Better use of form controls

In this week’s Design and Usability Tactics newsletter, author Michael Meadhra adds his voice to the general call for better use of form controls, and elaborates on a few of Jakob Nielsen’s usage suggestions.

Can you think of examples of misused check boxes and radio buttons that make a form confusing and hard to use? What other form controls do designers sometimes misuse? Do you have other guidelines to suggest for the successful use of form controls? Let us know.

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