> Its the 'vertical wizard' pattern.
Hehe! In your > view, if someone was actually entering text in to this.. is it really > so bad? whats the fundamental interaction flaw? Great question. Basically, it completely fails to set clear expectations for users. You arrive at the page and are immediately tricked into believing the form is comprised of only a few radio buttons. As you choose Yes to the initial three questions, the form grows, and as you check more checkboxes, it keeps growing. So what appears to be a very simple form quickly turns into a major time-sucker. Also, it doesn't explain what kinds of information you need to have handy to answer the questions. Odds are, you won't know policy numbers and effective dates and such off the top of their heads, so you start filling out the form and find yourself needing to go dig stuff out of a filing cabinet somewhere. As you progress, you may need to make several more trips to the filing cabinet. Because everything is hidden by default, you have no idea what you're getting into. It doesn't offer the slightest clue about how much work is left to complete the process. Anyone else have some thoughts on this? -r- ________________________________________________________________ *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
