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UX Rule #1 - All HTML Form Control Elements Require Labels
For those of you who might not know, Control Elements are items inside a form that are intended for user interaction. The most common controls are checkboxes and radio buttons. A important UX Rule, that is often forgotten is to assign a label to every control element.
Lets take a look at facebook’s login form. You’ll notice there is a checkbox next to the “Remember me” text. What’s important to note here is that the “Remember me” text is set as a label to the checkbox in the HTML code. This allows a user to either check the checkbox or the “Remember me” label to toggle the checkbox. Try it out, and notice the convenience. Besides being a huge convenience, this is also an HTML standard.
Nice work Facebook! - It truly is the little things that make all the difference.
Now, lets take a look at GMAIL. The GMAIL login form has what looks like a label for “Remember me on this computer” but, if you try clicking on the text nothing happens. This is because Google decided not to use label tags.
For Frak’s Sake Google
