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1 year ago
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2 years ago
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Quickie one today!
I wanted to touch on the importance of same page interactions. We have reached a point where technically, this is possible, and should be implemented (in my opinion) as standard practice. It used to be that when filling out a form on the web, or when editing photos or other information, you were taken to an edit page, then a confirmation page, and then, maybe, back to your original content. This works… however it is very painstaking and tedious to the user.
Enter same page interactions. By keeping the simple interactions such as editing, upload, and filling out forms on one page, it not only decreases the user’s risk of abandonment, but it makes for an easier and better user experience. Flickr is one of the better proponents of this idea. When you are viewing your photostream in flickr, you simply have to click on the description, and you can edit it in place without being taking to a different ‘edit’ page.
Once you click, a text box appears with your edit controls.
This is ideal, because you can do all your editing without being kicked around the whole site. This can be implemented for uploading, text editing, forms, tagging, and hopefully, maybe even blogging.
This is a great feature and it’s one I plan on implementing every chance i get. Like i said quicky today, but hope it was worth it.
