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 ...
18
votes
6answers
2k views
Are custom scroll bars easier to use or do they just look “nice”?
I've noticed that a lot of webapps have started using custom scroll bars. A few examples include Facebook, Trello, Google Docs, and Twitter. I'm sure you can think of some more:
How do these types ...
14
votes
6answers
286 views
Is there a term/name for these labels?
Are there any conventional names for these informational labels?
10
votes
5answers
366 views
What is the correct meaning of “slider”?
I'm confused by the word "slider". It seems to be used interchangeably for two quite different types of UI control.
An input allowing selecting of a point on a numeric scale, as in the jQuery UI ...
4
votes
3answers
150 views
Using a table within a mega drop down
I've a quick question about combining a mega drop down with a tabular list view. Ideally I'd prefer jut to have the list to pick from but the list also requires sorting. I'm not really sure that this ...
3
votes
3answers
143 views
Time Scheduler UI
Working on a doctor availability schedule page. In this page I need to setup the available time for each day in a week for a doctor.
This is one time activity. Samething is repeated for every week. I ...
5
votes
5answers
340 views
Best way to display plus/minus or pros/cons short sentences
I have information in short sentences (bullet list) and each bullet could be pros/cons or plus/minus toward a product. What is the best way to display it nicely?
For example:
+ Price is cheap
+ ...
13
votes
4answers
554 views
Intuitive vs. Efficient: Which is more important?
When faced with a design decision in which one option is more intuitive, and the other is more efficient, what guideline should be used to prioritize one desideratum over the other?
8
votes
6answers
311 views
How can I make these links more obvious to click on?
I'm working on a website redesign for a dental laboratory.
While testing the home page with a user, they never clicked on the links in the subnavigation. They clicked on the larger buttons in the ...
35
votes
6answers
2k views
How can I highlight errors when bright red is the main color of the brand?
I'm working on a mobile website for a client whose main brand color is red. The website header and headings are all red. CTA buttons are red too. How can I effectively separate errors (mostly in form ...
2
votes
5answers
222 views
Use up or down arrow to represent “sort ascending” at table header
To represent "sort ascending" (a -> b -> c -> ...) , my first sense told me that, I should use ↓ to represent it. This is because if I lay my data
a
b
c
It seems like thing is moving naturally ...
2
votes
2answers
129 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
259 views
Usability assesment methods for cross-platform mobile applications
I am new to usability testing.
I want to do a usability study comparing multiple mobile applications that are made using different technologies - for example native, phonegap, appcelerator, etc.
...
0
votes
1answer
45 views
What is the best practice approach in android for form input that is related to the current view
I am currently going through the process of designing the experience of my first android app for a company I am involved with. Forgive me if some of the terminology is incorrect; coming from a web ...
0
votes
1answer
86 views
Categorizing user interface elements [duplicate]
I have seen lots of different ways to define and categorize user interface elements/components. In the process of writing a style guide, I am interested in whether the following categories cover the ...
2
votes
2answers
194 views
Quick Booking UX/UI design [closed]
I am using Twitter Bootstrap UI for developing screens for my application.
I created the booking / appointment page.
This page will be used by hospital staffs. They want to quickly fill the data, ...
2
votes
2answers
139 views
How to prototype a new concept for UI design for mobile devices? [closed]
I am currently developing a new kind of UI for android device and I wanted to know how do I make prototype of it ? since none of the existing UI design tool has support for it. I wanted to include ...
5
votes
2answers
175 views
Convincing importance of a great UI [duplicate]
We have a good set of algorithms which are the core of our business. Our product itself works mostly as a plugin inside other workflows. There is web based UI which is used by some of our customers ...
1
vote
2answers
66 views
What should the Double-Click behaviour be in a treeview which is in a selection dialog
Normally when using treeview I would expect that when the user double-clicking on a node that has children the tree will expand/collapse. However, Say we have a tree in a selection dialog. We ...
6
votes
3answers
5k views
Best UI for filtered search with many filtering options as opposed to single text field
What UI provides the best user experience when searching using many filters as opposed to a single text input.
For example: I have 15 filters (all optional) that users can filter results by. The ...
5
votes
4answers
733 views
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 ...
-3
votes
1answer
96 views
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 ...
-2
votes
1answer
49 views
Components of a site that would cause imitation concerns [closed]
I'm new to the web design and web comic fields.
I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal, and thought his tile layout was a good way to share the most amount of comics for given real estate.
So, following the ...
1
vote
1answer
108 views
What UI Should I Use?
Here's the feature:
The user is a construction sub-contractor. Each user specializes in something like welding or plumbing or windows, etc... Now, these things they specialize in are formally defined ...
12
votes
4answers
352 views
What is the best way to ask for a specific amount?
Consider the following simple scenario: User has 2,352 cookies in his account. Now, he is prompted with a message, "How many cookies would you like to eat?" Given he can enter any number from 1 to ...
0
votes
1answer
98 views
Minimalistic User interfaces discussion [duplicate]
I'm wondering whether or not a minimalistic user interfaces is the best choice.
For example you might have an application that has only one button per page, so a user can't get confused. Or multiple ...
6
votes
3answers
126 views
Choices for users who don't read
I'm building a touch UI for a timesheet program.
Requirements:
1) Record the start and end time of a break.
2) Determine if the user is leaving the work place for their break (for safety reasons ...
2
votes
3answers
162 views
How can I display lots of controls that are contained within expanders?
I'm currently building and Dashboard system for a factory and there is a control panel to control all the displays in the factory and to decide which detail(KPI type) to be displayed. Following is the ...
0
votes
2answers
242 views
GUI Design advice on Add/Remove/Edit form
I am building a GUI that needs to allow the user to:
Add entries
Remove entries
Modify Existing entries
Each of these "entries" hold very simple information:
Outlet Number (Non editable, ...
0
votes
0answers
64 views
The art of building great GUI [closed]
I am not sure whether its appropriate to ask this question here. If its not, please let me know.
Being a novice in graphic and web designing, I am always pondered by this question.
What are the ...
10
votes
2answers
688 views
Good UX for a page
I am working on a UI design. I have good CSS/HTML knowledge. But not good in UX.
Attached image is the UI I created for one page.
I tried alter it nearly 10 ways, still my customer says it looks ...
0
votes
1answer
91 views
Handling bad network connections in a mobile app [closed]
I'm currently writing my bachelor thesis about loading data in mobile applications (native/web based).
I already searched for UX studies how to handle disconnects and slow loading of data but ...
8
votes
3answers
250 views
Are there any special design guidelines for big touch screens (30–50 inch)?
I'm about to develop an application for a large touch screen (around 40″).
Now to my question, are there any special design guidelines for such a large screen? I have read Android/iOS/Windows RT ...
2
votes
4answers
193 views
How can I improve this wizard interface? [closed]
I am working to improve a wizard like interface available to our users. I have attached mockups of the first two screens in the series.
I would like to get advice on the design. Currently these ...
3
votes
1answer
135 views
Legacy Text Interface (e.g. Telnet) to GUI [closed]
I work in a very large, established company with a consistent philosophy of, "If it's not broken, don't fix it." The (large) division of the company that is responsible for maintaining customer ...
2
votes
3answers
386 views
How to design a futuristic-looking application
I was hoping to get some advice from some more experienced UX developers. I have been presented with a unique challenge by my customer, and I feel like I am failing.
Specifically, they want a UI that ...
9
votes
2answers
99 views
Borders editing control usability
I need a simple and intuitive control for editing rectangle borders.
At the moment I have the following:
At the left - preview box and current border selector at the same time. User can click on ...
-2
votes
2answers
154 views
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 ...
1
vote
4answers
124 views
Is there a Web UX standard as to when to use, or not use a tool-tip?
Current web application is being updated with twitter bootstrap and the UX people are hover / tool-tip happy which is leading to a very busy page.
My understanding is that tool tips should be used ...
2
votes
2answers
65 views
Which is better option Create/Save for Activity and Circle? [closed]
I want to create an Activity as well as Circle for networking. Which button will be suitable 'Create' or 'Save'.
5
votes
4answers
156 views
What is the technical term or common name for this widget?
What would you call the UI element that allows a user to add and remove elements from a collection as the favourite / ignored tags widget on the homepage of any stack exchange site does?
3
votes
2answers
86 views
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 ...
5
votes
6answers
221 views
Which is better option 'School', 'College' or any other?
I have used the school field name for both school and college on my website, but I think 'School' and 'College' have different meanings. Can anyone suggest a more appropriate option?
2
votes
4answers
101 views
Which is the better option Share or Post button? [closed]
On my website I am using the 'Share' button to post a comment, document, or to have a poll.
I'm confused either to use 'Share' or 'Post'.
1
vote
1answer
86 views
How to make right-click in nautilus more intuitive?
This issue was discussed here -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/990965
The problem is when a user right-clicks in the list view with mouse pointer in the row of the file, she ...
2
votes
2answers
68 views
How to present lessons? [closed]
I'm trying to figure out a good way to present todays lessons for students in an app. I'm not bound to anything (except maybe Microsoft Design Language) and I want to be innovative and modern.
The ...
10
votes
4answers
301 views
Another phrasing for the term “Directions” in this case?
Below is a short browser based linux simulator for training purposes. It basically starts off with a blank screen, and gives directions for the user to enter a linux command to do a given task. If the ...
6
votes
1answer
121 views
Ternary Switch - How to implement?
My website gives users a report for their search term, this report contains many different datasets.
Each dataset can be configured via options on their profile page, to either;
Load when the ...
7
votes
4answers
1k views
Best resources to make great reusable UI elements (icons/buttons/etc)? [closed]
I'm new to "crafting UIs", but I've been doing User Experience / Interaction design for a while. Being unable to design my own graphics has been a serious handicap for my work as I'm dependent on ...
10
votes
3answers
783 views
UI / UX Review Site? [closed]
I stumbled upon a UI/UX review site some time ago, but cannot seem to put my finger on it again. Could someone please advise if you are aware of what this site may be? I have a few designs I'd like ...
1
vote
2answers
196 views
Placement of 'Cancel/Done/Home'-Button on iPhone modal view
I have a modal view in my iPhone app including a navigation bar with two buttons on the root view controller. A a button to dismiss the screen, also not sure which title to use calling it now the ...
