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6answers
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Greyed-Out vs Invisible
What is a good criterion or rule-of-thumb for determining when a control should be greyed-out and when should it be completely invisible?
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7answers
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How to incorporate a “never” value on a slider?
I have a slider in a web page (similar to this one) to control the the duration of how long to keep an item before it is removed:
The range of values goes from 0 to 90, with the value 0 being used ...
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4answers
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Can I eliminate volume from my custom html5 video controls?
I'm currently designing a custom full-screen video player for a client, who has provided an Adobe Illustrator high-fidelity interface mock-up. The concept is as minimalist as possible. Their mock-up ...
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5answers
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Appended and Prepended Checkbox: when can I use this?
A was taking a look at Twitter Bootstrap, and, looking at the Prepended and Appended checkboxes, just cant figure out where, why and when I can use it.
Can someone give me a good example?
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4answers
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How do I add the ability to cancel editing without a button?
We currently have an interface pattern that consists of a list of rows; clicking on one row activates "edit mode", where the lables turn into text-boxes, afterwards you can either save or cancel.
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1answer
164 views
Better way to show the calendars
I'm working on a single report page for a web app. I need to show how to filter the displayed data it be per day (diary) or between two dates (weekly).
When the user select diary (Diario), it shows a ...
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2answers
551 views
What's the preferred vertical orientation for a toggle script?
What's the expected behavior of a disclosure widget on a website?
What's the conventional direction of the expanded state?
Upward
the content pushes down the clicked button while it gradually ...
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3answers
503 views
Project dependency visualization and navigation
I have to visualize software project dependencies and provide a way to navigate through the dependencies. I want to combine showing the dependencies of the currently selected project as well as ...
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11answers
4k views
Most User-Friendly Form Fields for Entering Date/Time?
What are the different ways to have fields in an application for date, time, or both? What are the pros and cons for each?
The most common seem to be a combination of 2–3 drop-downs, or some form ...
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5answers
403 views
Web - How to represent a numeric input that is limited to increments of some number
I have a requirement for a form that restricts a field value to fixed increments of 50 and I'm not sure what would be the most elegant way to represent that constraint in a meaningful fashion.
The ...
