widely accepted and understood ways of presenting information and interaction opportunities in a UI.
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eCommerce search with Images and prices as you type - is it too much to put in the search result?
Please have a look at the demo we did for FreshDirect.
Start at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24083519/FD/FreshDirect.html
Goto the search box and click 'organic tomato'.
The interaction is immediate, and ...
2
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3answers
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Standard notation for describing UI
Is there a somewhat standard (commonly used) notation that allows to specify key information right on the mockup like:
font, size, boldness
color
something being centered or left/right aligned
same ...
2
votes
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
361 views
Horizontal And Vertical Flipping / Mirroring
In graphics applications there is often a feature that allows one to flip or mirror objects like images or shapes around the horizontal or vertical axis.
In an application I use the action will be ...
2
votes
1answer
101 views
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 ...
2
votes
3answers
112 views
Look and Feel Consistency for existing app with new features
I have an existing app, which is almost two year old and I am planning to build new UI screens using bootstrap framework. I start to realize that new UI screens are NOT having the same look and feel. ...
2
votes
1answer
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Which term seems more appropriate to use for a user, “player” or device"
Working on a site that allows users to listen to audio through some sort of playback. Whether it is on their desktop (software) iPhone, iPad, touch (App) or special hardware, they can choose one of ...
2
votes
1answer
211 views
Choosing between state and action on video chrome controls
I realize that the question of deciding whether to make a button show its state versus show its action has already been asked. Some of the answers were to make the interface more verbose or add ...
1
vote
5answers
339 views
What is the standard convention for ordering On/Off buttons?
I am working on a Windows application that has a set of On/Off radio buttons, specifically "Low Power" and "Normal".
I have arranged them so that the Low Power button comes first, and the Normal ...
1
vote
3answers
201 views
Conventional keyboard modifier for expanding/collapsing hierarchical tree view
I have a large tree view where users will often want to fully expand or collapse a particular tree. I'm providing a context menu with both of these choices, but I'd also like to allow the user to hold ...
0
votes
3answers
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Free Trial Registration abandonment and resume
Dealing with a free-trial registration that REQUIRES a billing page, unfortunatelty (Credit Card info).
There are 3 steps to this registration:
Account registration
Billing
Confirmation - tell us ...
0
votes
2answers
78 views
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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votes
2answers
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Designing for dynamic layout seen in ERP/ complex configurable systems [closed]
This is what I am trying to achieve.
How can I make such a design in web application using ASP.NET properly.
A bit of thought on the same:-
How to properly set this up with good layout manager?
...
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3answers
188 views
Is double-click necessary anymore? [closed]
Double-click can pose multiple problems... you can move the mouse too much between the 2 clicks and it won't register as a double-click... or worse, it will be interpreted as a "drag"... same problem ...
