Comments on: Some stuff about web forms http://blogs.n1zyy.com/trokair/2008/08/05/some-stuff-about-web-forms/ It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:23:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt http://blogs.n1zyy.com/trokair/2008/08/05/some-stuff-about-web-forms/#comment-193 Matt Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:54 +0000 http://blogs.n1zyy.com/trokair/?p=134#comment-193 Huh, something I never would have thought of. I find the top-aligned ones to be the most ambiguous, because in a long list, they start appearing sandwiched in between fields, and sometimes it almost looks like they can go to the one above it. I think I prefer the right-aligned ones, though: it's easy enough for me to read. (If they wrap, you can use a table with alternating background colors.) Huh, something I never would have thought of.

I find the top-aligned ones to be the most ambiguous, because in a long list, they start appearing sandwiched in between fields, and sometimes it almost looks like they can go to the one above it.

I think I prefer the right-aligned ones, though: it’s easy enough for me to read. (If they wrap, you can use a table with alternating background colors.)

]]> By: Andrew Wirtanen http://blogs.n1zyy.com/trokair/2008/08/05/some-stuff-about-web-forms/#comment-192 Andrew Wirtanen Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:22:06 +0000 http://blogs.n1zyy.com/trokair/?p=134#comment-192 Ah, the magical colon mysteriously appears in the last image. I haven't read Luke's book, but I saw his recent article in Interactions. Does he have any comments on colons? Ah, the magical colon mysteriously appears in the last image. I haven’t read Luke’s book, but I saw his recent article in Interactions. Does he have any comments on colons?

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