Hyperlinks indicate that clicking on a piece of text or image will take you to related information.
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Tile UX: Is there too much information in these tiles?
I'm working on a flashcard application - I really like the UX of skydrive.com and want to apply the tile paradigm to this app. In the app, Cards belong to Sets belong to Folders. A Folder is ...
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Making a linked page more obvious?
I've got a portfolio much like the one displayed below. One of the people who I have shown the portfolio to, asked if I could put some live version of the game/web page in action, or have some video ...
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Product image links
The scenario: customer navigates to the start page of a e-commerce book site, is presented with various offers on new books. Books is shown just by its fairly large cover.
Example: ...
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Links or button to open a modal window over a datatable
I work in a usability team and in our applications we allways use links to open new pages (navigation), and a buttons to do an action, submit a form, for instance.
But now we face a dilema: we have a ...
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Evidence of Button-action and Link-action in the same scope?
When I started to know GUI in the early 1990s there were always the same type of control to perform an action of the same type, even though the action was different as in [OK] [Cancel] and [Yes] [No]. ...
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Is using an entire banner as a link bad usability?
I am working on a eCommerce site which has a large hero banner space which scrolls through a number of 865 X 450 px banners. Each of these banners is linked to a specific offer in the site. When I ...
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What ways are there to highlight a selected option or link without using bold?
What is the best way to highlight a selected option in text/link format without using <strong> or <b>?
I cannot use underline as they are already links and are therefore the underline is ...
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Unintentional link clicks in table rows
The problem
In a desktop application, our users browse a lot of tables. Some cells contain links. Link texts look the same as other cells', except from when hovering, when they turn blue and ...
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External links and duplicate content
How one should link to pages that are outside the current domain?
Do, i simply make them target="_blank" and give them a different background color or add some icon to them to differentiate them from ...
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How to explain best that there is more to a headline? (Icon, Text, etc)
We want to show "news headlines" within a google map (the news where it happend).
The news will show up in speech bubbles. Only the headline will be shown first. If a user want to read more, he has ...
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What should we do with external links on a Reddit-like social news site?
Basically, we are working on a site that is similar to Reddit (but not exactly a clone). Users are able to post images, links and text posts (what Reddit calls "self posts") and we believe links will ...
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Hover state for Step-based navigation
I'm stumped on figuring out what the proper hover state for a step-based navigation workflow should be.
The navigation appears below. There are 3 states. Completed, Active, and Not-Yet-Completed. The ...
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Navigation Bar, mixing links and buttons
I am trying to create a navigation menu with 2 functions in it... the website 'page' navigation links and 'action' buttons... sort of like this image
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Link to older posts should point to the left or right? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which direction indicates newer/older?
At the end of a list of blog posts there is often a link to previous posts. Somtimes this link is extended with an arrow pointing ...
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What is an acceptable word to indicate a link?
We're working on an application in which users can add hyperlinks. However, we're having a hard time finding an acceptable word that is easily understood by our users. We've asked about 10 users and ...
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Should tags be buttons or links?
Are there any guidelines on how tags should ideally look like? Are they links, buttons, or visual "tags" with a link?
I personally find tags that mimic a physical tag or strip of tape appealing, but ...
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When is it considered a link and when is it already considered a button?
I mean take a look at the http://ux.stackexchange.com homepage. There is a yellowish link "Ask Question" =: missing the, big Letters like in headings etc.
However, there is also a link like "read the ...
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What's the correct UI for displaying actions related to a link without obstructing it?
I would like to allow the user to view stats or add tags to links on a website but that's a very rare use case since most users would never interact with the links beyond just clicking on them to go ...
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One button or two for sign up and log in?
What do you think? Should sign up and log in links be split into two buttons or is it OK to have them in one?
N.B.: sign up form and log in form are on the same page.
Thx,
Alex
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Using hyperlinks for navigation and commands on the same page
I am working on a government web application. We have specified in the style guide that buttons will be used for primary actions and other secondary actions within the page will use hyperlinks. There ...
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Buttons replacing a link for a consistent style
In general, I use buttons for ajax calls that update the UI but am thinking whether a button is a good metaphor for links also. I am using Twitter Bootstrap. Not a designer by trade and would like any ...
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Single 'Edit' link or two 'Edit' & 'Add' links for insert/update/delete operations
I have a dropdownlist and the user has the ability to delete and edit the selected option, or add a new option by clicking a hyperlink which brings up a popup with a form.
Would an 'Edit' link be ...
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Is it harder to locate a link in the side navigation compared to top navigation
Most of the side navigations scroll along with the page and the problem I find when using those kind of websites is that you can't remember the position of the link as while scrolling you are ...
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What's a good pattern for edit in place with hyperlinks?
I have a datagrid with many columns that I want to be able to edit in place. Some of the values in the table are hyperlinks. I want to be able to follow the hyperlinks and also edit them. The row ...
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Where to put the link to admin section?
I have a website with searchable information for users (catalogue, search, item details, etc.). The site does not offer (and doesn't need) any log-in functionality (content is never personalised and ...
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From the usability point of view are text links in italics a good or a bad idea?
A colleague of mine (web designer) would like to style the titles of content in italics for aesthetic reasons. The problem is those titles are also text links to the related full content view. When ...
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Best way to help people understand they can buy domains by clicking on them?
Our client runs panabee, a site to help people brainstorm catchy names for domains, blogs, and mobile apps.
We are researching the best way to help people understand they can buy domain names by ...
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Best placement for a “Go Back” button: top or bottom?
I know that it is bad practice to use a "Go Back" button (since the browser has such a function) but when it can't be avoided for some reason, is it better to put it on top (similar to how the back ...
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Inline sharing URLs
What's the purpose of these inline URLs? Why clutter the interface when people can easily copy and paste their browser's address bar?
Google Maps
Google Maps does not change the browser address bar ...
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How I can make primary navigation links look more like buttons?
I've recently revamped the navigation bar on my website and I'm trying to explore simple changes that will make the links appear less like flat text, and more like clickable buttons. I've added icons ...
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How much of the related text should be included in a hyperlink?
When adding hyperlinks to the markup in paragraph-sized runs of text, how much of the text relevant to each link should be included?
So I know links that just say "here" or "this" are bad, but what ...
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Link color used for email
What is the recommendation for link color behaviors when it comes to a text link for someone's email address? For example: jane@janedoe.com
The following thread, for example, has a variety of ...
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How should the [Big Buy Now Button] in the right gutter be linked?
I'm redisigning my website and would like to know how the "Big Buy Now Button" in the right gutter should be linked. This button will be available on every page of the site.
I sell two software ...
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CMS - Advice on how to link to site?
We have a Content Management System (near enough).
The picture below is the Administration page, which is a flex based front end, viewed in a browser.
If you think of admin pages with most CMS, ...
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Linking items from lists that also contain slide down information
I have a page for a doctor's practice. In the summary page for the practice there is a list of subsections. Some of these sub sections are very large, others can be a paragraph or 2 with a short ...
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Use subdomains or directory structure for URLs?
I'm curious if it's considered better practice to use a subdomain (e.g. store.website.com) or a directory (e.g. www.website.com/store) when linking to separate sections of a site.
Assuming both ...
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Link destinations
If the interface that I am working on has 3 lists:
A) Top 10 performing companies
B) 10 recent transactions across those 10 companies
C) Top 10 performing promotions across those companies
The ...
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'Sponsored Links' impact on conversion rate
It seems it's cool to share useful links and bump a bit ranks of the sites that were useful for you.
Probably putting 'Sponsored links' or 'Useful links' section to your website makes you a pal but ...
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Should Wizard steps be clickable links?
I'm designing a reusable Wizard that will be used in multiple places of my web application. It is designed to be truly modular - we detect the number of stages and whether each has been completed by ...
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Linking back to previous webpage?
Currently the company I work for has a problem where they try to separate their many company corporate website and their careers page. What this means is if you go to the parent site and click on the ...
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“View Newsletter Online” link to be visible in online version?
When you receive an HTML or Text Newsletter, you'll often see a "Having trouble viewing Newsletter? View Online" link at the very top of the email. When you click on it your web browser fires up and ...
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How can I indicate that images can be clicked on a mobile site?
I've created a mobile site with a portfolio page. On the desktop version, hovering the mouse over the images changes the mouse pointer to a finger indicating the image is hyperlinked.
To try to get ...
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What is the best way to display linked text?
I always was curious about the following question:
What is the best UX way to present a text that act as information and also as a link (for example to more detailed information).
I always ...
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Clickable List on homepage
When creating a list that you wish to be a display of clickable links to a full page of more detailed information, what is a good way to display this? In the Balsamiq example below, is a sketch of ...
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How should I design a table with clickable rows?
I have a table with information about all loans a client had. This table looks like this
Book_Id | BookType_Title | StartDate | EndDate |
...
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When (if ever) should links be opened in a new window?
I have seen a lot of discussion on this topic but it all seems to be opinion based without any research backing up the assumptions.
It seems that there are times that it is particularly relevant to ...
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Link to homepage in breadcrumbs/logo in subfolder?
We recently launched our company blog. We created a new design for it to distinguish it from our regular shop design and give a more "blog experience". The blog is located at ...
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How to render text that contains a tooltip / hover state?
I'm wondering about the best way to represent text that contains a flyout / tooltip (similar to Foursquare - see image below) but is not a link to another page.
In my case, there are a number of ...
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Should the “reset” option be a button or a link in crm?
I'm having to make the page as it was in the initial state, and this includes having a form reset link or button.
Should the reset be a button or a link?
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Are mailto: links a problem? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using mailto: links for email addresses…what is the practice these days?
What percent of the US sees a dead Outlook popup when they click a mailto: link?
Most amateur ...
