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Better to Show Empty List or Default List?
This is a web application for people to manage a large database of stuff. When the user clicks on the a button/link to "View Their List of Stuff", is it better to present them with a populated list or ...
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Filter options - Preferable to use an 'all' box or a 'clear' link to restore default settings?
I'm currently working on a search engine, filter options are provided to allow users to refine their searches.
Example:
TYPE
[box] Firm
[box] Lawyer
[box] Transaction
[box] Company
When the ...
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Opt-ins versus opt-outs in forms - does nobody else care?
Whilst filling out a form on the Royal Mail site this morning, I came across this heresy of form design: the self-negating checkbox...
This required careful (re)reading to ensure that:
I was ...
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What should be the default option of a required dropdown list?
Given that there is no logically default animal from the list of animals below, what should be the "Default Value" below, according to best practice?
<label for="animal">Animal ...
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Choosing between a default option and an occasional alternative action
I have an Outlook macro at work which pops up a panel every time you send an email, asking whether you'd like to file that email into various public folders. This is useful and we use it all the time ...
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Is it ok to have “I agree” as the default option?
On many website there will be a long user agreement. As everybody knows, very few people actually read the agreement and just mindlessly click "I agree".
As such, I am thinking that it would be ...
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What should be the default view of a large collection of data (that can be filtered) on a web page?
I have a web page that shows projects (but it could be anything) in an html table (one row per project). There is a filter button at the top that allows users to can filter by a number of different ...
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How to represent 'string or number' as default query in search box?
we have developed a search engine , as usual the search box works without having to click extra button , once user enter search query and press enter the result is shown.
Now, my search text-box has ...
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Date Range: Is automatically making “To” the same as “From” a good practice when searching data in the past?
I couldn't think of a more descriptive title, but this is what I'm wondering:
I have a Date Range selector box. It's quite straightforward, it has two calendars, one for the "From" date, and another ...
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Why are there three (3) default worksheets in MS Office Excel?
As far as I can remember there have been 3 worksheets ("Sheet1", "Sheet2", "Sheet3") by default in any new MS Excel's workbook. What is the reason for that? I'm pretty sure the most popular number of ...
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what to use for default directory when doing “save as”?
When implementing a typical "Save as..." menu item for a desktop app, what should the default directory be? Must I do something different on *nix, OSX and Windows or can I get away with the same for ...
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Is default text needed for simple forms?
Does having default text on simple forms improve usability or simply clutter the interface?
I have a sign in form that is very simple, and visually I think it would be better without the default ...
