Forms : a UX manifesto

FORMS A MANIFESTO

Danielle SwankJim FlemingJune 2011

developers are lazy

most forms are designed fordatabases and not people

people can find those same formshard, scary, confusing and slow

there are other ways...

the case for intelligent forms

1. static forms

EXAMPLESlogin forms, email sign-ups

WHEN TO USEall or most of the fields are required

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2. ADAPTIVE forms

EXAMPLESproduct data, surveys, task lists

WHEN TO USEcomplex discrete data, few required fields

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3. Formless forms

EXAMPLEScontent management systems, blogs, addresses

WHEN TO USElarge amount of simple data, standardized formats

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there are other ways.

people should not find formshard, scary, confusing or slow

create forms for people not databases

don’t be lazy

FORMS A MANIFESTO

Danielle SwankJim FlemingJune 2011