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In the past months I already dedicated several post about forms design and usability. In this post I want to share some simple tips useful to enrich your forms with various elements such as suggest messages, autosuggest feature instead of tag, simple check during data input and how to show hidden fields selecting a radio element option.

In the past months I already dedicated several post about forms design and usability. In this post I want to share some simple tips useful to enrich your forms with various elements such as suggest messages, autosuggest feature instead of tag, simple check during data input and how to show hidden fields selecting a radio element option.

Forms are the biggest areas of abandonment on the internet. Reason being they are boring, ask for too many personal details, and are only a step toward the end. However much of the internet is widely based around forms including everything from login to contact forms and online purchase to social networking comment forms. All in all the more satisfying forms you design and the easier they are for users to complete the better results you will see.

Forms are the backbone of the interactive web, but as a non-programmer, they've always been a bit troublesome. Being the lazy designer that I am, I always look for ways to make my life easier.