How to design great application forms
| Traditional forms | Other formats |
|---|---|
| Can be fairly easily compared because their style and size are fixed | Are more difficult to compare because their style and size are flexible |
| May suit situations where you expect large numbers of similar applications | May suit situations where you expect small numbers of highly variable applications |
| Attract and enable statistics-based reporting | Attract and enable qualitative analysis |
| Require fixed criteria | Allow for looser, "fuzzier" criteria |
| May suit situations where change mechanisms are well understood | May suit situations where there is uncertainty as to what works |