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Best way to distinguish between completed and in-progress items in data grid
I have a data grid of items, and each item basically has two states: in-progress or completed. What's an elegant, concise way to make a visual distinction between the two states? For the time being, ...
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Drop down indicator for a circular shape
It's easy to indicate an item is a dropdown when the item has a rectanglar shape. For example, .
But when the item has a circular shape
, what's the best position to place the indicator?
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Multipart progress / status bar colours
I am working on an application that needs to show users their currents status / progress in performing a task on a number of items. There are three states that each item can have:
New (blue) - ...
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Are Network online/offline indicators necessary for Mobile apps?
I'm beginning work on an app and one of the requirements is that there be some visual indicator for the user that displays their devices' connectivity status. I'm wondering if there is any research on ...
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In a web app, how do I give explanatory text?
In our web app, I need to explain some information that is useful, but is not the most important part of the app. I'm interested in the best way to do this.
To give a concrete example, I have a list ...
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What's the best way to show you can scroll on mobile devices?
I'm trying to find the best method of showing users on mobile devices that they can scroll in a <div>.
As iPhones/iPads don't have scrollbars, I will need an indicator to show that you can ...
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Denoting a tab as being “unsaved” in a web application
I have a web application where one of it's pages uses tabs to break down the page into "bite-size" chunks. The contents in each tab has no relation to any content in any other tab and can be ...
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How to indicate that a document has already been downloaded?
I'm designing a list of documents, and basically the user can download the meeting schedule in their device so they don't have to download it every time and they can view it even without internet ...
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Best position for collapse indicator on collapsible content
What is the convention/standard/best-practice for the placement of a collapse/expand button/indicator on collapsible content?
I've seen many examples of the placement on the left (left of title in ...
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How do I show that text has been automatically translated
For some products on our website, we have reviews for the product on our foreign language sites. We want to show these on the UK site (and the UK reviews on the foreign sites). We give the ability ...
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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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Traffic lights: “yellow” is progress, not state
When thinking about how (real-world) traffic lights work, I wonder if there is a more intuitive way to display the yellow light. The meaning of Green and Red are states:
Green: Ok, you can go!
Red: ...
