Forms vs. Applications

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:00:00 -0700

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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for September 19 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/forms.html
	
Summary:
Once an online form goes beyond two screenfulls, it's often a sign that
the underlying functionality is better supported by an application, which
offers a more interactive user experience.

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BusinessWeek: The Unwieldy Web

  > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_39/b3952418.htm

Another interesting BW feature:

  > http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/09/yahoo/index_01.htm

A rare good use of rollovers to display various experts' comments on
Yahoo's new homepage design while keeping the focus on the illustration.
This works because there's no need for mine-sweeping: the circled numbers
provide a clear perceived affordance of clickability.