Chapter Eight. Forms
“An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.” | ||
| --JEF RASKIN, THE HUMANE INTERFACE: | ||
“The poor writer is a visible writer, and a poor interaction designer looms with a clumsily visible presence in his software.” | ||
| --ALAN COOPER, ABOUT FACE 2.0: THE ESSENTIALS OF INTERACTION DESIGN: | ||
Input forms—the web-based equivalent of traditional data-entry forms—capture information from your visitors. In fact, any time a visitor enters data in a shopping cart, answers an online questionnaire, or fills out a “contact us” page, he or she is using a form. Forms are the foundation upon which interactive elements such as text fields, check boxes, radio buttons, and Submit buttons are built.
For ...
Get Visual Design for the Modern Web now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
