I ran into a funny problem today that had to do with the Autocomplete feature in Firefox. If I had autocomplete turned off on my computer it would have been very hard to debug this issue, but I quickly realized that autocomplete was the problem.

As a web user filling out a form tends to be a most dreaded activity. While forms will always be mundane to fill out, it is possible to create forms that don't drive the user crazy.

I'd like to challenge some common bad practices, and promote some best practices that are often ignored.

Brian Crescimanno recently published a form usability checklist on A List Apart. It's a great article that hits home some of my form pet peeves.

Memo to web developers building sites that accept credit card numbers:

Always, always set autocomplete="off" in the input tag.