8 form features your product must have to scale the ever-changing world of forms

Jan 14, 2023

Jan 14, 2023

form features your product must have
form features your product must have
form features your product must have

While building and supporting a world-class form solution over the last few years, we have faced and overcome many challenges. We’ve seen everything from simple customer requests to large-form building projects to massive application rewrites.

This article shares the top eight features your paperless product must have to scale with the demand of need-to-have features to be successful. These tips will save your team loads of time and money.

For a more in-depth implementation of our form solution and components – check out our developer documentation.

The rise of the paperless era

A recent study by a Mainsail research firm found that in some industries, as high as 70% of companies still use physical paper forms. For software companies that offer some form of paperless solutions, this means a significant opportunity is on the horizon.

In the next five to ten years, we’ll see one of the most significant company growth opportunities. A new era is near. As the baby boomers move into retirement, handing the reins down to the next generation will naturally cause a massive demand as systems and processes are digitized.

And as we all know, GenX and Millennials are your can’t-live-without-technology generations. This new era will bring the largest generation of technology buyers the world has seen yet.

Launch a form solution into your application

If you don’t have a form solution and/or need enhancements, here, from our experience, are the top 8 features to get you started:

  1. Dynamic fields – Expand forms to desired length and width. For example, a table field needs to expand its rows and columns per document scenario dynamically.

  2. Flexible form layout and design options – Easily customize the layout and design of forms to match branding and user preferences.

  3. Conditional fields and logic – Show or hide form fields based on user input or other conditions.

  4. Electronic signatures – Collect electronic signatures from users.

  5. File upload and export capability – Allow users to upload and export files.

  6. Easy integration with other systems – Easily integrate forms with other systems, such as databases and CRMs.

  7. Security and compliance – Forms should adhere to industry-specific regulations and best practices for data privacy and security.

  8. Mobile compatibility – Forms should be optimized for use on mobile devices (with a native app or mobile browser), have productive data entry, and have a responsive design to adapt to different screen sizes. And all this should be done while online and offline.

These are just a few examples of what we experienced as the most essential for building a useful, sought-after form solution.

Final tips before launching a form solution into your application

  1. Plan ahead – Create a detailed plan outlining the priority form features, timeline, resource pull, and the steps required to produce these features.

  2. Communicate with users – Notify your users on these future features and how it will benefit them. Select a few unbias customers to be your beta testers and provide honest feedback.

  3. Measure and refine – Make improvements from your early users’ feedback.

BONUS TIP

If you are looking to add a better form solution to your application, let us help! We’ve done all the heavy lifting for you. Joyfill is an easy way to deploy a fully-featured form solution into your own application without the thousands of development hours. Happy building!

author: john
Written by John

John is a thought leader and growth enthusiast in the digital forms space. From startups to enterprises, John helps teams fill technical needs with strategic form devtools and implementation.

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