Comments on: Design detail: Form field input prompts http://www.volkside.com/2009/03/design-detail-input-prompt/ Interaction and Information Design, User Experience and Usability | Melbourne, Australia Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mattias http://www.volkside.com/2009/03/design-detail-input-prompt/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mattias Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:17:16 +0000 http://www.volkside.com/?p=263#comment-5 I wonder if "" is better than "Your email address" etc? This clarifies that this text will be cleared upon clicking it, otherwise I think the text might be . I even wonder of "Your" can be left out, as the icons together with the text "email address" are quite self explanatory and a bit cleaner. After all these types of fields are now becoming more common and therefore I believe that there exists a common knowledge by web users that you input your own name (is it called semiotics or icons?). What do you think? I also think that there should be information regarding which fields are mandatory, since I got an error message when I did not fill in my email address and my comment was cleared when I returned to this page. This can be done by either writing "*mandatory field" in red or other warning color after failure to complete the form correctly and/or an "*" next to "Your email address" and "* mandatory field" at the bottom, especially so that people do not refrain from commenting due to the belief that the have to input a wab page even though they don't have one. Also, it should be possible to correct ones misstakes, in other words, not lose the information like it currently is set up. Keep up the good work! Best regards, Mattias I wonder if “” is better than “Your email address” etc? This clarifies that this text will be cleared upon clicking it, otherwise I think the text might be . I even wonder of “Your” can be left out, as the icons together with the text “email address” are quite self explanatory and a bit cleaner. After all these types of fields are now becoming more common and therefore I believe that there exists a common knowledge by web users that you input your own name (is it called semiotics or icons?). What do you think?

I also think that there should be information regarding which fields are mandatory, since I got an error message when I did not fill in my email address and my comment was cleared when I returned to this page. This can be done by either writing “*mandatory field” in red or other warning color after failure to complete the form correctly and/or an “*” next to “Your email address” and “* mandatory field” at the bottom, especially so that people do not refrain from commenting due to the belief that the have to input a wab page even though they don’t have one. Also, it should be possible to correct ones misstakes, in other words, not lose the information like it currently is set up.

Keep up the good work!

Best regards,
Mattias

]]> By: Jussi http://www.volkside.com/2009/03/design-detail-input-prompt/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jussi Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:39:27 +0000 http://www.volkside.com/?p=263#comment-4 Hi Dave, all good, thanks for the feedback! I have implemented most of your suggestions, have a look at the <a href="http://www.volkside.com/contact/" title="Contact us" rel="nofollow">contact information page</a> and force page reload by hitting Ctrl+F5 (Internet Explorer on Windows), Ctrl+Shift+R (Firefox on Windows), Cmd+Shift+R (Firefox on Mac) or Cmd+R (Safari on Mac). For the rest of the readers: ESL stands for "English as a Second Language" – it's almost as user-friendly as LOTE ("Languages other than English") :) Cheers, Jussi Hi Dave,

all good, thanks for the feedback! I have implemented most of your suggestions, have a look at the contact information page and force page reload by hitting Ctrl+F5 (Internet Explorer on Windows), Ctrl+Shift+R (Firefox on Windows), Cmd+Shift+R (Firefox on Mac) or Cmd+R (Safari on Mac).

For the rest of the readers: ESL stands for “English as a Second Language” – it’s almost as user-friendly as LOTE (“Languages other than English”) :)

Cheers, Jussi

]]> By: David Becker http://www.volkside.com/2009/03/design-detail-input-prompt/comment-page-1/#comment-3 David Becker Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:14:26 +0000 http://www.volkside.com/?p=263#comment-3 Hey Jussi, hows it going? I recon it could be imporved as follows: Increase the contrast between the text and the background colour and make the icons (for mail, name and message) the sam colour as the instruction text Instead of "What do you have in mind?" which, as an english language expression, may present a barrier to ESL people, instead give an instruction like "Type your message here" or just "Your message" cheers Dave Hey Jussi, hows it going? I recon it could be imporved as follows:

Increase the contrast between the text and the background colour and make the icons (for mail, name and message) the sam colour as the instruction text

Instead of “What do you have in mind?” which, as an english language expression, may present a barrier to ESL people, instead give an instruction like “Type your message here” or just “Your message”

cheers

Dave

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