I struggled a lot with yesterday’s form (the first form!) because I was constantly thinking that it wasn’t good enough: horizontal spacing? placeholder and help-text voice? more pre- and post-submission context? That’s a common problem when doing something simple. A tactic for moving forward is to have a “parking lot” to safely capture those thoughts and doubts without the obligation of representing them in the final product.

Inspiration and references

Form reflection

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Interruptions

  • What makes an effective placeholder versus help text?

  • Am I using consistent capitalization and grammar?

  • Double-checking matching name, id and aria-x attributes is difficult

Reflections

  • Better clarify the difference between an “interruption” and a “refinement”. Interruptions obviously become inspiration for refinements.

  • How could I better reference the form being reflected upon?