Forgiving input format
The user needs to enter some data into a field and doesn’t want to worry about how the data is formatted.
Problem
The user needs to enter some data into a field and doesn’t want to worry about how the data is formatted.
Solution
It is possible that the user doesn’t exactly know how format the data. By accepting multiple formats and variations in the input fields, interpretation is left to the system rather than the user who is not forced to think about it in the “correct” way.
Use this to reduce the anxiety the user might have of entering information in an unsupported format and increase form completion
Use real-time search for suggesting the correctly formatted value. It is easy for the user to pick the correct value from a short list of options.
Problem
The user needs to enter some data into a field and doesn’t want to worry about how the data is formatted.
Solution
It is possible that the user doesn’t exactly know how format the data. By accepting multiple formats and variations in the input fields, interpretation is left to the system rather than the user who is not forced to think about it in the “correct” way.
Use this to reduce the anxiety the user might have of entering information in an unsupported format and increase form completion
Use real-time search for suggesting the correctly formatted value. It is easy for the user to pick the correct value from a short list of options.