[IxDA Discuss] Form Validation

[Caroline Jarrett]

In addition to others' comments:

Bryan is right on where he says 'place the message where people look 
for it'.

So where do people look for it?

Answer: in two places:
1. at the top of the page (i.e. in the meat of the page, not in the 
page furniture such as the nav bars, title of the page etc)
2. next to the control that is in error.

If you link the two together when you build your error page, then 
there's a quick way to get from one to the other.

Best,
Caroline Jarrett
caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk
01525 370379

Effortmark Ltd
Usability - Forms - Content
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Form Validation


: Hi,
:
: I'm looking for any advices/articles on form validation.
: I tried to search on gamma.ixda.org, but found nothing there.
:
: 1. What is the preferable placement for error message for particular 
control?
: 2. Any guidelines on error message text. Like what is better --  
"This
: field is required" or "Please enter your email"?
:
: Any additional information on subject is highly apreciated.
:
: Thank you.
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