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[Rewind] Luke Wroblewski on Web Form Design

Ryan Coleman

2/12/10

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This week we’re looking back at an early VizThink podcast with Luke Wroblewski, Chief Design Architect at Yahoo! – this podcast specifically took a look at Luke’s (then) new book “Web Form Design”.

Between his current work at Yahoo! and past experience at eBay there’s a good chance you’ve all interacted with interfaces that Luke has designed, or had influence over at one point or another.  In Web Form Design, Luke Wroblewski shares his insights from his considerable experience at Yahoo! and eBay, and combines it with his own original research and the thoughts and ideas of other leading designers in the field. This ~45min podcast gives you a glimpse into the book that everyone who has to design or build user interfaces for the web should take note of.

Oh, and BTW – the discount code listed at the bottom of this post still works…

Podcast #12 – Luke Wroblewski on Web Form Design
Originally Posted on May 1, 2008

Today is the launch of Luke Wroblewski’s new book, Web Form Design. For a review of the book, check out our recent blog post. During the podcast, Luke answers a variety of questions such as:

• Why web form design is important
• If form design is everywhere and easy, why are there so many bad forms?
• What are some of the common mistakes web form designers make?
• What are the Top 3 tips for improving web forms?
• Why do good designers create bad forms?
• What is the disappearing form?
• How does web form design relate to visual thinking?

Check out the podcast with Luke here:

Hint: Use the Full Screen Button to see this video in greater detail.

Two versions of the book, print & digital ($36) and digital only ($19), go on sale this Thursday. Members of the visual thinking community are eligible for a 10% discount using the code FOVIZTHINK at the Rosenfeld Media website:

http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/

Buy one for yourself and be sure to buy one for your web designer too!

Liked this article? You may also enjoy:

1. • Podcast #12 – Luke Wroblewski on Web Form Design
2. • Web Form Design with Luke Wroblewski
3. • Visual Thinking through Interface Design
4. • OK/Cancel
5. • The Launch of VizThink!

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