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Who should be able to pause/restart/quit the game in a turn based game?
I have a game that consists of players making moves in turn, on a single console (Xbox 360).
Up to 16 players can play in one game. The xbox can have up to 4 controllers associated/connected to one ...
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The best practices for a rating bar/slider/buttons
I need to make a rating scale input device that satisfies the following requirements:
1) Each value must be associated with a number to the user.
2) It must be immediately clear that this thing ...
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Select numerical value with +/- buttons or manually entering?
The design I'm working on has the user assigning a value to each Item, then if the value is more than 1, a second dependent attribute appears (as shown). I want the numbers to be large and not default ...
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iPad full screen in landscape mode - which side to put on my controls panel?
I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, I assume that ...
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Do users need 3 ways to change sound volume on their computer?
Virtually every video/audio software has volume controls. Why is software control needed if there exist two other controls: operating system and hardware volume controls?
Is it better to remove ...
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Is the middle power option 50% or 60%?
A friend of mine has a blender with 6 control selections: One off position, and five power settings in order of less to more power. Example below:
A discussion has erupted over whether or not the ...
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Where to place optimization controls in a scheduling interface with several vehicles and optimization criteria?
I'm involved in the design of a vehicle routing interface. It mainly consists of a Gantt-Chart, where jobs are arranged in a timeline. Each job is carried out at a different location. The total travel ...
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How to format UI control screenshots so users don't think they're touchable?
I have a need in a touchscreen mobile app to show users a message that informs them about some system function that they should know might affect my app. As well as describing the issue, I want to use ...
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When is an auto-saving form appropriate?
A trend Google has been pioneering in many Cloud applications is a sort of "autosave everywhere," especially noticable in Google documents's immediate save feature. I personally greatly prefer this ...
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Do users like choice? How much should I give them?
I built a photo slideshow web page as an exercise for myself.
One thing I found myself doing was adding a Settings button. Clicking this reveals a little settings pane that lets a user choose between ...
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How to represent a one time action
I am doing serious games and simulations and I sometimes have the need to represent actions to the user that they can only do once. Basically the user issues a command that only needs to be done once. ...
