Nobody likes filling out web forms, so a good form is one that can be completed quickly and easily. One feature that helps people do this, is the address finder that pre-populates the address fields using a postcode. If you do it well, adding an address finder will improve the user experience of your forms.
Positioning [...]
Tags: forms, quick tips
When you’re writing for the web, try to keep your sentences under 20 words in length. Your content will be easier to read this way. This is because it’s easier to read a few short sentences than it is to read one big one.
Write a long sentence first
It’s often quicker and easier to write the [...]
Tags: quick tips, web writing
In web design, we often automatically think of blind users when we talk about web accessibility. But a lot of disabled users are not blind. Some people will use a keyboard to navigate your site despite being able to see the screen. Unfortunately browsers aren’t that great at highlighting the link that is in focus.
Helping [...]
Tags: navigation, quick tips
There’s a few quick tips here but they’re all on site search so I’ve kept them together.
Provide a box not a link
If you want people to see your site search then don’t provide a ’search’ link on every page. Instead provide the search box itself. Your users are more likely to notice it, so it [...]
Tags: quick tips, search
When you include numbers on your website, use numerics rather than spelling out the word. It’s quicker for your user to digest. It also works better when the number is the main thing your user is looking for.
Try it out for yourself. Go to the Wikipedia page on Tigers and find the approximate number of [...]
Tags: quick tips, web writing
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