For questions regarding how changes in an interface, copywriting etc affect User Experience
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Changing keyboard shortcuts that has been introduced quite a while?
Let's say I have developed a publicly available application which has a keyboard shortcut available. However, after a while of further development, I've decided that the current keyboard shortcut is ...
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What's wrong with the old Firefox? [closed]
Firefox has changed a lot after version 3. I personally think the main reason is the advent of Google Chrome.
For example,
To open the Downloads window, one has to press Chrome's combination ...
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Are there any studies or research documenting how people react to change in UI?
I recall seeing a new article ages back about a study someone did about how people react to changes in UI. The general conclusion was that no matter what you do, people will complain. Facebook was ...
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Does allowing users to delay a change help them adapt to a new layout?
I've noticed that when Google and Facebook roll out a new interface they often either allow users to opt out of the new look for a brief period or they delay the release but allow users to opt in to ...
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How to deliver wireframe changes to team members
I'm working in a small project team as an interaction designer. The product is in development and not released to the public yet.
In the beginning all the product's features have been designed in ...
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Making changes to existing products
I keep coming across this situation and was hoping someone would have more information on this:
We have an existing product and I have been requested to "make something work better", so I start by ...
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Does Usability/design matter in admin(client) sites?
I worked at many organization, few of my old employers developed old system for clients which is running from more than 5 years and work perfect.
They do not care about any user experience(design, ...
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How and when to go about challenging a tried and true user behavior?
There are many user behaviors that have been ingrained in us over time. Some of them good, and some of them just because, "that's the way that it has been done for years, people expect it." The ...
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Tracking/displaying changes in documents
Modern office products has a feature to track and highlight changes. Old versions of Miscrosoft Word used two colors (striked-out red for deleted and green for inserted text), while recent version ...
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Major redesign vs Gradual enhancement
UX Myth #11 examines the perception that websites need to be redesigned periodically.
As the article explains, there's quite a lot of evidence to suggest users are naturally opposed to major changes ...
