Research Article
Working towards Usable Forms on the World Wide Web: Optimizing Date Entry Input Fields
Table 4
Performance overview of the six versions.
| | Avoid wrong format | Avoid wrong date | Time efficiency | User satisfaction |
| Version 1 (separate) |
0
|
+
|
0
|
0
| Version 2 (drop-down) |
+
|
+
|
−
|
0
| Version 3 (left) |
0
|
+
|
+
|
+
| Version 4 (inside, permanent) |
0
|
+
|
0
|
−
| Version 5 (inside) |
−
|
+
|
+
|
+
| Version 6 (calendar) |
+
|
−
|
−
|
0
|
|
|