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Design for
the Web
Poplar, Feb '13
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Peter Gasston
@stopsatgreen
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Creative Technologist
rehabstudio.com
(almost)
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1. HTML5 Forms
2. 3 Good Reasons
3. Advice
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HTML5 Forms
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HTML5 Forms
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HTML5 Forms
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Forms are the focal
point of most of the
user's interaction
with your website.
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1. Relationship
2. Conversation
3. Appearance
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/08/extensive-guide-web-form-usability/
Form Usability
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Text inputs
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Number inputs
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Date inputs
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Outputs
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Constraint
Validation
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Required fields
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Pattern
Matching
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Pattern matching
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Limit
Matching
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Limit matching
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CSS for Form
Validation
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UI State Pseudo-classes
:required || :optional
:valid || :invalid
:in-range || :out-of-range
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JavaScript
for Form
Validation
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Constraint Validation API
el.willValidate
el.checkValidity()
el.validity
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Constraint Validation Events
el.addEventListener('invalid',foo);
el.setCustomValidity('PLOP');
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Enough about
bloody forms
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Working on
the Web
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It is your
It is your
patriotic
patriotic duty
duty
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Sharing =
innovation
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The adjacent
possible
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The fruits of
hard-earned
experience
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Be empathetic
and subjective
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Neither your opinion of
what users should think,
nor my opinion of what
users should think, matters
as much as what users
actually do think. Be a
scientist, not a priest.
- Mark Shuttleworth
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Be an
idealistic
pragmatist
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Never try to discourage
thinking, for you are sure
to succeed.
- Bertrand Russell
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Be confident in
your knowledge
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http://xkcd.com/386/
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Be willing
to learn
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Be unsatisfied
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Be involved
in everything
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Be a
communicator
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Be an
archivist
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Be professional
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Fin.