaryllis that has just opened

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