https://www.s-anand.net/blog/tag/ux-design/ Recent content in ux-design on S Anand Hugo -- 0.156.0 en-us Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:49:32 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/inline-form-validation/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:49:32 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/inline-form-validation/ <p>A List Apart&rsquo;s article on <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/inline-validation-in-web-forms/">Inline Validation</a> is one of the most informative I&rsquo;ve read in a while — and it&rsquo;s backed by solid data.</p> <p>Some useful lessons:</p> <ul> <li>Inline validation can reduce form completion time by 40%</li> <li>Use inline validations where the user doesn&rsquo;t know if they&rsquo;ll get it wrong (e.g. is a username available?). Don&rsquo;t use them if user knows the answer (e.g. their name)</li> <li>Validate on blur, not on keypress (it&rsquo;s distracting, and users <a href="http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/you-cant-multitask/">can&rsquo;t multitask</a>)</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="comments">Comments</h2> <!-- wp-comments-start --> <ul> <li><strong>jesse</strong> <em>25 Sep 2009 4:15 pm</em>: maybe u should add some inline validation on your comments form, instead of the wordpress error page?</li> </ul> <!-- wp-comments-end --> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/web-design-patterns/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/web-design-patterns/ <p><a href="http://www.welie.com/patterns/">Web design patterns</a>.</p> https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-suggest/ Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.s-anand.net/blog/google-suggest/ <p><a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&amp;hl=en">Google Suggest</a>: another great feature in Google. It suggests alternatives to your query as you type. <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2004/12/13/google_suggestions_version_1.html">via Anders Jacobsen</a></p>