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A Few 2009 Event Discounts
As the new year kicks off, I wanted to share a few upcoming events where I'll be speaking and teaching workshops. Many of these currently have discounted rates so if you are interested in going, now might be a good time to sign-up. WritersUA 2009 March 29 – April 1 2009 Seattle, Washington I'll be giving a presentation on User Assistance in Web Forms. The conference features over seventy topics from forty-five experts, project demonstrations, an exhibition of products and services, and m
Published on Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 by LukeW
Pathfinder Development » UXD
Category and UI changes on Pathfinder blogs
If you read one or more of the Pathfinder blogs in our web interface, you may have noticed some tweaks to our navigation and top-level categories. Our goal in making these changes was to help different audiences drill down to the specific content that interests them. Instead of just a few top-level categories, we now [...]
Published on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:50:45 -0600
Pathfinder Development » UXD
Receive 10% off Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski
Rosenfeld Media contacted me after I published my review of Luke Wroblewski's "Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks." They offered Agile Ajax readers 10% off "Web Form Design" or any other purchase at rosenfeldmedia.com. To redeem, simply enter the code PATHFINDER at checkout. Pathfinder is a software development firm. Hire us to build complex software [...]
Published on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:41:50 -0600
Functioning Form: Interface Design
Functioning Form: 2008 Retrospective
As 2008 comes to a close, I present a Functioning Form anniversary special: eight of 2008's public and personal favorites. For even further nostalgia, check out my seven favorites from 2007, six favorites from 2006, five from 2005, and four favorites from 2004. 2008 Favorites (the most popular articles this year) Sign Up Forms Must Die "I discuss alternative approaches to getting people engaged and interested in Web applications and services. Ways that don't require an explicit sign-up for
Published on Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0600 2008 by LukeW
Pathfinder Development » UXD
Book recommendation: Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Wroblewski
Usability and design guru Luke Wroblewski knows that web forms suck. More importantly, he knows why - and how to make them suck less. For the past few years, the Yahoo! product design exec has been presenting his ongoing research into the humble HTML form at conferences and on his blog, Functioning Form. I attended Wroblewski's [...]
Published on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:15:09 -0600
Forum One: User Experience & Design Blog
Weekly Reads (Week of December 26, 2008)
Weekly Reads (Week of December 26, 2008)
Published on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:24:13 -0600 by nospam@example.com (UxD Team)
Functioning Form: Interface Design
Event: Interaction 09 | Vancouver
On February 5-7, 2009 I'll be presenting a workshop and speaking at the Interaction 09 conference in Vancouver, BC Canada. This year's program looks great and I'm very happy to be part of it. On Thursday, February 5th, I'll be teaching a full day workshop on Web Form Design. This workshop was the top-rated session at last year's Web App Summit and I've updated it with material on just about every aspect of form design you could imagine including: form organization, rich interactions (with Aj
Published on Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0600 2008 by LukeW
Forum One: User Experience & Design Blog
Weekly Reads (Week of December 19, 2008)
Weekly Reads (Week of December 19, 2008)
Published on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:57:12 -0600 by nospam@example.com (UxD Team)
Functioning Form: Interface Design
Input Masks Design
Input masks integrate formatting cues directly into an input field to help signal how to correctly answer a question. These formatting instructions are automatically included in an input and cannot be removed by a user. More importantly, a user cannot enter other non-valid characters into the input field. Check out the demo at Masked Input Plugin (video below). When implementing input masks, it’s a good idea to surface the formatting right up front and not gradually reveal it as people
Published on Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0600 2008 by LukeW
Forum One: User Experience & Design Blog
Weekly Reads (Week of December 12, 2008)
Weekly Reads (Week of December 12, 2008)
Published on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:25:46 -0600 by nospam@example.com (UxD Team)
Forum One: User Experience & Design Blog
Tools for Selecting Color Schemes
Tools for Selecting Color Schemes