This year
Build forms with FormBuilder
by Spone
Forms are pretty much the heart of the web. Almost everything a user inputs is done through a form. So, when building forms in rails, you want to make the experience as easy for you as possible.
I know there's gems out there that tries to make your life easier to build forms (formtastic, simple_form, etc.) but did you know about ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder?
Let me take a simple signup form and show you how form builder can be used to easily customize a form.
2013
Progression.js
by Xavier Lacot
A jQuery plugin that gives users real time hints & progress updates as they complete forms
PHP Form Generator - ioDeck
by Krome & 1 other
Create & Manage All Your Forms (On Any Number Of Websites) From A Single Interface.
PHP Form Generator - ioDeck
by Spone & 1 other
Create & Manage All Your Forms (On Any Number Of Websites) From A Single Interface.
Parsley.js
by Spone
Javascript forms validation.
Powerful, UX aware & Dead simple.
Never write a single javascript line anymore to validate your forms FrontEnd. Parsley will do that for you and do it right, thanks to its powerful DOM-API !
2012
ivaynberg/select2
by Spone
Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results. Look and feel of Select2 is based on the excellent Chosen library.
2011
Redesigning the Country Selector - Baymard Institute
by Spone
During our recent checkout study we found several usability issues when using a drop-down for your country selector: a lack of overview, unclear sorting, scrolling issues, inconsistent UIs, a lack of context on mobile devices, and finally, they break the user's tab-flow.
So we took it upon ourselves to redesign the country selector.
Basic styling of `button` elements — result
by Spone
Well, button elements have historically been tricky to style, and though the situation is quite better now there are still a few quirks that need fixing. Here’s some boilerplate code that resets the browsers’ default styles for this element.
Chosen - a javascript plug-in for jQuery and Prototype - makes select boxes better
by ghis & 10 others
Chosen is a javsacript plug-in that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly. It is currently available in both jQuery and Prototype flavors.
