In addition to others' comments: Bryan is right on where he says 'place the message where people look for it'.
So where do people look for it? Answer: in two places: 1. at the top of the page (i.e. in the meat of the page, not in the page furniture such as the nav bars, title of the page etc) 2. next to the control that is in error. If you link the two together when you build your error page, then there's a quick way to get from one to the other. Best, Caroline Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01525 370379 Effortmark Ltd Usability - Forms - Content ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxim Soloviev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:26 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Form Validation : Hi, : : I'm looking for any advices/articles on form validation. : I tried to search on gamma.ixda.org, but found nothing there. : : 1. What is the preferable placement for error message for particular control? : 2. Any guidelines on error message text. Like what is better -- "This : field is required" or "Please enter your email"? : : Any additional information on subject is highly apreciated. : : Thank you. : -- : Maxim Soloviev : ________________________________________________________________ : *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* : February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA : Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ : : ________________________________________________________________ : Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! : To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe : List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines : List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help : This message has been comprehensively scanned for viruses, : please visit http://www.avg.power.net.uk/ for details. : : ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
