Recommended practices published by an OEM, government, or other organization (e.g. Apple Human Interface Guidelines)
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UX Organisation
I was just wondering if there are any organisations or groups which monitor or provide insight into User eXperience, such as the W3C for the World Wide Web, or the IEEE? Although they are not creators ...
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UI gestures for Kinect, Kinect-type devices
On touch screen devices, there appears to have evolved a standard set of gestures, e.g.
pinch and spread with two fingers for zoom in and zoom out
swipe with one finger to scroll a document
We're ...
6
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1answer
279 views
Where can I find an official or recommended Windows desktop application user interface usability and style guide?
I've heard there is a OSX User Interface Usability and Style Guide since the 90's. I never heard of an equivalent book for Windows. Is there any?
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8answers
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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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5answers
3k views
Desktop software design patterns
There are a lot of resources on the web about web applications design patterns, but only a few about desktop applications.
And this is quite strange as most of the business targeted software is ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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2answers
436 views
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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1answer
1k views
Does anyone have any good examples of a Heuristic Evaluation report?
Looking for something that is well laid out & easy to read.
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1answer
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How does one create Website UI guidelines? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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4answers
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How did you create design guidelines for your organization?
As a newly hired UX specialist, I'm planning to create design guidelines for developers and QA testers in my organization.
The problem is I'm not sure what's the best way to approach this. Shall I ...
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3answers
322 views
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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1answer
172 views
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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2answers
187 views
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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5answers
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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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4answers
520 views
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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3answers
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Guidelines for autocomplete widgets
What guidelines exist when working with autocomplete widgets? I'm hoping for general guidelines that apply across different application types: web, desktop, and mobile.
A response to a Search as you ...
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6answers
1k views
Documents similar to Microsoft's guide on creating the best user experience
For several years, I've refered back to Microsoft's best user experience guide document but I'm starting to think that by just using one guide as my, uh, guide, I may be narrowing my horizons a ...
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5answers
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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 ...
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8answers
3k views
How should I interview UI and IA job applicants?
I'm a programmer who knows enough about UI/IA to sound convincing and cares enough to want to hire someone who actually knows what they are doing. Interviewing programmers is easy - they go on and on ...
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13answers
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What guidelines exist for designing UIs?
UI guidelines can be helpful to provide rules-of-thumb, or at least remind you of things to think about when designing a UI. What sets of guidelines exist?
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4answers
793 views
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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8answers
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Do you consider the “960 Grid System” one of the “Holy Grails” of User Experience layouts? [closed]
Is there a "Holy Grail" of layout?
I recently redesigned a website for a client (University of Connecticut Coop), where I happened upon a link in their old code to this article:
...
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7answers
705 views
Thoughts on creating a portfolio?
I would like to put together an online portfolio for my UX work. However given that I work in-house on a single project, rather than for an agency, I'm wondering what I ought to include.
Are videos ...
