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LukeW | Dropdowns Should be the UI of Last Resort

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All too often mobile forms make use of dropdown menus for input when simpler or more appropriate controls would work better. Here's several alternatives to drop...

All too often mobile forms make use of dropdown menus for input when simpler or more appropriate controls would work better. Here's several alternatives to dropdowns to consider in your designs and why. Expectations impact conversion No one likes filling in forms. And the longer or more complicated a form seems, the less likely we are to jump in and start filling in the blanks -especially on small screens with imprecise inputs (like our fingers). While there's two extra fields in the "painful" version above, the primary difference between these two flight booking forms is how they ask question

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