Best Practices for Hints and Validation in Web Forms
Our instinctive dislike for forms originates from having to fill out seemingly endless paper forms, many of which require a Master’s degree in Form Content Filling to understand and fill out correctly the first time. Unfortunately, in the offline world, getting some answer wrong would mean having to fill out the form in full and sending it again, usually days apart. Online, we have the opportunity to not only resubmit forms countless times, but also as web developers, we can provide people with much more relevant feedback at various stages of using a web form
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Best Practices for Hints and Validation in Web Forms
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