Try it for free

Test Run Blog

We are committed to a clear, fair blog.

« September 2008 | Main | January 2009 »

December 2008

Redesigning Test Run Forms...

I have been looking and admiring a lot of other web applications recently and have paid special attention to form design. Test Run's forms have gone through multiple iterations, but none of them are as simple as I would like them to be. I feel they require too much scrolling and they don't put the right emphasis on the right things. So I am in the process of redesigning Test Run's forms and would love to hear from customers what they think.

Before

Test Run Form (before)

After

Test Run Form (after)

Here is what I have done:

  • I have place summary and description up front because those are arguably the most important fields on the page.
  • I have devoted less space to the text format radio buttons and kept them closer to the textarea box that they control.
  • I have widened the summary and description fields so you can see more of what you are typing.

About Byrne Reese

A photograph of Byrne Reese

Byrne Reese is a product manager by day and an engineer by night.

He conceived of Test Run to help project managers like him stay up to date and informed of what his team was working on.