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In my Web Form Design Best Practices talk at the Technical Communication Summit in Minneapolis, MN I walked thorugh the importance of Web forms and a series of design best practices culled from live to site analytics, usability testing, eye-tracking studies, and best practice surveys.

My Slides from the talk:
Best Practices For Web Form Design (4.4 MB PDF)

Some of the topics I discuss and provide patterns for are: label alignment, required form filed, input field sizes, content grouping, primary & secondary actions, help text & tips, dyanmic help systems, inline validation, error messages, progress indicators, success messaging, progressive disclosure, gradual engagement, tabbing, flexible data inputs, smart defaults, paths to completion, selection dependent inputs, and more...

For more on Form Design...
Check out Luke's upcoming book about Web form usability, visual design, and interaction design considerations: Web Form Design Best Practices.

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