From: "Bob Sampson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :I think a major contributor to usability in fields like that are : watermarks in the textboxes to make them stand out more. Kind of like : the "Search Archives..." searchbox on this ixda site in the : rightnav. I think nowadays you can even dump the labels and put them : right in the textboxes. : : [Email ] [Password ] :
Not necessarily. I have seen users make repeated mistakes with watermarked fields. The 'empty box' is a very powerful thing on a web page and it says 'type into me'. A box with a hint text or label already in it is a box that already has input. I've often seen users fail to recognise that these boxes require input, and skip right over them to the next empty box. They aren't _quite_ as dangerous on pages where there are no empty boxes. But nearly - because users may then not recognise that there is anywhere to type on the page. Best, Caroline Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07990 570647 Effortmark Ltd Usability - Forms - Content We have moved. New address: 16 Heath Road Leighton Buzzard LU7 3AB ----- Original Message ----- ________________________________________________________________ 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
