okay, i'll be more focused... when i design a web form, my thought on usability is that the form should be read (and filled out) from top to bottom. when you get to the bottom of the form, you have your submit button, or whatever you do at the end of the form.
when i'm designing a windows form (since "scrolling" is not really an option; i've heard it just isn't very well implemented, or whatever) i'm being told that the form should be read (and filled out) from top left to top right, then you start at the next line and do the same thing. across and then down, instead of top down and then finished.
isn't this kind of going against general usability as far as forms go? shouldn't i be trying to design my "windows form" to be read and filled out from top to bottom (1 column)?
now, if i need more form elements, i am putting them in another vertical column just to the right of the first column, so, you would fill out the first column top to bottom, and then move to the next column and do the same thing.
any comments are most appreciated. thanks.