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Better Forms

Posted by michael on February 7th, 2006.

I make the web work for you. I develop applications that make life easier by helping people be more productive; saving time and money. Also specializing in E-Commerce development using ASP, PHP, Javascript, XHTML, CSS, MySQL, SQL Server.

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I just finished up an employee recognition application that really tested my usability knowledge. This web app involved tons of user interaction and required providing them with lots of feedback. Before my new gig, when I worked for an e-commerce shop, we had a core set of components or features for our sites that we didn’t really deviate from. Since they were already developed, the only question was where on the page to put them.

Not so with this new application. While the recognition program itself has existed for a number of years, an application that brings it online and automates quite a few processes is new territory. We’ve had to put together new forms. Forms mean validation and usability issues.

I found myself reaching into my bag of tricks for things I haven’t used in a quite a while and learning a bunch of new things as well. The following article called 10 Tips To A Better Form at ParticleTree.com helped me loosen up some of the areas where I’m a little rusty. Whether you’re totally new to forms or a seasoned pro, there’s some great advice there and links to some very nice implementations of that advice. Enjoy.

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Nice!

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June 14th, 2007
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