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Information is outdated for current day, when most users are filling forms on "tiny" mobile screens. Now you need to consider mobile keyboards covering good por
by butz 4y ago
Information is outdated for current day, when most users are filling forms on "tiny" mobile screens. Now you need to consider mobile keyboards covering good portion of screen, so any additional information still should be visible and not covered by keyboard. And don't forget about auto-fill, which really can save time to fill out standard forms.
- memco 4y agoI wouldn’t say it’s irrelevant but it does change the equation: when that article came out designing for 1024x768 or lower resolution was commonplace. Real-estate was at a premium but the extra width of a 1024 pixel display meant that there was a little more room for side-by-side placement of elements that would probably have vertically stacked before. There wasn’t a ton of room to work with so the guidelines were still predicated on knowing your users and their requirements.