Recommended practices published by an OEM, government, or other organization (e.g. Apple Human Interface Guidelines)
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What is a good web page resolution to design for? [duplicate]
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Common screen resolution in 2011?
What would be a good web page resolution to design for?
I currently work according to 1024px wide resolution screens. and create UIs ...
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Is there an accepted standard for building views and UI elements in Blend that is easy to consume for developers? [closed]
I'm working with a team of developers who are just coming up to speed on Silverlight development. Their BAs completed some prototypes in Axure that I'm starting to work from, but ultimately I am going ...
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What are best practices when designing a left-hand navigation element?
There are many CMS and other web application that sometimes require a left-hand navigation area which provide a way for the user to access additional resource in that specific area. This is not a ...
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Recommended books for enterprise application interface design
I've been reading a lot on UX lately with the intention of improving the user experience on the custom applications we develop. Most of the resources I used are targeting informational websites. I ...
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What is the standard convention for ordering On/Off buttons?
I am working on a Windows application that has a set of On/Off radio buttons, specifically "Low Power" and "Normal".
I have arranged them so that the Low Power button comes first, and the Normal ...
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hiring a web designer: design task
I need to hire a web designer. How do I test his creativity and skills before I hire him. Ideally I'd like to give him a fairly open-ended task i.e. I give him a problem statement and ask him to ...
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guidelines for creating interactive visualisations for the exploration of datasets?
Does anyone know any guidelines in creating interactive visualisations for the exploration of datasets?
I can find lots of material on why particular instances are good or bad, but the actual design ...
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Where to place the login panel?
The following Screens is taken from the most popular websites.what is the best practices for login panel. (right, left, cennter). wordpress display login panel in center while yahoo google and ...
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In which cases does it make sense to use an explanatory video on a homepage?
I am a junior designer and I working on a web service's site design. I am not sure what should I place at the homepage i.e.:
Some services like dropbox and readability have a quick video tour which ...
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Nagging the user with double message box for something that is important.
When our software is installed, it installs some networking components. It may run fine immediately after the install, but chances are that some applications won't be able to talk to the network until ...
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Resources for learning Gestalt principles
I've seen the Gestalt principles or laws referenced often when it comes to graphic design and even UI and UX.
Is there some definitive guide, book or original research about this subject that I can ...
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What factors should I consider when [re]designing a home page / home screen?
I've been considering redesigning the home screen for the next release in a desktop application I'm responsible for. This could probably be thought of as a brand-new design, since I have virtually no ...
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Best way to convince a decision maker on UX approach.
What is the best possible strategy to convince a stakeholder to adopt a new approach when they seem to hold on to a particular idea which is more generic. What I would like to hear are the best ways ...
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Why do programs ask the user to configure auto-update when first run?
Yesterday, I was installing F.lux on my Mac (cool-looking program by the way), and when I ran it, it asked me if I wanted the program to automatically update. How am I (or any average user) supposed ...
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Font sizes for WCAG2.0 AAA
Anyone know what the WCAG2.0 definition of 'Normal' and 'Large' fonts are, as they relate to the AA and AAA levels?
I've googled and read the WCAG site and docs but unless I'm being really stupid ...
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How do you conquer the challenge of designing for large screen real-estate?
This question is a bit more subjective, but I'm hoping to get some new perspective. I'm so used to designing for a certain screen size (typically 1024x768) that I find that size to not be a problem. ...
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How does one create Website UI guidelines? [duplicate]
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How did you create design guidelines for your organization?
What points do you need to consider while writing the UI guidelines for a website. How much in depth should ...
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Guidelines for representing sentinel values within a list
I'm curious if anybody can point me to a list of guidelines (preferable regarding Windows Development UI design) that may help layout rules which to follow when representing sentinel or special values ...
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Blank slate invitations - best practices
Blank slate invitations (a term taken from the book Designing Web Interfaces) are inline invitations/instructions on how to interact with the UI - primarily aimed at novice users. That is, e.g., when ...
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Two step selection in windows phone 7
How to display this two step selection dialog in a native way in WP7:
States (in my case approximately 40 entries)
Cities (in my case 1-15 entries)
Here are my thoughts I want to discuss with you ...
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Is it correct to sometimes capitalize words mid-sentence in computer user interfaces?
I've noticed that many sites and user interfaces tend to capitalize certain words or sentences like so:
Choose File
Select a File to Upload
Account Settings
How to Format
but in some other ...
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Using slider component as video's trackbar and volume control
Do you guys think it is ok (usability wise) to use the same slider component design as video trackbar and volume control?
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What are common keyboard shortcuts for WYSIWYG form/report generators?
I'm re-writing a program I wrote right out of college, now I know a lot more about the programming language, but I'm not too up on common design issues and I don't want to leave anything out this ...
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Is red text ever acceptable for use in non-error content?
I've always gone by the rule that red text should only be used in displaying error messages. Can anyone show me any usability blog/book excerpts that prove or disprove this rule? What are your own ...
