David Lambert > > Interesting article from smashing.com: > > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/24/10-useful-usability- > findings-and-guidelines/ > > Topics: > > * Form Labels Work Best Above The Field
I'm getting really bored with seeing this piece of nonsense peddled again and again. It's not entirely untrue for a very short, very ordinary form like the one in this article. It's unlikely to be true for forms that have a bit more depth to them. See my article: "Label Placement in Forms": http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3507.asp And remember that users don't bail out of forms because they don't like where the labels are placed - they bail out because they don't like the questions they are being asked, because they consider the questions are intrusive, or because they don't know the answers. best Caroline Jarrett Author: "Forms that work: Designing web forms for usability" www.formsthatwork.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
