Working towards Usable Forms on the World Wide Web: Optimizing Date Entry Input Fields | Zendy

Javier A. Bargas-Avila | Zendy; Olivia Brenzikofer | Zendy; Alexandre N. Tuch | Zendy; Sandra P. Roth | Zendy; Klaus Opwis | Zendy

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Working towards Usable Forms on the World Wide Web: Optimizing Date Entry Input Fields

Author(s) -

Javier A. Bargas-Avila,

Olivia Brenzikofer,

Alexandre N. Tuch,

Sandra P. Roth,

Klaus Opwis

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

advances in human-computer interaction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1687-5907

pISSN - 1687-5893

DOI - 10.1155/2011/202701

Subject(s) - usable , computer science , field (mathematics) , world wide web , web application , multimedia , mathematics , pure mathematics

When an interactive form in the world wide web requires users to fill in exact dates, this can be implemented in several ways. This paper discusses an empirical online study with n = 172 participants which compared six different versions to design input fields for date entries. The results revealed that using a drop-down menu is best when format errors must be avoided, whereas using only one input field and placing the format requirements left or inside the text box led to faster completion time and higher user satisfaction

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