Form design
Over at ajaxian.com I stumbled upon a link to Swapnonil Mukherjee’s blog and an interesting article about right aligning form labels. I seldom (never) do these kinds of tests but it is still good to see that other people actually think hard about these things. Designing good forms and applications is not as simple as making it look good.
I personally prefer right aligned text but I still think left aligned text is better looking. I really like his formulas for the the eye movement over the different form designs. It almost make me wonder if it is a joke.
The formula for the Left Aligned Form
X*N + ((N-1)*(SQRT of( X^2 + Y^2))
The formula for the Right Aligned Form
(X/2)*N + ((N-1)*(SQRT of( (X/2)^2 + Y^2))
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