IT163 unit 6 bd - Research Paper Example

Good Design Purpose One of the main purposes of designing a good web form for taking input or information from the users is the usability and collecting accurate information. If the web forms are not properly designed the users would irritate and hesitate to provide information, as they need to put more effort and time for filling out and submitting the forms. Moreover, the forms text / questions to be answered by the users should be precise in a way that the users can perceive the questions unambiguously and able to provide accurate information.

Moreover, it is equally important to validate the information received from the web forms, so that by any means if the user enters incorrect data / information, the web forms should inform the users by appropriate message box. There are many web forms available over the internet which represents the poor web form design. One of the worst web form design examples is available at the URL (http://www.jamesmansfield.id.au/aflpoor-form-design/). The form available at the given URL is regarding collecting personal information of a user like name, address, contact etc.

The size of the text fields is unnecessarily huge as well as the different text fields have different sizes. Moreover, the questions are not precise as to get name, the web form designer asks the ‘Initial’ which is not clear. Irrelevant and similar information / questions have been designed in the form, for instance, contact information has been designed in four different tables including the address (two times), five types of phone numbers, etc. (Mansfield, 2009). Comparatively, the web form available at the URL (www.gmail.com) for creating accounts in Gmail is simple and straight-forward.

ReferenceMansfield, J. (2009). Poor Form Design. Retrieved from: http://www.jamesmansfield.id.au/aflpoor-form-design/