Enter title: Form Usability
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- vzwei
Enter topic: Does anyone know reference websites , where i can read something about the usability of forms... ? My main issus is... can i devide a form in two colums (topic wise of course) and its still 100% clear for the user? any opinions?
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- Nairn0
Not got any direct link of use to you - but I would think, 'yes', it is a usable approach, assuming that it's all well laid-out. I know that I have certainly done it over the years.
imho, the principle consideration is how the columned form plays with the 'below the line' break in your page - I'd ensure, for instance, that the column height didn't extend beyond a visible page height - if it needed to, I'd consider adding more columns.
The flip side is to whittle down the questionnaire options to as few as possible - too much choice is usually not a good thing.
Try and dig out a printed questionnaire from a big company - someone who'll clearly have spent a lot on it. They'll have done all the expensive, clever consumer interaction analysis - it'll just be up to you to ensure that works on-screen.
imho, of course.
- vzwei0
thanks so far...
i found some pages from big companies... as examples... amazon and comet and stuff... but i have to convince my dusted UI bosses... that its OK to do so ... if its logical .. so i wanted to show them some comments from the world league of designers and people how know there stuff... to show...
... IT WORKS a differnt way as well... so i keep on searching and fighting.