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Nomenclature: Folder or Directory in UI?
I often see the terms "folder" and "directory" being used in user interfaces as well as in programming almost as synonyms.
Do I have to stick with one? or can I use both interchangeably? Do users ...
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2answers
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How to group together blog posts/articles?
What should be the general criteria to group together blog posts/articles..??
I have just two ideas in my mind:
One - To group by date of publishing..
Two - To group by category..
On what type of ...
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2answers
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What should the default selected action be for destructive actions in a dialog?
When a user is about to perform a destructive action that cannot be undone, what should the default selected option be on the confirmation/warning dialog box?
In this example, the user is about to ...
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2answers
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Is there any research or data on horizontal vs. vertical navigational menus?
I've seen many sites using both horizontal (top) navigation, vertical (left) navigation, and both across web sites for a long time. My understanding is that they're both conventions, but I would ...
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1answer
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How effective are conventions when applied to inexperienced users?
As I was writing another question here at UX, I realized that I wanted to discuss more things pertaining to the same problem. I thought it would be a good idea to split the question into two since ...
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Save icon, is the floppy disk icon dead?
This Twitter post sparked me to ask the question:
totally! RT @damienguard: Dear UI
designers everywhere. Stop using
floppy disk icons for save. Too many
people have no idea what it is now.
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