These articles are great -- thanks for sharing!<br><br>One idea for a good follow-up article is on how profiles are managed after they are setup.<br><br>One example of bad usability design on a User Profile page is Yahoo's Account Information page. While most of it is managed nicely, try figuring out how to change your formal name (the one that gets passed down and displayed on Yahoo Instant Messenger clients). <br>
<br>The first challenge is locating the Yahoo Account Information page -- starting from Yahoo.com. Once you've found the page, try changing the first line for your Name. <br><br>It's not straight forward -- after 10-20 minutes of searching, I discovered it was replicated in the Email Information. On a Laptop with 800x600 res, the Email Information has to be scrolled into view. Editing the Email Information changes the Yahoo ID "Name" and Email Information "Name". Hmmmm.... If only there was an '[edit]' link next to the Name. <br>
<br>=Dan=<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Andrew Jaswa <<a href="mailto:ajaswa@gmail.com">ajaswa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
For those of you who aren't on the RUX list:<br>
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Smashing Mag. has 2 really good articles about form design:<br>
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<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/04/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms/" target="_blank">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/04/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms/</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/08/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms-part-2/" target="_blank">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/08/web-form-design-patterns-sign-up-forms-part-2/</a><br>
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Go forth and read!<br>
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