Graphical User Interface design (GUI-design for short) refers to the visual aspect of designing computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user's experience and interaction. Generally refers to digital rather than physical ...
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Do I have three levels of content, or can I reduce it to two?
I'm working on overhauling an interface that has two clearly defined levels of navigation, and then one murky level. Clicking on the first level will reveal sub-options which correspond to that ...
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Is there a better character than the asterisk to indicate a modified document?
In Windows applications it seems to be common way to indicate modified, unsaved documents with an asterisk * character.
E.g. this is how Visual Studio .NET 2012 indicates a modified document:
When ...
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In GUI/UI design, why is the clock on the right?
I've been trying to design a new User Interface for the Desktop, while at it a friend has told me about his thoughts on UI design and we had a discussion about the placement of the "clock".
In ...
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Which colours should be chosen to match a metro theme and be easily readable? [closed]
I am colourblind, which makes choosing the colours of my website very hard (Often I choose colours that appeal to me, yet look awful to everyone else). I have recently begun a new website (Image ...
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User access level grid - idea for gui
In my software application, multiple users can be created and every user belongs to a single Department.
Users can add tasks to other departments. For example, the accounting department can add a new ...
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Reliable sources about UI/UX best practices in Japan?
Everything I read about usability on western websites is mostly the opposite of what I'm told to do at my workplace in Japan.
For example :
- make landing pages as crowded as possible
- avoid share ...
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Do iOS application icons need to be updated for iOS 7?
as a graphic designer, would an application icon need to be updated to match the simplicity and flat UI of iOS 7? Do you think this would contribute to the UX overall?
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Implementing UI Design of iOS to Android App, Good Idea?
I found a similar question here but I want to hear the answer to my questions.
Our team has launched an iOS version of our app, let's call it X App. We have sold this to 3 clients and they like it. ...
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Mixing rounded corners and square corners
The question of the usability of rounded corners versus square corners has already be answered here. My question revolves more about the consequence of having them intermingled. I've heard some ...
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What are the key elements for clarity and simplicity of a web application GUI?
We work on a web application. We have spend more than two month to simplify every process and workflow. Now, we would like to make the User Interface looking more simplier and clear, working only ...
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Why has web annotation so far been a failure?
It seems that through the use of browser extensions, web annotation could provide an awesome way to 'add more channels' of data to an existing web resource. Given the limited technical challenges, and ...
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How to give a site a mockup look? [migrated]
My boss's boss decided that I have to show the current stage of my work to my stakeholders, so they can get a feeling for the web application I am developing for them. It is a greenfield development, ...
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How can I check my UI mockups on my iphone without emailing myself the files? [closed]
How can I check my UI mockups on my iphone without emailing myself the files? I found a great app called "Live View" which is a remote screen viewing application, but it requires having a mac ...
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How to design Android screen in photoshop? [closed]
I want to ask one question.
Client gave one PSD (android design) which have screen size 48x800 px.
He want to support all the devices with one resolution psd.
I want to know how to do this?
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Best fonts for mobile applications? [closed]
So what would be your pick when designing a mobile app? What font would you choose?
From what I'm reading lately, many people praise Open Sans, and the font really has it's merits, it's simple, ...
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Show list selection based on multiple attribute selection
In my traditional desktop app (not web app), I have a screen with a relatively short list of items (typically 10 - 20), from which the user can select any combination (including all).
The items have ...
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Why does the mouse cursor switch direction over line numbers in programming IDEs?
When you mouse over line numbers in IDEs, such as Visual Studio or Notepad++, the mouse cursor is flipped horizontally. I can't think of a reason this would be a ubiquitous user interface decision. ...
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Responsive Design for Job Boards not recommended? [closed]
After a little bit of research on my side, I failed to find job boards that have implemented a responsive layout.
I reckon that I've only looked at the most popular job boards but still, I found it ...
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Why is tree representation of data becoming unpopular?
I'm asking not about professional software like IDE's, but about OS GUI and web interfaces.
A few years ago there was File manager in Windows, Gopher and other interfaces and data models like this.
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How to design a UI that will not put people in the situation of hitting ESC or clicking randomly
As mentioned in this UX question, people try to click around when an application is non-responsive (it hangs).
Is there a practical way for an app to indicate it is still "alive" so that it doesn't ...
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How can I view my screen design on an iOS device as I work in Photoshop under Windows? [closed]
I know there are quite a few apps that accomplish this very well under OS X. I personally own and love xScope, but at work we are forced to make do with Windows 7.
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Reducing flicker in a real-time graph? [migrated]
I am rendering a scatter plot every 5 seconds where the X-axis denotes time and Y-axis denotes a set of names ordered alphabetically.
download bmml source – Wireframes created with ...
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Is it a bad idea to have two progress bars in one dialog?
Discussing with my team-mates this morning but we're not sure which one is the best way.
Scenario: When users select a single document to process, they will see a progress bar and text displaying its ...
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Notifying the user of unsaved changes
I have some settings that the user of my software can change via a GUI. The settings reflect both the current state of the underlying properties, and the state of the user interaction.
Example: A ...
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Designing for 1280
If you had to design for 1280 without using fluid or responsive design (project constraints), what width would you set the design to be? For example, a set width of 1140 should allow enough gutter ...
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What is a good design for moving entities from the current role/place to another? [closed]
I need to create from an html page the following functionality:
I will simplify the domain problem. Assume that I have a person e.g. a teacher that goes to a specific building to work i.e a school.
So ...
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Time entry that doesn't allow overlaps
I'm working on a time entry form for a project management app. The time entries entered represent real tasks done, so they cannot be allowed to overlap. Currently we accomplish this by simly ...
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Masked password characters in a GUI vs terminal
In a GUI form, or for example a login box on a website, it's usual for masked characters to appear like ********* as you type out your password.
But in terminal applications, for example ssh, this ...
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What is the best way to communicate that certain functionality is currently unavailable in an application [duplicate]
Let's say there is some feature in an application (accessed via a button) that only becomes available once a number of criteria are met.
Off the top of my head, there are 3 options here:
Hide the ...
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Tree manage in ribbon UI
I'm implementing ribbon UI in one of my application. It manages some trees so I move all the options to the ribbon (contextual tabs) but it just doesn't look fluent.
Is placing tree options ...
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Is it okay to have a login requiring users to first select from multiple services?
We have two services with logins on a page. Should we consider having a single login box which asks users to select which service they want to log in to before hitting the login button rather than two ...
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Wireframing tool for native Windows app [closed]
I am looking for a good wireframing tool that has a big library of assets for building a native Windows application. I just downloaded Axure and Pencil (among others), but there are not a whole lot of ...
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Why aren't Gmail-like “on-page” dialogs more popular UI solutions?
A few months ago, Gmail gave us the choice to switch to a new UI, with many new features (...) including an "on-page-docked" window. I personally find this piece of UI very useful as it allows users ...
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Best approach to presenting data that is being compared and the differences within it
I am developing an app that compares source data and destination data (the data is transferred from one database into another)
I would like to create the best possible interface that clearly and ...
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Best way to display support, contact, and preferences in Mac App
I'm trying to decide what the best way to display the following options to a user is:
Contact / Social Connection Links (ex. find "company name" on Twitter / Facebook)
Support options (ex. in-app ...
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Multiple actions for each node in a hierarchy
I am looking at improving an existing design, which has the following properties:
The information is hierarchical;
Every node in that hierarchy can do multiple things, such as expand to view ...
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How should I design a table with clickable rows?
I have a table with information about all loans a client had. This table looks like this
Book_Id | BookType_Title | StartDate | EndDate |
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What would you label 'Delete oldest and Save' action?
The (iPad) app has a limit to the number of sessions which can be saved.
Once the limit is reached, when the user tries to save a new session he gets a dialog box telling:
You can either delete ...
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Where to place the '< Back' link or button?
I am building a simple transactional site with two step process both on web and mobile (responsive).
Target users both male & female age from 30-40 relatively tech savvy.
First page is a ...
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Can a visual progress bar be used as a navigational element?
We're having a bit of a debate here among teammates as to what would be a better UX solution, so I was hoping you guys could help me settle this.
We have a linear flow through a data-collection ...
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Multiple-axis content access - Is three dimensions too many?
Referencing previous article: Are multiple entry points good or bad?
Our Intranet design has IA and global navigation that is currently based on locating targets along three axes. Content is sparsely ...
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How to indicate that settings have been modified?
A button ("Filter by") allows the user to select a subset of all choices. After the user configures a filter, how should I indicate that a filter has been configured?
I've thought about adding text ...
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Is it okay to use breadcrumb navigation on some pages and not on others?
Breadcrumbs would be redundant for some of my pages and quite pointless, but effective on others which are a bit deeper.
Is it bad practice to only implement breadcrumbs on some of the pages?
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Form Design: Mutually Exclusive Tabs vs. One Form
I am working on a form design that currently has two mutually exclusive forms accessible via tabs (Option 1). During usability testing my team noticed that users missed the tabs and only noticed them ...
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Is it OK to use 'free' in a tax subtotal?
we are designing a checkout page and in the subtotals area we have a breakout for tax, shipping and discounts.
We use the term 'free' rather than '0.00'.
So, for example:
Subtotal: $140.00
Tax: ...
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Is it necessary to show the name of the application on the screen?
For a mobile application, should all views show the name of the application? On the one hand, we don't want the user to get lost, but on the other, it could just take up space. Is there a UI best ...
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Partial success message when deleting items
In one of our applications, the user can select multiple items and delete as many of them as they wish in single click.
However, while processing this request there is some validation and ...
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Choice Box or Tabs for multiple contents in a view [duplicate]
I am going to display a small view in my application that contains contents to be picked. The contents are sorted in an undetermined quantity of categories.
Would it be preferred to sort them in ...
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Is it absolutely necessary to show the currently selected language in a language selector?
There are three choices of language. At least on mobile it would be nice if I could save a little space in the footer by omitting the currently active language. This seems risky though as it means the ...
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Will it be better for making call-for-action buttons in warm colors?
Are there any A/B test/ statistics results revealing whether using warm color buttons is generally better than cold color buttons in UI? (despite the concern for the theme color of the brand)
