The “Contact Us” form too often gets thrown in as a quick afterthought rather than an element that sets the tone for the communication. Today we’ll take a look at several easy techniques you can use to take your contact forms from boring to brilliant. Along the way we’ll see several examples of great contact forms [...]
December 24, 2009
Forms do not have to be boring and ugly, they too can be beautiful. With the proper understanding of each element (radio buttons, checkboxes, textareas..), CSS know-how, a little patience and some creativity you can make your forms beautiful. Throw in, the always important, semantics and accessibilty and things can get tricky. Below you will find [...]
December 23, 2009
When working in the world of web design and development, creativity is of course fundamental. However, it is more important to follow best practices to insure greater usability, functionality, and ease for the users. Forms are one of the most disliked functions to deal with on the web for users, when they are difficult to [...]
December 21, 2009
This is a little trick that you can apply to your forms to enhance user experience. We’ll display editable form data (indented to be edited, updated) as regular tabular data intended for reading. We’re using pure CSS for this one… Actually we WOULD use pure CSS if it wasn’t for IE7’s lack of support for :focus [...]
November 25, 2009
The value of validating user input should not be underestimated. First of all it helps user put in the right information faster and if implemented elegantly users may not even notice that they are assisted. Client side validation can work as users type and instantly advice them without waiting till the submit button have been [...]
November 10, 2009
Web design and development has significantly changed over the years, as have the tools and technologies involved. With these advancements come tools to make our lives easier, provide higher quality work and better services for our clients. Communication and collaboration over vast distances is no longer painfully frustrating (or impossible) and project or task management [...]
December 24, 2009
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