November 15, 2010 6:30 PM - 30 attended

Usable Forms

Myjive (at NC Music Factory) (map)

Selected By: Bermon Painter

Forms are necessary for meaningful interaction on the Web. How can you create the best possible user experience with your Web forms?


  • What information do you really need?
  • Asking Questions: Be polite, be grammatical, be brief!
  • Suggestions for Copy
  • Selecting the Right Form Elements: Radio buttons or drop downs? Or neither?
  • Layout: Patterns to avoid, patterns to embrace
  • Necessary Evils: Registration, Required Fields, CAPTCHAs

  • Henry
    Henry

    Will you be discussing input controls?

    Posted November 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
  • Diona Kidd
    Diona Kidd

    Henry, great question. What are you looking for in regards to input controls?

    Posted November 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM
  • Tessa Harmon
    Tessa Harmon

    @Henry, I will be discussing how to choose the most appropriate form element (including input controls), and also validation and required fields. Anything else you'd like me to cover, specifically?

    Posted November 10, 2010 at 11:11 AM
  • Lynn Marentette
    Lynn Marentette

    I'd like information useful to "low-tech" folks who need to make decisions about on-line forms for their employees to use.

    Posted November 11, 2010 at 8:53 AM
  • Tessa Harmon
    Tessa Harmon

    @Lynn Are you talking about, for example, data entry forms for employees? I do have some recommendations for that in my talk.

    Posted November 14, 2010 at 4:17 PM
  • Henry
    Henry

    @Diona Thanks. I specialize in developing web forms in the transportation and logistics fields. I integrate dynamic maps where key data is made available in the forms for calculating costs, time, etc. and will be eager to learn what you and others prefer to use in form design and usage. Look forward to see you tomorrow.

    Posted November 14, 2010 at 5:17 PM
  • Tessa Harmon
    Tessa Harmon

    Just wanted to let everyone know that my slides from last night are up on SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/tessaharmon/usable-forms

    Thanks for coming out! I enjoyed chatting with you all!

    Posted November 16, 2010 at 10:46 AM
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30 attended
5.00 5.0011 (11 ratings)
  • Event Host
    Bermon Painter
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  • Event Host
    Tessa Harmon
    Lovely Creative Lady - Panel Member
  • James Stewart Jr
    Informational, useful, and immediately applicable.
  • Laura Mitchell
    Thanks, Tessa! Great meeting you! Great info, resources and discussion. Thanks also to Bermon and MyJive.
  • Brad E.
    Tessa's thoughts were so clear last night, that I can tell this form has a badly placed "required" statement! :) Great discussions.
  • Natasha
    Lovely Creative Lady - Panel Member
    It was interesting to hear about making forms more user friendly, especially being a designer. Now I feel like when I am designing a form I can provide a better visual process for form pages.
    Checked-in
  • Matt McGlothlin
    Pure awesomesauce. Tessa has intimate knowledge of the meetup subject. I learned some best practices that we will be implementing in our forms from here on out. Great presentation
  • Joshua Mauldin
    Awesome time, appreciated the warm welcome and great conversation.
  • Gordon Cantor
    This was my first meeting and I really enjoyed the Usable Forms presentation and the great interaction among developers and designers. The presenter, Tess, did a great job! My thanks to all those involved! Sincerely, Gordon Cantor [masked] CF/Flex/SQL Developer
  • Robin Kunde
    great presentation and post discussion
  • Angela Porter
    Sponsor - Ettain Group
  • Jamie Keane
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