[WSG] Design of forms on web vs paper
I've been involved in a few debates about this question lately and would like to write an article summarising the different positions. It would be great if you could spend a few minutes emailing me or posting your personal position on the following query: As a matter of best practice, should forms on the web be designed to look like their paper equivalents? Why/why not? I recognise that this is a fairly open question but there are lots of different ways that one could come at this issue and I'm keen to hear about them all! Will send around a link to the article when done, for future reference. Thanks in anticipation, Jessica Enders Principal Formulate Information Design http://formulate.com.au Phone: (02) 6116 8765 Fax: (02) 8456 5916 PO Box 5108 Braddon ACT 2612 [Apologies if you get this email more than once - I'm casting a wide net] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Design of forms on web vs paper
As a matter of best practice, should forms on the web be designed to look like their paper equivalents? Why/why not? There's a fair bit of interpretation for that wording; but my high level response would be web pages should be designed as web pages. The question has a definite air of things people worry about when they are transitioning print skills to the online space. The obvious concept people tend to come around to is that print and the web are different; and both should be designed for their purpose and according to best practice for the medium. There should be consistent design cues, ie. use a similar colour scheme (print colours often don't translate directly to screen colours), use the same general branding and so forth. If you hold up the paper next to the screen, you should be able to tell they are from the same source, but they do not need to look exactly the same (in fact I think it's unlikely that making them look exactly the same would be a good idea). cheers, Ben -- --- http://weblog.200ok.com.au/ --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
[WSG] Design of forms on web vs paper
I've been involved in a few debates about this question lately and would like to write an article summarising the different positions. It would be great if you could spend a few minutes emailing me or posting your personal position on the following query: As a matter of best practice, should forms on the web be designed to look like their paper equivalents? Why/why not? I recognise that this is a fairly open question but there are lots of different ways that one could come at this issue and I'm keen to hear about them all! Will send around a link to the article when done, for future reference. Thanks in anticipation, Jessica Enders Principal Formulate Information Design http://formulate.com.au Phone: (02) 6116 8765 Fax: (02) 8456 5916 PO Box 5108 Braddon ACT 2612 [Apologies if you get this email more than once - I'm casting a wide net] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
