Making it easier.
WHAT TO REMOVE
Every field you do not act on.
WHAT TO PRE-FILL
Anything you already know Sensible defaults
WHAT TO DERIVE
Anything computable from something else.
WHAT TO ENABLE
Browser autofill, by using standard field naming.
WHY
It saves substantial effort, and people rely on it.
WHAT TO SET ON MOBILE
Appropriate keyboard types Autocapitalisation off where it is wrong
THAT LAST POINT
Automatic capitalisation on an email field is a constant irritation.
WHAT TO ALLOW
Pasting, everywhere.
WHY
Blocking paste in a password or reference field prevents password managers and causes errors.
WHAT TO SPLIT
Long forms into steps, with progress shown.
WHAT TO SAVE
Progress, on anything long.
WHAT TO AVOID
Asking the same thing twice Requiring registration before a task can begin Timeouts that discard work
