Jon Hartmann

UX Rule: Fixed Content Width

• October 7, 2009 1:56 PM
• User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface Design
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When you're laying out a site, one of the most basic questions you can ask is "Do we make this liquid or fixed width?" Do you let your site fill the user's browser, or do you hold it to a single fixed width? It's a good question, but let me make a suggestion, nay, let me suggestion a rule: Always use a fixed width for your content.

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UX Rules: Four Rules for Form Controls

• February 20, 2009 12:46 PM
• User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface Design
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Time again for another user experience rule, and this time I couldn't stop at just one. I've got four rules for you about forms; one of the most daunting aspects of UX design. You can save yourself some trouble with the following rules:

Rule 2: Ditch the Reset button.

Rule 3: Make your Cancel button look like a link, or make it visually washed out compared to your Submit button.

Rule 4: Make sure that there is at least a 2em distance between your Submit and your Cancel buttons.

Rule 5: Submit on the left, Cancel on the right.

Read more to see my reasonings and an example.

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