Some research about how users view pages and the conventions for designing sign-up forms

Posted: September 24th, 2011 | Author: amos | Filed under: information architecture, research | Tags: forms | No Comments »

How interface design issues affect how likely users are to fill out forms

Interesting articles describing the conventions popular sites use when it comes to sign-up forms.  Bear in mind that this data is based on the usage of 100 popular sites, which is a very small and limited data set.  But perhaps interesting nonetheless.

• Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms
• Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms, Part 2

How users scan web pages

And here’s a study of people’s eye motions while they view pages online:

• F-Shaped Pattern for Reading Web Content

 

And another study of whether or not people only view the stuff at the top of the web page “above the fold”:

• Scrolling and Attention

 

 

 

 

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