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Forms and Applications

Forms and Applications. Web Design Professor Frank. Interactive Technologies. Dynamic interactions Prompt feedback Feedback in context. Interactive Transactions. Technologies. Add-on technologies – Flash, JavaScript Not as widely supported as HTML. Ajax.

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Forms and Applications

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  1. Forms and Applications Web Design Professor Frank

  2. Interactive Technologies • Dynamic interactions • Prompt feedback • Feedback in context

  3. Interactive Transactions

  4. Technologies • Add-on technologies – Flash, JavaScript • Not as widely supported as HTML

  5. Ajax • Ajax = Asynchronous JavaScript and xml • Relies on JavaScript • Content is hidden from search engines

  6. Ajax and Accessibility • Screen readers can’t always “read” dynamic content • Keyboard users might not recognize interface widgets • PDAs/cell phones – Not enough horsepower to run technologies

  7. New Accessibility Standards? • ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications • Accessible Flash – in future

  8. Designing Web Applications • Restraint • Simplicity

  9. Design Patterns • Recognizable patterns for interaction (ie drop-down menus) • Proven effective • Widely adopted

  10. Design Patterns

  11. Menus • Collect data in standard format • Select/drop-down • Radio buttons • Checkboxes

  12. Input Fields/Text Areas • Good for open-ended responses

  13. Guiding Interaction • Walk users through fields using instructions, labels, prompts, and design patterns, explaining what is expected and how the page works

  14. Field Labels • Explain information being requested • <label for> tag associates a label with its element using the “id” attribute

  15. Help and Instructions

  16. Default Text

  17. Provide Users Feedback

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