Radio-Controlled Web Design · An A List Apart Article
Turns out that the :checked pseudo-class selector allows you to do some clever interaction without JavaScript.
We’ve updated the radios and checkboxes on GOV.UK | GDS design notes
I always loved the way that Gov.uk styled their radio buttns and checkboxes with nice big visible labels, but it turns out that users never used the label area. And because it’s still so frickin’ hard to style native form elements, custom controls with generated content is the only way to go if you want nice big hit areas.
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SCALABLE: Save form data to localStorage and auto-complete on refresh
When I was in Amsterdam I was really impressed with the code that Rose was writing and I encouraged her to share it. Here it is: drop this script into a web page with a form to have its values automatically saved into local storage (and automatically loaded into the form if something goes wrong before the form is submitted).
Bring Focus to the First Form Field with an Error :: Aaron Gustafson
A handy little script from Aaron to improve the form validation experience.
The ‘Form’ Element Created the Modern Web. Was It a Big Mistake? | WIRED
Paul Ford:
The web was born to distribute information on computers, but the technology industry can never leave well enough alone. It needs to make everything into software. To the point that your internet browser is basically no longer a magical book of links but a virtual machine that can simulate a full-fledged computer.
Sentence Forms (not Mad Libs) | Adrian Roselli
Apparently the sentence forms that I kicked off with Huffduffer are making a comeback.
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