#I drew this in like 10 mins on a website on my phone and COULD NOT for the LIFE OF ME get a bg without covering him completely up

[riorangedeezguts]

okay that's enough. *unrios your ranger.*

Look what you've done

[xbreezymeadowsx]

200 Questions

No one asked me to do it but I made @sharpiewashere do it so it’s only fair I suffer through, too.

200: My crush’s name is: Zach because husband but also... Tommy motherfuckin’ Flanagan

199: I was born in: New Hampshire

198: I am really: horny and annoyed

197: My cellphone company is: Verizon

196: My eye color is: Brown

195: My shoe size is: like 10.5W I think.

194: My ring size is: I think it’s a 9.

193: My height is: 5’ 3”

192: I am allergic to: cats and crop dust

191: My 1st car was: old ass shitty Jeep Grand Cherokee

190: My 1st job was: at a stand in a city mall where we had an inflatable slide and two bounces houses and served sno cones, smoothies, and novelty ice creams

189: Last book you read: Fangs by Sarah Andersen

188: My bed is: fuckin’ broken and uncomfortable and clearly not big enough for myself and my bedhog husband.

187: My pet: 1 old black cat.

186: My best friend: Yuki (that bitch is my best best best friend and I miss her to pieces)

185: My favorite shampoo is: Garnier Whole Blends: Honey Treasures

184: Xbox or ps3: Fuck both. Switch.

183: Piggy banks are: cute

182: In my pockets: nada at the moment

181: On my calendar: is scribbles from my kid

180: Marriage is: Don’t marry a redneck!

179: Spongebob can: stop. Give me the early Bob but that’s it.

178: My mom: loves Unicorns

177: The last three songs I bought were? Wap metal version, Room with a Zoo, Shoop

176: Last YouTube video watched: GabSmolders playing Control

175: How many cousins do you have? technically only 2 by blood and actual familial connections. 6 if you count some others. 9 if you count step-cousins.

174: Do you have any siblings? 1 big Seester!

173: Are your parents divorced? Yeah

172: Are you taller than your mom? Maybe? IDK, we’re both shorties

171: Do you play an instrument? sadly, no.

170: What did you do yesterday? Slept and worked

[ I Believe In ]

169: Love at first sight: yes

168: Luck: yes

167: Fate: yes

166: Yourself: HA, you’re funny.

165: Aliens: no

164: Heaven: these are...

163: Hell: ... kinda loaded...

162: God: ... questions

161: Horoscopes: maybe

160: Soul mates: yes

159: Ghosts: yes

158: Gay Marriage: yes

157: War: yes

156: Orbs: yes

155: Magic: yes

[ This or That ]

154: Hugs or Kisses: hugs

153: Drunk or High: unfortunately neither.

152: Phone or Online: online

151: Red heads or Black haired: black

150: Blondes or Brunettes: brunette

149: Hot or cold: cold

148: Summer or winter: winter

147: Autumn or Spring: autumn

146: Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate

145: Night or Day: night

144: Oranges or Apples: apples

143: Curly or Straight hair: straight

142: McDonalds or Burger King: McD’s outta these choices but I’d take Steak’N’Shake over either.

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: Milk and Dark.

140: Mac or PC: PC

139: Flip flops or high heals: flip flops

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: Zach can be sweet (he certainly isn’t ugly to look at) and we’re definitely on the poor side.

137: Coke or Pepsi: Pepsi (anybody remember Pepsi Twist? That was the best!)

136: Hillary or Obama: Obama

135: Buried or cremated: Buried I guess. Though, if I’m cremated, my ashes need to be spread in one place and no separating them.

134: Singing or Dancing: singing

133: Coach or Chanel: I am a redneck, these things don’t mean anything to me.

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: who?

131: Small town or Big city: small town

130: Wal-Mart or Target: Either? I shop Wal-Mart all the time out of convenience but I do like Target

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: I am overall not a fan of either barring a select couple movies (like Heavyweights and Little Nicky)

128: Manicure or Pedicure: no thanks.

127: East Coast or West Coast: east coast

126: Your Birthday or Christmas: Christmas

125: Chocolate or Flowers: chocolate

124: Disney or Six Flags: Can I go to a Zoo instead?

123: Yankees or Red Sox: I’ll say Sox because New England but I don’t particularly care for baseball.

[ Here’s What I Think About ]

122: War: there’s a time and place

121: George Bush: he’s an idiot?

120: Gay Marriage: yay!

119: The presidential election: tearing families apart because people are stupid and vote for Trump

118: Abortion: this is a bit of a grey area for me. While I firmly believe in “my body, my choice”, I do not accept that argument if you are constantly getting them as if it is a form of birth control. Use proper contraceptives you slut.

117: MySpace: does that even exist anymore?

116: Reality TV: certain ones can assume me.

115: Parents: love them even when you don’t like them.

114: Back stabbers: pussies.

113: Ebay: never used it

112: Facebook: is reserved for pictures of kids, pets, funny videos and memes, and gifs.

111: Work: shitty... literally

110: My Neighbors: I’m just glad they aren’t the cousin-fuckers or the Methicans anymore.

109: Gas Prices: it takes like 20 bucks to fill my tiny car gas tank so whatever.

108: Designer Clothes: never fit me

107: College: didn’t go.

106: Sports: HA. My fat ass play sports? Maybe Badminton or Tetherball but that’s it.

105: My family: lives too far away.

104: The future: needs to be better than now.

[ Last time I ]

103: Hugged someone: like 20 mins ago when my kid was trying to suck up to me to get a sip of my frappe.

102: Last time you ate: two hours ago.

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: Zane’s first day of school this year. Miss Angie came over to see him off in the morning.

100: Cried in front of someone: probably a few weeks ago.

99: Went to a movie theater: Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 2.

98: Took a vacation: three years ago.

97: Swam in a pool: probably close to 8 or more years ago.

96: Changed a diaper: 4-5 yrs ago.

95: Got my nails done: professionally? never. By Zane? last weekend.

94: Went to a wedding: three years ago.

93: Broke a bone: never. dislocated shit though.

92: Got a piercing: over a decade

91: Broke the law: probably frequently without realizing it.

90: Texted: couple mins ago.

[ MISC ]

89: Who makes you laugh the most: oh I’m a funny bitch

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: nothing? fuck this house. fuck this town. fuck this state. I wanna go HOME home.

87: The last movie I saw: Smokin’ Aces 2

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: my nephew’s birth and the vacation we plan to take to see him!

85: The thing i’m not looking forward to: the travel for the vacation stated above.

84: People call me: a lot of things. most of them true.

83: The most difficult thing to do is: wake up

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: nope

81: My zodiac sign is: Taurus

80: The first person i talked to today was: my husband

79: First time you had a crush: I had a massive crush on Shawn Micheals as a kid.

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: my Seester

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: probably someone in the Flanaclan Chapel

76: Right now I am talking to: the Flanaclan on and off

75: What are you going to do when you grow up: I’m supposed to grow up?

74: I have/will get a job: yes

73: Tomorrow: is Halloween

72: Today: I’m horny and annoyed

71: Next Summer: is a long time away

70: Next Weekend: work

69: I have these pets: already answered

68: The worst sound in the world: right now I’d have to say it’s Zane clucking his tongue.

67: The person that makes me cry the most is: myself? or more specifically my anxiety brain.

66: People that make you happy: my Flanaclan friends, my bff, my sister.

65: Last time I cried: a few weeks ago

64: My friends are: on the internet and/or mostly too far away

63: My computer is: a hunk of shit laptop

62: My School: never going ever again.

61: My Car: looks like the car emoji.

60: I lose all respect for people who: beat animals

59: The movie I cried at was: recently? Up

58: Your hair color is: brown

57: TV shows you watch: SOA, SVU, SWAT, wrestling, Wynonna Earp, Van Helsing, Supernatural

56: Favorite web site: tumblr and youtube

55: Your dream vacation: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, all that.

54: The worst pain I was ever in was: dislocating my knee

53: How do you like your steak cooked: med rare

52: My room is: some boring off-white

51: My favorite celebrity is: Tommy Flanagan

50: Where would you like to be: New Hampshire

49: Do you want children: I have 1 and that’s 1 too many.

48: Ever been in love: yup

47: Who’s your best friend: didn’t I already answer this?

46: More guy friends or girl friends: girls nowadays. guys around here suck.

45: One thing that makes you feel great is: reading Chibs fics, staring at Flanagan

44: One person that you wish you could see right now: Flanagan

43: Do you have a 5 year plan: hell no

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: no

41: Have you pre-named your children: I did not.

40: Last person I got mad at: me

39: I would like to move to: for the millionth time, New Hampshire

38: I wish I was a professional: dog sitter/walker

[ My Favorites ]

37: Candy: Sour Patch Watermelons

36: Vehicle: 90′s Ford Ranger, Jeep Renegade, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Gladiator, Ford Shelby GT350R 

35: President: certainly not the fuckin’ current one.

34: State visited: Massachusetts

33: Cellphone provider: Verizon

32: Athlete: Aleister Black, Drew McIntyre, Luchasaurus, Sonny Kiss (and fuck you if you try to tell me they aren’t athletes)

31: Actor: Tommy Flanagan

30: Actress: Millie Bobby Brown

29: Singer: Ville Valo

28: Band: HIM

27: Clothing store: don’t care.

26: Grocery store: don’t care.

25: TV show: Law & Order: SVU (as much as I’d love to say SOA, Law & Order was my first real love)

24: Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You

23: Website: tumblr, youtube

22: Animal: dogs, wolves

21: Theme park: Zoos

20: Holiday: Halloween

19: Sport to watch: professional wrestling, football, hockey

18: Sport to play: nothing that requires that much energy

17: Magazine: don’t read them much

16: Book: the House Of Night series and sequel series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast (I don’t care that I’m probably too old for them now, I love them)

15: Day of the week: Saturday

14: Beach: Hampton Beach, NH

13: Concert attended: 69 Eyes headlined (opening with Night Kills The Day, then Fair To Midland which were fine but also Wednesday 13!!!!!)

12: Thing to cook: fajitas

11: Food: apple fritters/apple cider donuts

10: Restaurant: Panda Express I suppose.

9: Radio station: WGFA

8: Yankee candle scent: Midsummers Night

7: Perfume: don’t wear perfume so much as body spray and it’s usually something like cucumber melon or some baked goods scent.

6: Flower: Tiger Lillies

5: Color: Green- specifically Forest/Hunter

4: Talk show host: idk I used to watch Maury all the time, does that count?

3: Comedian: George Carlin

2: Dog breed: Pittie mixes, mutts, labs, medium to big short haired breeds

1: Did you answer all these truthfully? Yes I did.

[alarmring17]

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[mrahmancr7]

What age is TikTok

Professionals on TikTok get on and Smash it now.

The world is changing. People have shorter attention spans. People want information quick. Short form video content (under 30 seconds) is getting more attention than the other sort of content on social media.

Are you continue to underestimating TikTok? Are you uninterested in Instagram’s snail-like growth? TikTok could seriously help grow your brand, much faster than the other platform. But why?

Here are 10 reasons why professionals and corporations should smash it on TikTok immediately in 2021:

1. Any Niche, Any Professional on TikTok

Yes, TikTok started getting famous due to dancing, but if you are doing not want to ascertain dancing, then TikTok will now show it to you. what's so successful about TikTok is that the algorithm. It gradually understands what you wish by watching what you've got watched and interacted with. If you looked for plumbing then watched a couple of plumbing videos, then the algorithm will recognize that and feed you more relevant content almost like that. you'll find many professional on the platform. I even have connected with doctors, lawyers, engineers and professional athletes to call just a couple of . If you're wondering what quite content you'll create for yourself or your business, you simply need to look for something similar by other professionals on TikTok, in your niche, to urge ideas. A baker can show baking bread, a chiropractor can show necks being clicked. The ideas are endless.

If you're lucky to figure for you own company then the chances are endless. Companies do encourage social media for promotion. Sam Fares (@thepatentattorney), who may be a Lawyer, says people at his work are surprisingly supportive. TikTok are often an honest marketing tool and even large companies are beginning to add a social media policies to make sure boundaries aren't crossed.

2. it isn't only for Kids

According to Comscore statistics, US TikTok users by age is: 33% children and 67% adults. This statistic was taken at the top of 2020, so it's fairly old now therefore the platform has matured even more now.

Even, Gordan Ramsey (@gordonramsayofficial) is using TikTok himself now and most of the large YouTubers like Mr. Beast (@mrbeast) are there already. Instagram Reels remains far behind TikTok - the videos on Reels are like what was being shown on TikTok two years ago, with mostly music only. you'll copy the platform but you'll not copy the audience. i buy many comments and messages by adults everyday on the platform and on the road . a number of these are passed on from their siblings too. Bare in mind, if you influence the younger generation, this also rubs off on the oldsters . So TikTok could even be an honest investment strategy if you are doing target Generation Z. But eventually 67% of TikTok users are adults.

3. TikTok Helps Growth on other platforms like IG and Youtube

TikTok provides links on your profile for both Instagram and Youtube. there's also a choice to add link to your website otherwise you can even put LinkedIn there if you wish . These links are quite other platforms need to offer. Instagram only allows you to insert one link on your platform, so does Twitter, and Clubhouse that only as two. These links gives an honest opportunity to spread your followers elsewhere. Social Media Strategist, Caleb Chin (@socialfeed) thinks that one among the quickest thanks to grow a following on Instagram in 2021 is to create a TikTok following. i might need to agree.

"The quickest thanks to grow on Instagram is to create a following on TikTok."

Successful TikTok accounts also can build an outsized number of subscribers on Youtube without even published one video on YouTube. Take writer and storyteller, Greg Hinthorn (@hinthorn) for instance . He reached bent his TikTok audience and told them he will published his first Youtube video when he reached 4000 subscribers on there. Now he has reached 4000 subscribers on Youtube from TikTok. he's now publishing videos on both platforms.

4. Most Downloaded App on the App Store

According to Appfigures data, TikTok is that the most downloaded app. 90% of all TikTok users access the app on a day to day . 

Furthermore, consistent with App Annie, TikTok's screen time at the start of 2021 overtook Facebook for the primary time. the typical screen time for a mean TikTok user is over 20 hours per month.

5. Engagement Can Attract Leads

Client opportunities, contacts, influence and leads - the engagement within the comments section on TikTok is insane. I even have never seen anything love it . there's also a messaging service on TikTok. this will be turned in settings, so anyone can send you a message. you'll also directly reply to an issue via a video which which is shared on your feed, which may helps engagement.

American Architect Tom Reynolds AIA (@tiktokarchitect) has been active on the platform for a year now confirms.

"I'm actually getting more work coming from TikTok now, than anywhere else."

6. TikTok is Authentic

TikTok is transparent and authentic. there's not many commercials or people trying to sell. you are doing not get many of us selling their eBook or spending the primary 5 mins asking you to subscribe because those sort of videos don't had best . TikTok is blunt, straight to the purpose and these are the videos that had best on TikTok. People try to offer something quickly. If you give value meaning something, then an audience will come. Vulnerability is additionally a key factor that folks like. the right filtered and edited photograph on Instagram isn't authentic, neither may be a highly produced YouTube video. People can relate to TikTok because its real - the videos that tend to try to to well aren't the over productive type. it's like what Youtube was 20 years ago. Transparency, vulnerability and authenticity goes an extended way on social media in 2021 and TikTok fits.

7. Learn on TikTok

TikTok has heavily invested $50 million into an ingenious learning fund on short form educational content, which might be the longer term for social media and online education. If you begin learning the way to give information or teach with videos now, this might bring many opportunities for your business or personal brand within the near future. it's not about selling something - its about giving value.

"We've partnered with over 800 public figures, media publishers, educational institutions, and real-world professional ... to supply us creative learning." -TikTok

8. Its Quick and straightforward 

If you're a business and employing a videographer to try to to you videos - take care . tons of media companies don't have much experience with short form video, or TikTok. it's a reasonably new thing. they're likely wont to top quality produced videos. Have they published many short videos? Have they built an audience before? These are the questions you ought to be asking them. Quantity is more important for brief form video content. The TikTok app has almost everything in it to make videos quickly, even green screen. you are doing not need to spend one to 2 hours during a room like Club House or spend every week editing an extended form video. Many creators are beginning to up the sport with mirrorless cameras rather than their phone, for higher quality, but this has not oversaturated the platform yet.

9. 100% Creativity

This makes it fantastic if you're within the creative industry. Creating videos displays your creativity. YouTube and TikTok are the highest creative media platforms.

On one hand, you've got you Instagram and LinkedIn where there's tons of individuals sharing other people's content? for instance , a number of the highest architecture accounts on Instagram are accounts reposting other peoples content. it is the same with LinkedIn. People even download other peoples videos on other platforms and repost them on LinkedIn. These videos don't have much creativity.

On the opposite hand, uploads on TikTok have very high creativity. one among my favorite and straightforward videos was made by Architect, Dory Azar (@dory.azar.architect) who actually drew a door swing under a door to elucidate how door swings are drawn. When lecture Dory on Clubhouse, he explained that folks like simple explanations - they appear to figure best.

10. More Organic Reach Than the other Platform

If you begin a replacement account on today with no followers, post something, that post has potential to succeed in more people than the other platform. there's only LinkedIn immediately that comes close. But, new businesses still slug away at Instagram and Facebook in 2021. These platforms tend to be more powerful for people that have already built an audience, have account authority, or want to pay via promotion. this is often partly the rationale why TikTok is so popular. Everyone features a chance for videos to try to to well and reach an audience. Social media apps like Instagram and Facebook are old matured platforms now. These reasons help make TikTok the platform of choice.

If you would like to create a brand, you ought to obviously start by getting to the platforms with the foremost reach. albeit you're still convinced the audience is just too young on TikTok, it could still be an honest marketing investment for you within the short to future .

It might be time to prevent shaking your head. Its a no brainer. TikTok and short form video content is here to remain .

RIBA Chartered Architect, Russell M. Henderson (@ArchitectRussell) is predicated in Tanzania, East Africa . He also 'edu-tains' his passion for Architecture Travel & Film with video content on YouTube , TikTok & Instagram.

Acquisition customer top 5 to use Tiktok 

Tiktok is presently gaining popularity with over 300 million active users worldwide. Most business owners feel Tiktok isn't ideal for business because it's crammed with entertainment and sometimes ridiculous videos.

But, that was what many said about Instagram and Snapchat. Today, these two platforms are getting used by top brands to get many thousands for his or her business monthly. 

There are numerous reasons why small business must use Tiktok to urge new customers. But during this post, we only covered top 5 reasons.

1. it's Easy to create Communities

With Tiktok for business, building communities is extremely easy. Tiktok may be a video content platform, and with video, grabbing people’s attention is extremely easy as modern-day users are more likely to consume video content than written content.

So, small business owners can cash in of this to make numerous videos of about 15 – 60 seconds to grab the eye of their audience and build their following. 

Some people are just on the platform to consume content and to not create. So, with this in mind, your job is to offer them something to consume and obtain their interest.

2. Over 500 Active Users Globally

The number of active users on Tiktok is insane. With over 500 million active users globally, this is often not a chance small businesses should ignore. 

Although the most important demographic of Tiktok users are between the age of 16 – 24. But that doesn’t mean people of older age aren't there.

Much like other previous “hot” social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, Generation Z was the primary to leap on them. So is that the same for Tiktok.

However, if you log into the platform now, you'll find freelancers, dentists, teachers, fashion designers, and even grandparents actively using the platform. 

3. it's Easy to Grab Users Attention 

Tiktok may be a video-sharing platform and videos are the sole quite content that grabs your attention without you approving it. It starts playing immediately you set your eyes thereon . 

Small businesses can cash in of this to share educational, entertaining, and promotional videos moderately. Users are on the platform to be entertained so small businesses must find out how to balance their content because it only takes a scroll to chop your video out. 

4. Top Brands Are Claiming their Spots

Go check in on Tiktok now and search if you won’t find top brands like Walmart, Family Feud, HP, and other top brands. numerous brands are now taking advantage of the trend to make awareness and obtain more customers for his or her business. 

5. A Platform to Sell with Fun

As a sensible marketer, you ought to be ready to promote your brand to your audience with less invasive techniques. Millennials are already conscious of most marketing tactics and thus they're going to ignore your videos if you are trying to travel the standard ways. 

Using stories in your content to pass your brand message will produce a win for you. you'll gain tons of attention by launching a hashtag challenge. A hashtag challenge is where you tell users to make a specific quite video and incorporate your branded hashtag thereto .

You can work with a Tiktok influencer to actually make this type of challenge go viral. 

What you need to know about TikTok 

TikTok is one of those social networks that grew in popularity VERY quickly, but if you are over the age of 30, you still might have NO IDEA what the platform is all about.

Let’s start with the basics:

Who uses it?

TikTok is primarily used by the under 30’s. 60% of US TikTok users are aged between 16-24, according to a November 2019 release from Reuters.

What is it?

TikTok is basically a re-branding of Musical.ly (don’t worry if you haven’t heard of that either). Basically, it is a social platform where creators can post 15ish second videos (up to 60 seconds) that are shared to their followers, with hopes of landing on the apps “For You Page” (FYP).

What is being posted?

This is a tough one. In the early days, TikTok was full of lip-syncing, and dancing. Today, the scope of content varies, and the algorithm that the platform uses is VERY advanced. Based on the types of videos you watch, and seem to enjoy – the algorithm will shoot out all sorts of videos that it thinks you may enjoy.

For this reason, you may see completely different content than someone else on the app. There are now “Sides” of TikTok as the youth are calling it. This basically means the type of content you are being shown. Political TikTok, Dancing TikTok, Alt TikTok, Straight TikTok, Food TikTok or many others!

Disclaimer: I am definitely on the Puppy and FoodTok side!

Can you make money?

Depending on your location, there is now a creator fund on TikTok for some users. This means that you can earn money per-view on your videos. Unless you have a very large following (we are talking in the millions) TikTok might not be a stable source of income, however, the exposure it brings can open LOTS of doors. Many famous TikTok-ers are now treated like typical celebrities, so sponsors and endorsements are a large portion of their income.

Is it for business?

It’s a powerful tool for the right companies, with the right demographics. We have seen a bump of tiktok of companies using influencers to share their products, creating original ads, or creating accounts and posting unique content. If your target demographic is under 30, this could be a perfect platform to explore!

Even politicians are getting in on the action!

TikTok is a very trendy app, with tons of young minds. Some political figures are using this platform to reach out to young voters and soon-to-be voters. This is an incredibly smart move in my opinion!

One Canadian example that comes to mind is Jagmeet Singh - check out his profile here!

Should you get TikTok?

This is a personal choice. If you are a fan of Instagram and social media in general, and you can use a smart phone with 60% confidence… why not give it a shot?

There have been privacy issues globally, and instances of banning in the US – so do your research and be mindful of what you are sharing, commenting, and engaging with on the App.

Overall, it is a fun platform with absolutely no pressure to ever post anything yourself. You can watch videos for hours, or if you are feeling up to the challenge – try posting a video for yourself!

Conclusion 

If your business targets millennials, Tiktok is the perfect platform to get new customers for your business. Small businesses willing to create entertaining and humorous videos can take advantage of this platform to create visibility for their brands and get new customers.

[nancydsmithus]

HTML5 Input Types: Where Are They Now?

HTML5 Input Types: Where Are They Now?

Drew McLellan

2019-01-16T14:30:11+01:002019-01-16T15:32:18+00:00

One of the stand-out headline features of HTML5 for many designers and developers was the addition of a number of new types of form input that could be used. For years, we’d been confined to using single-line text inputs (type="text") and laying on JavaScript and user instructions to try an accurately capture valid data of different types through that one unsophisticated field.

HTML5 brought with it new values of the type attribute that enabled us to be much more specific about the types of data we needed to capture through the field, with the promise being that the browser would then provide the interface and validation required to coerce the user into completing the field accurately.

From URLs to emails, and from search fields to dates, the hope was that instead of needing to write cumbersome JavaScript to try and validate those fields, we could just leave it to the browser to do that hard work for us. What’s more, by adding what it knows about the user’s context (type of device, type of interaction, timezones, and so on) the browser would be able to do a much better job of tailoring the interface to meet the user’s needs that we ever could as page authors.

Recommended reading: UX And HTML5: Let’s Help Users Fill In Your Mobile Form

Having new items in a spec is one thing, but it doesn’t really mean too much unless the browsers our audience are using support those features. These new values of the type attribute had the big advantage of falling back to type="text" if the browser had no support, but this may have also come at the cost of removing the browsers makers’ imperative when it came to implementing those new types in their products.

It’s the start of 2019, and HTML5 has been the current version of HTML now for more than four years. Which of those new types have been implemented, which can we use, and are there any we should be avoiding?

Search Fields

Telephone Number Fields

URL Fields

Email Fields

Number Fields

Range Fields

Color Fields

Date Fields

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1. Search Fields

The type="search" input is intended to be used for search fields. Functionally, these are very the same as basic text fields, but having a dedicated type enables the browser to apply different styling. This is particularly useful if the user’s operating system has a set style for search fields, as this enables the browser to style the search fields on web pages to match.

The specification states that the difference between search and text is purely stylistic, so it may be best to avoid this if you intend to restyle the field with CSS anyway. There appears to be no semantic advantage to its use.

Can I Use input-search? Data on support for the input-search feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

Use type="search" if you intend to leave the styling of the search field up to the browser.

2. Telephone Number Fields

The type="tel" input is used for entering telephone numbers. These are like the unique usernames used by Whatsapp. If you’re unsure, ask your grandparents.

Internationally, telephone numbers take on lots of different formats, for both technical and localization reasons. Due to this, the tel input doesn’t attempt to validate the format of a phone number. You can make use of the associated validation tools such as the pattern attribute on the tag, or the setCustomValidity() JavaScript method to enforce a format if required.

On desktop browsers, the use of telephone fields seems to have little impact. On devices with virtual keyboards, however, they can be really useful. For example, on iOS, focusing input on a telephone field brings up a numeric keypad ready for keying in a number. In addition, the device’s autocomplete mechanisms kick in and suggest phone numbers that can be autofilled with a single tap.

Can I Use input-email-tel-url? Data on support for the input-email-tel-url feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

Use type="tel" for any phone number fields. It’s very useful where implemented, and comes at no cost when it’s not.

3. URL Fields

The type="url" field can be used for capturing URLs. You might use this when asking a user to input their website address for a business directory, for example. The curious thing about the URL field is that it takes only full, absolute URLs. There’s no option to be able to capture just a domain name, or just a path, for example. This does restrict its usefulness in some respects, as I imagine CMS and web app developers would have found lots of uses for a field that accepts and validates relative paths.

While this would be a valid absolute URL:

https://twitter.com/drewm

Both of these would not pass the field’s validation:

smashingmagazine.com /2019/01/css-multiple-column-layout-multicol/

It feels like a missed opportunity that different parts of a URL cannot be specified, but that’s what we have. Browser support is across the board pretty great, with virtual keyboard devices offering some customization for URL entry. iOS customizes its keyboard with ., / and an autocomplete button for common TLDs such as .com and for my locale, .co.uk. This is a good example of the browser being able to offer more intelligent choices than we can as web developers.

Can I Use input-email-tel-url? Data on support for the input-email-tel-url feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

Use type="tel" whenever you need to collect a full, absolute URL. Browser support is great, but remember that it’s no good for individual URL components.

4. Email Fields

Possibly one of the most commonly used of the newer options is type="email" for email addresses. Much like we’ve seen with telephone numbers and URLs, devices with virtual keyboards customize the keys (to include things like @ buttons) and enable autofill from their contacts database.

Desktop browsers make use of this too, with Safari on macOS also enabling autofill for email fields, based on data in the system Contacts app.

Email addresses often seem like they follow a very simple format, but the variations actually make them quite complex. A naive attempt to validate email addresses can result in a perfectly good address being marked as invalid, so it’s great to be able to lean on the browser’s more sophisticated and well-tested validation methods to check the format.

Usefully, the multiple attribute can be added to email fields to collect a list of email addresses. In this case, each email address in the list is individually validated.

<input type="email" multiple>

Can I Use input-email-tel-url? Data on support for the input-email-tel-url feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

Use type="email" for email address fields whenever possible.

Safari on iOS shows custom keyboards for telephone, email and number fields, amongst others. (Large preview)

5. Number Fields

The type="number" field is designed for numerical values, and has some very useful attributes along with it in the shape of min, max and step. A valid value for a number field must be a floating point number between any minimum and maximum value specified by the min and max attributes.

If step is set, then a valid value is divisible by the step value.

<input type="number" min="10" max="30" step="5">

Valid input for the above field would be 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30, with any other value being rejected.

Browser support is broad, again with virtual keyboards often defaulting to a numeric input mode for keying in values.

Some desktop browsers (including Chrome, Firefox and Safari, but not Edge) add toggle buttons for nudging the values up and down by the value of step, or if no step is specified, the default step appears to be 1 in each implementation.

Can I Use input-number? Data on support for the input-number feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

Use type="number" for any floating point numbers, as it’s widely supported and can help prevent accidental input.

6. Range Fields

Less obvious in use that some of the other types, type="range" can be thought of as being an alternative for type="number" where the user doesn’t care about the exact value.

Range fields take, and will often use, the same min, max and step attributes as number fields, and browsers almost universally display this as a graphical slider. The user doesn’t necessarily get to see the exact value they’re setting.

Range fields might be useful for those sorts of questions on forms like “How likely are you to recommend this to a friend?” with “Likely” at one end and “Unlikely” at the other. The user could slide the slider to wherever they think represents their opinion, and under the hood that gets submitted as a numerical value that you can store and process.

Browser support is good, although the appearance varies between implementations.

Can I Use input-range? Data on support for the input-range feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

The uses for type="range" might be a bit niche, but support is good and the slider provides a user-friendly input method where appropriate.

7. Color Fields

The type="color" field is design for capturing RGB colors in hexadecimal notation, such as #aabbcc. The HTML specification calls this a “color well control”, with the intention that the browser should provide a user-friendly color picker of some sort.

Some browsers do provide this, notably Chrome and Firefox both providing access to the system color picker through a small color swatch.

Neither IE nor Safari provide any support here, leaving the user to figure out that they’re supposed to enter a 7-digit hex number all by themselves.

Color fields might find use in theming for personalization and in CMS use, but unless the users are sufficiently technical to deal with hex color codes, it may be better not to rely on the browser providing a nice UI for these.

Can I Use input-color? Data on support for the input-color feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

#### Recommendation Unless you know your users will be happy to fall back to entering hexadecimal color codes, it’s best not to rely on browsers supporting `type="color"`.

Range, color and date fields as displayed by Edge, Firefox and Chrome. (Large preview)

8. Date Fields

HTML5 introduced a number of different `type` values for creating inputs for dates and times. These included `date`, `time`, `datetime-local`, `month` and `week`. At first glance, these appear to be heaven-sent, as collecting dates in a form is a difficult experience for both developer and user, and they’re needed pretty frequently. The promise here is that the new field types enable the browser to provide a standardized, accessible and consistent user interface to capture dates and times from the user with ease. This is really important, as date and time formats vary world-over based on both language and locale, and so a friendly browser interface that translates an easy-to-use date selection into an unambiguous technical date format really does sound like the ideal solution. As such, valid input for `type="date"` field is an unambiguous _year-month-day_ value such as `2019-01-16`. Developers like these, as they map pretty much to the ISO 8601 date format, which is used in most technical contexts. Unfortunately, few regular human beings use this date format and aren’t likely to reach for it when asked to provide a date in a single empty text field. And, of course, a single empty text field is what the user is presented with if their browser does not provide a user interface for picking dates. In those cases, it then becomes very difficult for a user to enter a valid date value unless they happen to be familiar with the format required or the input is annotated with clear instructions. Many browsers do provide a good user interface for picking dates, however. Firefox has a really excellent date picker, and Chrome and Edge also have pretty good interfaces. However, there’s no support in poor old IE and none in Safari, which could be an issue.

Can I Use input-datetime? Data on support for the input-datetime feature across the major browsers from caniuse.com.

Recommendation

While convenient where it works, the failure mode of type="date" and its associated date and time types is very poor. This makes it a risky choice that could leave users struggling to meet validation criteria.

Conclusion

A lot has changed in the browser landscape in the four years since the HTML5 specification became a recommendation. Support for the newer types of input is fairly strong — particularly in mobile devices with virtual keyboards such as tablets and phones. In most cases, these inputs are safe to use and provide some extra utility to the user.

There are a couple of notable exceptions, the worst of which being the date and time fields, which not only lack utility, but also have more patchy browsers support. When support isn’t available, the fallback mode of these fields is poor. In these cases, it might be best to stick to JavaScript-based solutions for progressively enhancing the basic type="text" input fields.

If you’d like to read more, I’d thoroughly recommend the MDN web docs on these field types, and as ever, the W3C specification.

(ra, il)

[thedauntlessduck]

Tag Game! :)

I was tagged by @joesphjtoye !! :D Thank you!!! I literally was giddy to see i was tagged

LAST

1) Drink: Water 

2) Phone Call: A teacher of mine (this was last week... you can see i love talking on the phone)

3) Text Message: “I'm reading my devotion and it said "or maybe becoming better at texting your friends back" I feel personally targeted lol I came to have a good time and honestly I'm feeling so attacked right now" to my bff who knows that I'm horrible at texting back.

4) Song Listened to: Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight by the Spaniels

5) Time I cried: I honestly dont even know... im probably due for a good cry

HAVE YOU EVER

6) Dated somebody twice: Never even dated anybody

7) Been cheated on: Can't get cheated on if you've never been in a relationship

8) Been Kissed by someone and regretted it: Never been kissed lol

9) Lost someone special: No

10) Been depressed: Yes

11) Gotten drunk and puked: No, can't even drink 'cause I'm too young 

THREE FAVORITE COLORS

12) Blue

13) Yellow

14) Purple

IN THE LAST YEAR

15) Made new friends: Definitely!

16) Fallen Out of love: Nah

17) Laughed until you cried: Of course!

18) Found out someone was gossiping about you: ..no? I've had people say some stupid ideas about me to my face but never behind my back

19) Met someone who changed your life: Sorta?

20) Found out who your true friends are: Yes

21) Kissed someone on your facebook list: Again, never kissed anyone

HOW MANY/MUCH

22) Facebook friends: 190

23) Pets: None at the moment :(

24) Want to change your name: Nah, I like my name. Brings a lot of chaos & fun

WHAT

25) Did I get for my birthday: A bunch of books about the men of Easy Company, and then an X-Men movie

26) Time I woke up: 7:00 am

27) Were you doing at midnight: eating popcorn whilst getting ready for bed lol

28) Can’t you wait for: MOVING, and... going to college lol

29) Was the last time you saw your mom: This morning when she dropped me off for school haha

30) Was something you wish you could change about your life: Eh, idk... I'm just really winging life right now

31) Are you listening to right now: Santo & Johnny- Sleepwalk

32) Gets on your nerves: Slow walkers, people who chew loudly, people who don't understand the word "no."

33) Talked to a person named Tom: I probably have

34) Is your most visited website : Facebook and my email

35) Elementary School : I was homeschooled all of elementary

36) High school: I go to a Christian school

37) College: I'm going to a Christian university

38) Hair color: Honey brown

39) Long/Short hair: It's above my shoulders at the moment. I chopped 7" off a couple weeks ago lol

40) Crush: Don't exactly have a definite crush at the moment (by that I mean I'm interested in someone but not crushing)

41) Do you like about yourself: My dorky personality & my courage 

42) Piercings: Basic ear piercings

43) Blood Type: I have absolutely no clue

44) Nickname: El, Elsa, Liss, Duck

45) Relationship status: Single 

46) Zodiac: Capricorn

47) Pronouns: She/Her

48) Favorite Show: oh goodness... maybe Psych. 

49) Tattoos: None, but I kinda want one

50) Left/Right handed: Right

FIRST

51) Surgery: Never had a surgery

52) Piercing: I just got my ears pierced for the first time last November

53) Best Friend: My first best friends were both boys named Cameron lol & then a girl named Alissa. 

54) Sport: Dance (ballet, tap, & hip-hop) try telling me its not a sport

55) Vacation: I think New York after 9/11, my dad had family up there

56) Pair of shoes: how tf am I supposed to remember that

RIGHT NOW

57) Eating: nothing, i'm in study hall but lunch is next

58) Drinking: nothing

59) I am about to: compile a list of old movies to watch

60) Listening to: Wouldn't It Be Nice- The Beach Boys

61) Waiting for: Lunchtime, 45 more min :(

62) Want to see again: Hacksaw Ridge

63) Wanted to get married: God willing yes lol

64) Career: Something that I can do with a Masters in Psychology, maybe working with kids and elderly folks

WHICH IS BETTER

65) Hugs/Kisses: Hugs, I guess

66) Lips/Eyes: Eyes

67) Taller/Shorter: Taller

68) Younger/ Older: No preference

69) Romantic/Spontaneous: Both

70) Nice arms/Nice stomach: Arms

71) Sensitive/Loud: Eh, no preference

72) Hookup/Relationship: Relationship

73) Troublemaker/Hesitant: Hesitant with a little bit of troublemaker. I need someone to balance me out

HAVE YOU EVER

74) Kissed a stranger: Nope

75) Drank hard liquor: Nope

76) Lost glasses/contact lenses: Dont need either

77) Turned someone down: Yeah, I've turned 5 guys down so far in my life lol

78) Canoodling on a first date: ..? no

79) Broken someone’s heart: I mean, I've turned guys down but idk if I broke their heart

80) Had your own heart broken: Nah

81) Been arrested: No

82) Cried when someone died: Yeah

83) Fallen for a friend: I had some small crushes on my male friends when I was little

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

84) Yourself: Yeah

85) Miracles: Yeah

86) Santa Claus: No, never have

87) Kisses on a first date: No, do not try to kiss me on a first date. I will not be happy lol

88) Angels: Yes

89) Love at first sight : Yeah, I think it can happen to people

OTHER

90) Best Friend’s name: Sammy, Drew, Tina

91) Eye Color: Blue/Gray

92) Favorite Movie: It changes all the time... probably A League of Their Own

I honestly dont know who to tag... @cptspeirss ? @shiftyspirits ?

[suximaxini-blog]

The Tiring Day 1 – LOST IN SEOUL

I planned on writing about our -my sister, Nadya, and I- trip to South Korea since we were back from February. It was merely us two, in a strange nation where we barely talk in our mother tongue (except for the time we spent with one of our friend, whom being very nice as our local tour guide and treated us with delicious food). But, I got very lazy to write. Haha, so me.

So, we went there unexpectedly. One day, my sister asked my mom whether she can go to Seoul, my mom was in the happy and easy going mood to be that easy to agree. Like, seriously…we booked our ticket, made our visa (I needed to go twice since I did not complete something the first time, totally forgot what was it), booked our hostel…mom only gave accommodation expenses, so besides that, it was our money. For 4 days and 3 nights, our budget was so tight that we cannot afford to enter any restaurant since we were too afraid of the price. HAHAHA. Therefore, we were so grateful of our friend who had treated us delicious courses.  

Suddenly tonight, after a hectic Eid day, I spent my leisure time watching one of my favorite TV Program; it is Japanese one called “Why Did You Come to Japan”. It usually broadcasts you some tourists’ stories who visit Japan for some special purposes. One time, they recorded a story of Seba-chan who visited Japan to explore their Ramen, as he spent about 3 months to eat ramen in Japan. First, he used his bike to cut the transport expenses. However, by the time goes, it is hard to maintain its function, I guess, so Seba-chan continued his journey by hitching some random strangers, who happened to know him already throughout the program. Or the story about the Sasebo guy, an Australian man whose main visit to Japan was only to eat Sasebo Burger. The mayor of Sasebo city even making him a special t-shirt with its mascot and make sure he can eat any Sasebo burger for free.

Tonight’s story was about two brother in their first time visiting Tokyo and the older one happened to lost his wallet. His younger only has a debit card but it cannot be withdrawn. They looked so lost and pale. THERE! I saw the resemblance of me and Nadya with that story. HAHAHA. Just the two of us, where we needed (desperately needed) to work together to make the rest of our stay pleasant for both of us. First thing when we arrived in the airport, we thought, or I thought, we still have plenty of time to wait for our luggage after the immigration.

I checked on the screen, to where should we go to get out baggage. I was so sure regarding our gate and told my sister that we need to wait. We called our parents to notify them that we have safely landed. After waiting for approx. 10 mins, I got bored and asked my sister to wash our face and put on a little make up just to lighten up the face (we just woke up and face was definitely inhumane).

We, or I as the eldest, was so clueless…I sensed something was  not right when I saw no one from our flight in front of the moving belt (whatever you call it). Hehehehe, we went to the wrong side. I did not panic because I saw my sister was already in the mode. We walked back and forth to ask someone. We asked several people but nobody can answer us. I was so confident regarding the information I have to find our luggage. I had all the details, but nobody was actually helping. Was it too early? Is 9am-ish early to you? I take note that the airport crew are not that capable of using English language and not (really) helpful. I even asked several times to lost and found counter. Nah, nothing.

Lucky for us, we found our luggage just being thrown outside the belt. The, supposed to be, right belt since long time ago. Just like that. Abandoned. THANK GOD! They were saved.

After that, we followed the itinerary we made and proceeded to ask the direction to buy the temporary SIM card and bus ticket. At the bus counter, the lady who was in charge told me that rather than buying only the bus ticket, I could buy T-money and got a discount for bus fare, also made it easier for us to use public transportation. It cost us, 100.000 Won for 2 cards. Right choice! Buy T-money everyone, at the airport, to make it simpler.

We departed for Anguk. And it was safe until we got off the bus. But, since it is my experience that you read, we lost again. My sense of direction IS BAD. We went back and forth with our luggage and the problem was not that the humidity came from heat; it was the cold we could not bear. I asked several people again with the simple, “Jogiyo? Heoksi, Yellow Brick arayo? Yellow Brick Hostel eodisoyo?”. So sorry, my mind was cloudy and I cannot think of whether it was polite enough. Nadya then took the initiative to ask a grandpa with broken English and showed him the website with picture and address, HE WAS SO NICE, he did not hesitate to take us there. To the front of the hostel, where we need to walk through an alley. We thanked him a lot by bowing with our might, if it was not for him; I supposed we would spend our time just going back and forth with no end.

We stayed at the Yellow Brick Hostel 1. We booked through Traveloka and chose the hostel because its rating and comments, they even served breakfast (sadly, although we paid for it, we’d rather buy onigiri for breakfast because we were always in hurry) and A ROOFTOP! Yep, rooftop was also the reason, although, once again, we went there only twice, the arrival and departure, and you will hardly see mountain. I recommend you this hostel because for the price they give an excellent service in a very good location. It is very easy to reach by subway, like super easy, after I get to know the area. HA!

On the first day, we arrived by Friday actually, I booked a flower arrangement course at Florinn, a flower shop I found in IG. Jenny ssaem, the owner, was a petite young lady whom very passionate with her job. It was very nice of her to guide to her flower shop nearby Ewha University…the uni I once dreamt about. Then again, we were lost, HA! I was just not accustomed to the blocks. We rode a bus, based on what Jenny ssaem and google maps suggested. We found the nearest bus stop and hopped the bus. You know the google maps give several suggestions right? Well, we could have taken the subway, but Nadya was afraid since we saw no station within our sight. Shortly, we rode the wrong direction. We should have taken the other direction with the same bus number and struggling to find the place when we arrived. Nadya was so patient to keep up with the clumsy me. HAHAHA, thank you adek!

I would tell you in details regarding the course later on. Since this post is about ‘LOST’.

We went shopping around Ewha before decided to try subway, aimed for Hongdae. Hongdae (Hongik Daehak) station in Friday night is super packed with people. After a short walk, we wanted to conclude and have a good sleep for tomorrow’s agenda. It was 8-9 pm ish when we took a bus, one we were sure was the correct one. We followed what the google maps said and arrived at, the supposed to be nearest bus stop from our hostel.

I was so confident with my maps, we even dropped by a Nature Republic store to buy wet tissues. We walked and walked and walked and walked, back and forth again…then I was scared to say that maps decieved me. I tried to calm Nadya and changed it into Waze. It was already 10 pm-ish. Food stalls were crowded with people chattering and drinking. I started to panic too, however, it was not the main concern, as we just wish to go to bed. I tried to set my mind straight and followed Waze. BUT! As you know, Waze gives you alleys suggestion, where it directed us to a dark and quiet neighborhood. Nadya was trying hard to object but I insisted that was the way to reach our hostel. I knew it well, she nearly cried, since it was her first time experience abroad to have a vacation and I gave her a bad situation.

Merely with her clumsy sister, she lost. I wanted to cry for different reason, I blamed my self for putting my sister in the situation. In the end, Waze could not give us the direction too, or it could, but we were afraid to follow since homeless men are drunk already.

My phone was nearly died even after an emergency charging. We found a small shop in an alley. Nadya asked me to stop by. I was planning to ask direction since maps could not help me. It was around -5 celcius and we could not think clearly, all we wished was only to reach the bed and tucked ourselves inside the warm blanket.

The owner was an old couple. The grandma greeted us with worries. She cannot speak English, my Korean is limited as I told her that I needed to call the hostel, if only they can pick us up, or at least giving the right direction. She said, seeing two freezing girls asking for help is so pitiful that she agreed to even talk to them! However, nobody was answering our call. Then I asked her to draw us a direction to reach our hostel, she was not sure and asked her husband about it. The husband, I guess, he did not really like us because he raised his tone and giving the body language of letting us be after mumbling the direction.  

The grandma, was an angel sent to us, she was really kind. Despite her husband disagreement, she drew as the easy map, repeated the key store and even took us to the main road. Nadya and I bowed to show our gratitude and even kept the paper she gave to us. The map was so clear, we could easily found our hostel. Well, after several asking again, since Nadya was so scared we would lost again, so she wanted to make sure, we took the right direction.

We finally arrived in our room at 11 pm-ish. The first thing to do, CRYING! We cried and hugged each other as we were so afraid that we would make a headline about being lost here. HAHAHA, then the next thing I do, tell Nadya not to call our parents at the moment, since it could make them worry, we’d better keep it for ourselves, at least until we got home.

Hehehehehehe

The experience, nonetheless, did not make me give up. I even wanted to explore more, to avoid getting lost again. At least, not to our hostel.

((To be continued))