I should clarify that the recommendation, I wrote, was for data processing application, where pretty much the same forms are used all day long, not for casual web registration forms.
Ah, context... Still interested in usability results. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Oleh Kovalchuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hello Hugh, > > It depends on the task: > > If primary task is filling new form field after field from linear data > stream (copying data from paper form, for example), choose single column > layout (with labels on top). > > If form processing is non-linear (as in editing partially filled forms) or > copying data from a source with a different data flow from online form, > choose layout with multiple columns to increase information density/reduce > information hunting. You might also consider three column layout, if data > presented is uniform (multiple date fields, for example). > > If data comparison is important (as in Yohan's examples), present data in > tables. > > I am very much interested in the results of your usability study, by the > way. > > -- > Oleh Kovalchuke > Interaction Design is design of time > http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm > > ________________________________________________________________ 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
