Be liberal in what you accept and conservative in what you send, which for interfaces means accepting messy input and returning clean output.
LAW·012Law · Robustness
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validation
Entries tagged validation, drawn from across the library. Tags cut through the section structure, which is where most of the useful connections are.
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Better than a good error message is a design in which the error cannot occur.
HEUR·005Heuristic · Nielsen heuristics
Restricting what is possible is the cheapest way to prevent an entire class of error.
PRIN·009Principle · Interaction
Checking input at the right moment, which is rarely while the user is still typing.
PAT·007Pattern · Forms
Free-form entry, where the label, the hint and the error placement do most of the work.
CMP·003Component · Forms
Errors must be identified in text, described specifically, and accompanied by a suggested fix where one is known.
A11Y·016Accessibility · Understandable
A review pass for any form, covering structure, labelling, validation, errors and accessibility.
CHK·001Checklist · Forms