Week 7 Reading Response

Asking for too much data is bad. For example, have you ever been on the web filling out some papers for an account your trying to make at some random website, when it ask you for a lot of info. People tend to sway away from websites that tend to ask for too much data. This is a bad case for the user because he/she will have to fill this long info sheet out which turns more into a project.

Theres three down sides to asking for too much info. It keeps the web designer from receiving real data from the user due to the length of the paper. When asking for too much info, a lot less forms are turned in. When a web site ask for too much info, it makes the web designers look bad.

Showing the value of what your going to receive in exchange of the info is the proper way to do this. Tell the audience exactly what they're gonna get. Don't leave them hanging and wondering why they are filling this form out. State the value of the form right away!

http://www.n-etiquette.com/website.htm

http://www.pixelmedia.com/blog/face-it-your-web-form-is-too-long/

http://www.usabilitypost.com/2008/10/21/does-your-website-suffer-from-these-7-usability-mistakes/