UI Pattern: Natural Language Form
I only just found this article about those “mad libs” style forms that I started with Huffduffer.
I only just found this article about those “mad libs” style forms that I started with Huffduffer.
Apparently the sentence forms that I kicked off with Huffduffer are making a comeback.
I was chatting with Rachel at work the other day about conversational forms, and I mentioned that I kicked that whole thing off with the mad libs style form on Huffduffer. Here’s the research that Luke later did on whether this style of form could increase conversion.
A look at how Huffduffer-style forms might improve “conversion”.
Whatever. Let’s face it: it’s just quite nice when a form isn’t just your typical form (which this article makes a good point of mentioning):
Where the traditional sign up form is a regular, everyday brown cow, the mad lib form is a purple cow - a shiny object. We’re naturally easily distracted by, and drawn to, what’s new or out of the ordinary! Take advantage of that.
A nice Huffduffer-style mad libs form gives this registration form a friendly quality.
A rip-o...— I mean, another form inspired by Huffduffer.
An interesting proposal for a Huffduffer-style mad-libs ad-posting form for Craigslist.
Another Huffduffer-style sign-up form, this time from the good folks at Automattic. Very cute.
Nice Huffduffer-style contact form.
This huffdufferesque fill-in-the-blank dry-erase toy teaches your child how to write letters from _____.