Good resources for web form design and usability

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Can anyone suggest good resources about web form design and usability for web applications?
Especially complex forms with 15+ fields etc.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 13 '11 at 14:38

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A List Apart has a great article on user interface design and sensible forms.

edited Jan 13 '11 at 14:38

Josh K

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answered Jan 13 '11 at 14:35

Robert Harvey

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '11 at 14:40

I was inspired by a list of 36 login forms to rethink how I went about my form design.

A touch of style goes a long way
You don't need to make them tiny, larger text is more readable
Simple and most importantly clear validation errors / messages

There is also a great article on 15+ best practices for form design on AdmixWeb.

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 13 '11 at 14:51

Anything by Luke Wroblewski and I would seriously recommend getting his book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks.

The link I posted to Luke's website contains all his writings, which is not focused just on form design. The following link is a collection of all the articles that deal with forms - 154 articles.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 13 '11 at 20:37

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In general some good reading.

SmashingMagazine Posts Tagged ‘usability’

And here comes some other post.

answered Jan 13 '11 at 20:37

Amir Rezaei

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Good resources for web form design and usability

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