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Re: research on location of submit buttons

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From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Apr 1, 2009 4:25PM

Indeed he does: Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks ( http://www.amazon.com/Web-Form-Design-Filling-Blanks/dp/1933820241/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&;amp;s=books&qid=1238620586&sr=1-1 )

Great book. My copy's at home right now; otherwise, Angela, I'd look up an answer for you.

Cliff

>>> ben morrison < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 4/1/2009 3:23 PM >>>
You could start here:

http://www.lukew.com/ff/about.asp

He also release a great book all about forms.

Ben

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I am hoping that someone can direct me to some definitive research that has
> been done about the best position of form action buttons (submit buttons) on
> a web page with a form. I am testing an application built by our
> development team and the submit buttons (multiple possible actions) in some
> cases, are NOT located at the bottom of the form. They are in the left hand
> column which also serves as the navigation area. "Ouch" you say? I know.
> Now I need some research to back up my suggestion that it be changed.
>
> Thanks for any links to studies/white papers written on this subject.
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
>
>