7. Modal pop up
Information on the background should be visible
Overlay should be movable
Have a titlebar
Have a close button & handle Esc
Pop up size is between 1/4 and 1/3 of existing window size
17. Super wide tables
Organize most important
columns to the left
Experiment with frozen columns
Limited # of columns in default
view
Offer column resize
Offer columns rearrange
Group editable cells with editable
& vice versa
Don’t abbreviate
Try out fat rows
Summary row = readability
Continuous scrolling
30. Sign up titles: {Create account (17%), Register (18%), Join (18%), Sign up
(40%), Start here (2%), Other (5%)}
Hints: {Static (57%), Dynamic (10%), No (33%)}; underneath (57%), top
(13%), left (4%), right (26%)
Dynamic validation
30% display only an error message on top (no input fields highlighted)
29% highlight input fields with corresponding message inline (no message on
top)
22% use realtime AJAX validation
14% use Javascript error warning
1% other
Confirm email {Yes (18%), No (82%)} Confirm password {Yes (72%), No
(28%)}
Alignment of Submit button {left (58%), right (16%), center (26%)}
31. 41% of the forms provide benefits of the registration
11% inform the visitors how much time is required
54% requires at most 5 input fields, 34% requires 6-8 fields
62% had no optional fields at all
Communication
24% use conversational talk like "What's your name?" or "Your
e-mail, please …"
38% both Formal ("Your name" or "Confirm password)" &
System talk ("Login", "User name")
84% forms do not have any hover, active or focus-effects
Captcha {do not use (52%), 39% cannot refresh captcha
without complete page refresh}