Forms
Novice
Form elements follow few or no best practices.Competent
Form elements follow best practices: clear labels, appropriate hints to the user, appropriate controls for different user inputs.Proficient
Forms follow conventions and best practices, and have also been refined to match the users' mental models, as well as reduced where possible to cut down on fatigue.Expert
Multiple approaches to the forms in the product have been tried and tested, with clear evidence for how the proposed forms are efficient, and match the users' needs, expectations, and mental models.See Also
Competencies
- Information Architecture Content Audit
- Leadership Design Report
- Usability Evaluation Heuristics
- Usability Evaluation Tree Testing
- Usability Evaluation Usability Testing
- Interaction Design Micro-interactions
- Visual Design Presentation Slides Design
- Writing Micro-copy
- Writing Macro-copy
- Writing Tone Consistency
Lessons
Resources
Articles
- Interface Writing: Code for Humans
- Microcopy: Tiny Words With A Huge UX Impact
- 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
- 5-Second Usability Test
- How to Run an Unmoderated Remote Usability Test
- Planning a Usability Test
- Running a Usability Test
- Usability 101
- How to Write an ‘About Me’ Page That Gets You Hired
Books
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Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott -
Don’t Make Me Think
by Steve Krug -
How to Make Sense of Any Mess
by Abby Covert -
Storytelling for User Experience
by Whitney Quesenbery, Kevin Brooks -
The Elements of Content Strategy
by Erin Kissane -
Writing Is Designing
by Michael J. Metts, Andy Welfle