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Tag: Form Design

  • USDA Invites You to Reimagine the National School Meals Program Application
    USDA Invites You to Reimagine the National School Meals Program Application
    USDA challenges others to redesign and reimagine the National School Meals Program Application.
  • Information Architecture
    Information Architecture Basics
    Information architecture (IA) focuses on organizing, structuring, and labeling content in an effective and sustainable way.  The goal is to help users find information and complete tasks. ...
  • Interaction Design
    Interaction Design Basics
    Interaction design focuses on creating engaging interfaces with well thought out behaviors. Understanding how users and technology communicate with each other is fundamental to this field....
  • User Interface Elements
    User Interface Elements
    When designing your interface, try to be consistent and predictable in your choice of interface elements. Whether they are aware of it or not, users have become familiar with elements...
  • Developing an Online Form
    Developing an Online Form
    Creating an online form can present developers with many challenges. This case study reviews how a paper-based form was taken through the usability engineering process to develop a...
  • Creating Usable Online Forms
    Creating Usable Online Forms
    Find out about the importance of aligning labels to fields in form design.