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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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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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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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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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When is Skeuomorphism appropriate in an iOS app?
I know there are no hard and fast rules regarding the use of Skeuomorphism, but I'd like to more fully understand when the use of Skeuomorphic elements is appropriate in iOS apps.
To my limited ...
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How shall i convince user to select multiple email-id?
I am inviting people to participate in my activity. I entered the email id. It got added into the list. Now shall i select multiple? (Is the question faced by many users)
What shall i do:
-Provide a ...
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Should registration email for a website greet with “Congratulation”? [closed]
I have created a new account.At the start up. I received a Congratulation email saying. You are now part of this site. Doesn't it look strange?
Mail Format:
Congratulations!Thanks for registering ...
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Traditional file upload vs repository
I'm working on a b2b web application where users might want to upload files for several purposes: assigning images and/or documents with specifications to their products or businesses, attaching files ...
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Should i have two links on my Home Page?
I have an important link called 'tlm'. The link has been placed twice on the home page but in different locations. According to Usability Guidelines, two links having sharing similar site navigation ...
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How to present filters graphically?
I'm creating a UI which allows users to specify filters, such as Age > 18. Until now, this has been quite straightforward as all it required was a simple layout as shown below:
However, besides ...
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Should a registration page have large number of fields? [duplicate]
People have to invest time and effort to register.The fields consists of Username, First Name, Last Name, email, Address, Contact, Date Of Birth, Gender, City, State, Country, Password, Position, ...
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Change button for color input modes
I have this SWT widget (color picker) with label:
By pressing the star button, color picker field transforms into code field, where you can write code:
I am not satisfied with this "star ...
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Table Checkbox side best practices
When is it a best practice to allow for checkboxes to appear on the left/right and side of a table?
A wireframe came across my desk looking similar to the wireframe below. The justification the team ...
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How to visually suggest to the viewer that there is more than meets the eye in a elegant, neat looking way?
From a user experience design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am ...
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1answer
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Master details form in Android
I have an activity that is used a lot, that requires a lot of input fields and it can be updated when the user wants, although it won't be very common.
In this moment, I have something like this:
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When should a select be replaced with a combobox?
I'm working with a site that is currently making heavy use of comboboxes. In fact, every select in the whole application is automatically turned into a combobox on page load.
My first inclination is ...
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integrating a social-network application into existing app from a UX point of view
We had a web app that acts as a travel portal for consumers - tours, hotels, attractions and so forth. It has recently been decided that a facebook-type platform be integrated as well.
I am ...
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Alternatives for a “speed dial” to recall recent/historical data?
Any solid conventions/alternatives for a "speed dial" to recall recent/historical data? Some context: the primary task of this web app revolves around running a search using a combination of ...
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What are the job titles of people who design how software should look and feel?
In the construction industry, there's an architect:
An architect is a person trained to plan and design buildings, and
oversee their construction
and an interior designer:
Interior design ...
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What is the name of this UI message element/dialog?
I'm trying to figure out what the name of this type of element is. If the user couldn't do anything else on the screen without dealing with the element, it would be a "modal". Some might call this a ...
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How to best enter long digits on a small touch device without using keyboard input
my current task is to create an user interface for a mobile strategy game. stuff can be transported from point a to point b. the user can select an amount of stuff between 1 and 1.000.000. it is ...
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What is a good way to auto-generate an attribute value?
We are building an application that includes a lot of automation. Part of the initialization of this task is to specify the rules for generating specific attribute values. But it is difficult to find ...
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Placing buttons on section headers is correct or not?
Is placing buttons on headers to the middle or extreme right side is correct or not? Could you please suggest me the appropriate place?
Example:
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What are the “Big Three” Gestures in Mobile Development?
last week, our project manager mentioned that we needed to incorporate more of the "big 3" gestures in our mobile software. unfortunately, she's off on vacation now and none of us know what exactly ...
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iPad specific button UX question (rating/feedback interaction system)
TL;DR : how would you design better buttons than my 5 buttons for "I disagree" / Neutral / "I agree" feedback ?
I am doing an iPad application used by participants of an event during a presentation, ...
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UI suggesstions for enterting info in a spreadsheet
A Win32 Application has a spread sheet.
Spreadsheet has some columns. What columns and what type of data in each column? that's determined when we load the spreadsheet application, it reads the data ...
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Google / Maps for Mobile Web
Does anyone have experience with embedded maps for Mobile Web? (NOT APP)
My experience is that it introduces another frame into the page with a separate set of scrolling behavior - not a good thing. ...
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What is safe area / minimum distance for iPhone 4
What is safe area / minimum distance for iPhone 4 canvas?
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Help panels inside application
Are there good UX reasons for not putting a "help panel" within a web application? (one that can be shown or hidden).
Most applications open help in a different browser tab. I'm thinking of just ...
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3answers
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How do I represent actions that can be performed on a canvas?
I have an SVG on top of which there are some circles. The following are the actions that can be performed:
Single-click + Hold on top of canvas and then move mouse to pan the canvas
Double-click to ...
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Lightbox for “In-Context” Editing
Some sites effectively combine the concept of, for the lack of better term, "in-context editing" and lightbox to allow users to easily do page content update. For example, check out Schoola and try ...
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How to make this 'Enable SMS' more intuitive
People seem to be missing this 'Enable SMS notifications' link at the top (which i can understand), I'm just looking for a suggestion as to how to make this more intuitive while still keeping the same ...
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1answer
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Where to place optimization controls in a scheduling interface with several vehicles and optimization criteria?
I'm involved in the design of a vehicle routing interface. It mainly consists of a Gantt-Chart, where jobs are arranged in a timeline. Each job is carried out at a different location. The total travel ...
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UXD Methodology - Best practices for identifying a Global Navigation Toolbar implementation
I am part of a large webapp project, but a small UX team (we just went from 1 to 2, a few weeks ago). We were brought in terribly late in the process, to the point where there was literally no chance ...
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How to provide great UX in navigation from bird's eye view web-component to smaller web-component and vice-versa?
I have a web application, let's call it "Molecule", that provides a bird's eye view over the status of several other web applications, let's call them "Atoms".
I want, somehow, to navigate from the ...
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How does a 3d shading impact circular button use?
I recently ran across a circular smiley icon with lambertian shading, specular shading, and cast shadows. The effect was a little like a ball on a table.
Here it is:
Clicking the icon toggled an ...
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Slider-less time selection.
I'm using the default datetime picker with rails. I'm mainly focusing on the time aspect of this because for my purposes the day will rarely ever be changed. I'm looking for some sort of way to make ...
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How to re-design an app's user interface?
I am new to the interaction design field, basically a student.
I have an assignment where I need to research into topic about Interaction Design of applications for smartphones / tablets when you ...
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How to design batch adding in a web application?
I'm creating a web application with batch adding and batch editting function. Could anyone suggest an interface on how this will go about?
Im using PHP as the server side language. I am creating an ...
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Designing a webpage news reader as an overlay
Suppose on a webpage (accessed through a desktop browser) one has a list of news items displayed as headlines. When a user clicks on one of the headlines the full news text is shown in a lightbox-like ...
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Creating Interfaces that Build Emotional Bonds
What are factors in the user experience that lead to users having an emotional tie to an interface, why, and what would be an example of each factor.
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Where can I find problems to challenge my UI design skills?
I'm still in the beginnings of my career as a programmer, and have always thought I was more interested in low-level back-end type stuff. However, having done a few projects lately on my own, I've ...
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6answers
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Making a legend Interactive?
I am working on an interactive map which displays various pieces of geographic information about a person - places worked, education, holidays taken, home addresses etc..
All in all there are 9 ...
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In a form, is Switching between advanced to basic a good idea?
I have a web page/form which users have to fill in before clicking the 'proceed' button.
Same old story I guess. It looks like this:
report name: [...]
report type: (*) PDF
( ) HTML
...
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How to design a Win 7-like dialog for choosing One of N options without a confirm button?
The Copy file dialog of Win 7 constitutes an approach to presenting One of N options choices to users.
This dialog, however, has been accused of being too hard to scan, and lacking click affordance.
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2answers
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What affords scrolling?
Besides the obvious:
Scrollbar
Touch interfaces (especially mobile ones)
A sign saying "You can scroll here you know!"
This for a desktop application.
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2answers
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Which of the two is the best UI approach for a tablet app destined for reading?
I am in the process of prototyping an application for delivering news content. Our first platform will be the iPad (along with web) but other tablets will follow.
Decomposing the application into ...
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4answers
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Design pattern for merging duplicate contacts?
Have you seen any good examples of applications (web or desktop) that make it easy for a user to identify and merge duplicate contacts or other records? We need our users to manually approve the merge ...
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Best Practices for UI design on Android (Usability/UX) [closed]
I'm switching for web development to Android development. I know some things about web usability and I see that UX is too often left behind on Android from my I experience with it.
As the interaction ...
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UX design case studies [closed]
I am looking for well-written and in-depth case study articles of real life UX designs. I'd like to read how other designers tackle design challenges, and how their designs solve those challenges. ...
