[Sigia-l] Multi column forms in web based applications

[Taylor, Brett]

Grouping is good, but you could also consider have a multi page form,
step 1,2,3 so you can have smaller chunks of information. If a user sees
50+ fields they may be a bit overwhelmed 


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Chris Daly:

> multi column format that saves page length

No matter what you do, 50+ fields will require vertical scrolling. Once
you accept that scrolling is inevitable, then there's no such thing as a
"page"
on the web. You can scroll down as much as necessary. Unless the fields
can be grouped under some unambiguous, cognitively convenient
categories, don't bother squeezing them horizontally. You can always
group them visually and spatially on the same "page". That said, 50+is a
lot of fields to fill in, however you group them.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 


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