Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

At 1/5/2010 06:19 AM, tee wrote: Was making a web form for a commercial software which clientele are mainly from EU countries, in the original form the order of the Country field. The order looks like this: address/street country state city zipcode Maybe I'd been making too many web forms for

RE: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

I'd look to the postal standards for countries that you're expecting to ship to. This Australia Post publication: http://www.auspost.com.au/correctaddress/adStand.pdf specifies formats, field lengths and type formats. It also refers to two Australian Standards for data formats: Australian

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Peter Hislop wrote: I'd look to the postal standards for countries that you're expecting to ship to. Paul, Thanks! Great tips! tee *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

Thanks. On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Elias Abunassar wrote: Try Luke Wroblewski http://visitmix.com/Articles/Web-Forms-for-People, Rosenfeld Media and Boxes Arrows. The above articles are about web form design – I am pretty familiar with that as I never able to stand ugly web form :)

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:38 PM, nedlud wrote: In terms of coding such a form, are you populating the state field with any information that depends on knowing what country the user is in? (or any other location dependant information in other fields?). If the answer is yes, then I'd say it's

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

Conduct research. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2010, at 9:19 AM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Was making a web form for a commercial software which clientele are mainly from EU countries, in the original form the order of the Country field. The order looks like this: address/street

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

On Jan 5, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Elias Abunassar wrote: Conduct research. Sent from my iPhone Please do not assume people don't do homework before they post :-) I did conduct research before I posted my message. Here are the problems: 1. I have difficulty to locate sites in different

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

I think this *is* a usability issue. How vital is it to have states available as a pull-down, rather than a simple text field? If the pull-down is non-negotiable, my suggestion would be to move the country choice to the top of the address section: I think that might be a little less

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

On Jan 5, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Elias Abunassar wrote: Conduct research. Sent from my iPhone Please do not assume people don't do homework before they post :-) Didn't assume anything. That was sent from my phone. Apologies. Try: http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/WebForms_LukeW.pdf

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

I agree with Andrew. I'd find it far less confusing to enter my country first, rather than in the middle of the address. (Personally, I also find having state before city very strange.) Lesley Andrew Maben wrote: I think this *is* a usability issue. How vital is it to have states

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

In terms of coding such a form, are you populating the state field with any information that depends on knowing what country the user is in? (or any other location dependant information in other fields?). If the answer is yes, then I'd say it's quite important to have the country field *before*

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

Try Luke Wroblewski http://visitmix.com/Articles/Web-Forms-for-People, Rosenfeld Mediahttp://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/and Boxes Arrows. Here's an example where Country comes before state: https://www.discovery.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm. Scroll down to Division then select Country. Hope