robertson&associates http://robertsonandassociates.org.uk A Cutting Edge Creative Agency Based in Oxfordshire Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:10:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 UX tip for HTML forms http://robertsonandassociates.org.uk/2011/02/ux-tip-for-html-forms/ http://robertsonandassociates.org.uk/2011/02/ux-tip-for-html-forms/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:39:33 +0000 ash http://robertsonandassociates.org.uk/?p=474 HTML forms is one aspect of the web that’s easy to hate and difficult to love, both from a user and a developer’s point of view. Tools such as Wufoo and JotForm are now available and let you create user friendly forms with ease. For those times when you have to code your form by hand however here’s a tip that will help improve the user experience.

Use the HTML <label> for attribute

Fitts’ law predicts that the time required to rapidly move your mouse to a target area is a function of the size of the target.

Self-evident really, isn’t it?

You can use this to improve your forms by making the clickable area for your form elements (e.g. checkboxes and radio buttons) bigger. I don’t mean the buttons themselves but the clickable area that will register a click.

If you click on the text for each of the above options, you’ll see what I mean.

The code for the above example:

<form> <input id=”good” type=”checkbox” /><label for=”good”> Uses the for attribute</label>
<input id=”bad” type=”checkbox” /><label> Doesn’t use the for attribute</label>
</form>

More info:
W3schools HTML for attribute
Fitts’ Law
Paul Fitts

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Visit it at http://www.tlafitness.com

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Visit it at http://www.outdoortradersuk.com

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