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

[Stacy Surla]

Chris, I know you are asking specifically about single vs multi column
layouts.  But you might want to also consider how often the online form will
be used and by whom.  If used on a regular basis by the same people, then a
more "form-like" form is appropriate (easy to enter massive amounts of data
repetitively).  If only used occasionally, then a more "interview-like"
approach would work (broken out into multiple pages and so on).  Either way,
the points on information design brought up by the other folks are
important.

~Stacy

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Stacy Surla
Information Architect, Content Management & Stewardship
R305/Information Management & Practice
The MITRE Corporation


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:58:24 -0500, Chris Daly <chrisdalynyc at gmail.com>
wrote:
...
> I read through the archives and found some nice comments about Form
> design - however I couldn't much research around form layout/design
> that pitted a single column format against multi-column format.
...