Garrett Dimon (www.garrettdimon.com) has the following to say on the subject of forms:
“There are many things worth investing time to develop and implement. Customising the look and feel of form fields is absolutely not one of them. This is especially true if the method involves JavaScript to change the appearance. Browser form fields may not be the prettiest things in the world, but people are used to and comfortable with them. It’s not surprising that the sites I come across with custom-designed forms often have significant usability problems.”
not my words!
ps. this site is great! I am still going through last years.
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Garrett Dimon (www.garrettdimon.com) has the following to say on the subject of forms:
“There are many things worth investing time to develop and implement. Customising the look and feel of form fields is absolutely not one of them. This is especially true if the method involves JavaScript to change the appearance. Browser form fields may not be the prettiest things in the world, but people are used to and comfortable with them. It’s not surprising that the sites I come across with custom-designed forms often have significant usability problems.”
not my words!
ps. this site is great! I am still going through last years.