By: Caroline Jarrett
Watching this work (and the comments) with great interest. I'm not a fan of drop-downs for dates of birth because of the mega-scroll problem, so it's good to know that you've seen similar issues in...
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Before you worry about how to ask for Date of Birth, just remember to first ask the question, do you have a legitimate business need to ask for a date of birth. So many forms ask for this information...
View ArticleBy: Jessica Enders
Dates are notoriously difficult, just like names. It's always the ones that look simple at first that turn out to be the biggest headaches! FWIW, mixing drop downs and a text field also has the...
View ArticleBy: Frankie Roberto
In reply to Joe Lanman. Hi Joe, You’re right that the pattern attribute on text inputs doesn't yet trigger the numbers-only keyboard on Android, but it does on iOS (I’ve not yet tested Windows Phone)....
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In reply to Joe Lanman. Well, with a little bit of CSS wizardry we can give the impression of a unified field but also benefit from them actually being separate, and some helpful placeholder text and...
View ArticleBy: Mark Pickering
Hello, I would be keen to know the results of usability testing against using the HTML 5 element than triggers the date-picker tool built in to Chrome and a majority of mobile/tablet devices.
View ArticleBy: Bennett McElwee
In reply to Joe Lanman. If leading zeros are optional, then why not indicate this in the example? For example: 31 8 1970 People who go as far as wondering whether leading zeros are necessary may well...
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In reply to Jakub. Hi - our latest guidance is here: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/dates#asking-for-memorable-dates The main change from this post, based on user research is that we use...
View ArticleBy: Lise Daoust
I don't see measuring errors as part of this testing of open text fields for DOB. Unless I'm missing it, it seems like the sole focus is time on task. I'd love to know what your real world experience...
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