I'm with Caroline - Mint is disturbing! I was experimenting with error fields and after some debate decided to do it this way (granted this form is simple, sorry about the non-Englishness!): https://www.net-apotek.no/site/shop/register.html ... click on the 'register' button and all field labels with a problem turn red. There's also an error message at the top of the page for two reasons - firstly the field with an error may be below the fold so the user misses it, and secondly for accessibility particularly a screen reader user.
I just felt phrases like 'Name is required' are a bit pointless - it says 'Name', people know what a name is and if you didn't complete the field it was more likely that you missed it rather than misunderstood. Fields that require a bit of explanation or special requirements have the grey text under the label clarifying the info required. There were about 2 instances where we felt a customised error message would be better but we tried to keep things as simple as possible which definitely helps with maintenance and translation issues. There is a mistake on this page *blush* ... the asterisks next to the email and password fields shouldn't be there, they're left over from the previous error control method. This site has a sister B2B site which has more complicated forms and we'll be using this error message control style... *fingers crossed* for the user testing!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24099 ________________________________________________________________ *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
