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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Is there any research on whether users understand ellipses (…)?
This GUI design pattern goes right back to the Apple Lisa in the early 80s:
Is there any research covering:
Whether people actually notice the three dots (...) at the end of a menu item or ...
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Are multiple entry points good or bad?
My example is a web-based application, but I guess this could go for anything: Multiple entry points for the same action, good or bad?
My example:
Adding a product against a supplier (vendor).
This ...
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How to determine how many widgets is too many widgets?
Following on from my last question, we're working on a UX design for an application. Once logged in, the user is confronted with a dashboard, something in a similar vein to this; just more complex and ...
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Jumping progress bar or running process indicator?
I'm developing a process with a predefined number of steps to complete so while process is running I can know how far the process has gotten and how much is there still to be done.
My process ...
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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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What is the best way to allow users to navigate through a large amount of information on a website that is categorised in numerous ways?
As a web developer, I'm often given designs that look good from the web designer, but don't necessarily function as well as they should. This is especially true for navigation elements, increasingly ...
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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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Best Method to Present a Many to Many Form to User
I have a questions about how to best present a form based off a many to many relationship to a user. I'll explain my models to help give an idea of what data I need to present.
Models and ...
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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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Alternative control to drag and drop for assigning tasks to an individual?
I am working on a web application for Branch Managers at an investment bank to assign accounts that are without Financial Advisers for whatever reason. Some reasons are the Financial Adviser has ...
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How to implement a stack exchange style voting for mobile?
I have a client who wants me to improve the usability of their current iOS app.. they have a voting mechanism that looks like this:
i figured that this was bad usability b/c it didn't add up the ...
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What controls to fix this Filter?
https://www.scic.com/schedule
I'm looking to replace the filters on the right side of the page and need to know some of the possiblities.
For the date selector, I'm looking at using: ...
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Custom user gesture recognition: listen on startup or on hovering specific area?
I am developing a multitouch UI that takes input from a depthcamera (Microsfot Kinect). In other words, there is no physical "screen" for a user to touch. In addition to the default multitouch ...
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Best way to shorten item's names in lists, but retaining per-item uniqueness?
We have a drop-down menu for the user to switch between several accounts or profiles, and these accounts are identified by their legal entity name. There's a higher than random chance that many of the ...
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Combining email and phone inputs into a single text field
Let's say you want to combine both email and phone input into a single text field because you require either or, not both. What's the best way would you approach this? As far as making it clear ...
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Unclosable last tab in firefox. Is this a real decision?
Is there any convincing reason behind the decision to make to last open tab un-closable in Firefox? This change has been introduced several versions ago, and I still can not understand why I'm not ...
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How can branches of a query language be added dynamically in a browser? [closed]
Our group developed a stream-oriented NetFlow query language, called NFQL.
Given that it can have multiple filtering/grouping stages and a number of branches, defining a query in a text file can ...
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Should I alter the size of various icons when displayed on different resolution devices?
I know that images look smaller or bigger depending on the screen resolution so an image (say 10x10) would look bigger on a less resolution display and look tiny on a higher resolution display.
I ...
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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 are some reference works for capitalization in UI text?
I'm currently in the process of updating the language files for a large web portal. Over time, a lot of inconsistencies have crept in, and so in different places you might see contrasting:
Titles > ...
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Am I right to sort the the RHS listbox alphabetically in a paired-listbox GUI?
I have a Dual/Slaved/Paired Listbox GUI*, and I'm trying to convince colleagues that it makes the most sense for the RHS listbox to be sorted alphabetically rather than in order of addition, ...
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Combining rotation and straightening of images
Topic may seem weird as the two terms seem to mean the same.
Clarification:
Rotation: The typical way of grabbing a corner and pulling in the direction you want the image to rotate.
Straightening: ...
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UI design for multiple attribute based filtering
I have a movie dataset. The dataset contains movie's attributes like title, actors, directors, imdb rating etc. I am working on a web app which enables user to apply filters on the dataset. For eg the ...
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Using the “X” as a close button vs a button labeled “close window” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Closing modal dialogs
I'm developing a flash application that has buttons that popup a window with more text, and information when they click it. This happens throughout ...
