October 2006
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 55m
English
Client-side validation in web-based forms is an interaction designer’s dream. It is a great way to inform users of their progress as they are using the form, rather than letting them get to the very end, only to discover they have a bunch of fields that must be updated with valid information. The problem here is that all forms are different, and what is valid in one may not be valid in another. If the forms are from different websites, we could just forget about finding any consistencies. This may not be incredibly surprising information and may seem like a battle not worth fighting, but if more developers were to use client-side validation, the Web would be a more form-friendly environment. Users would never ...
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