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Are mega footers good UX? [duplicate]
I've noticed that several websites — especially universities and web development sites — have recently started placing mega-menus in their footers.
Here are some examples of what I ...
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Minimalism, Maximalism(?) or whatever?
Tufte & Nielsen believe that screen real estate is one of the most important asset for a (UX) designer. Utilize available screen space - Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox: May 9, 2011 & The Visual ...
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Does an “Other” category on a Help page have any value?
When designing a Help page or FAQ that is broken down into categories, is a category titled "Other" useful, or does it indicate a poor information architecture?
Sometimes there are truly items that ...
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Best way to use a slider
I'm currently designing a news website based on sports betting. The sites content is mainly composed of blog posts from industry journalists. These posts are split up into 5 categories for each sport.
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Is it possible to organize a web site based on roles for anonymous users?
In my development team we're gotten a question from our stakeholders to make a navigation based on user roles (Students, Teachers, Course Administrators). I feel that is quite complicated of a task, ...
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Which design for internal pages not represented in site navigation?
On a simple (static content only) website I want to add a page titled (translated) "Press articles". On this page all press (online or print) articles about the sites' organization are to be ...
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Is paging within a scrolling banner necessary?
This is used quite extensively across the web, but I'm wondering whether it is actually necessary.
Alot of animated banners/carousels on websites use navigation or paging links so that you can jump ...
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How to select a small range from a calendar
I'm developing a website that involves the display of a calendar of events.
A calendar that is able to view events for several days interval is what is desired.
My crude interpretation of these is ...
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What is the formal name for an information block in a webpage?
The upper right of the following page has a block labelled "How to Format". What's the formal name for this element in GUI design?
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Does navigation menu have to mirror the actual page structure in my site?
Can I put items in a navigation menu list, that don't actually mirror the website pages structure ?
e.g. if the pages in the site follow this structure:
Homepage
|--Products
|--Product 1
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Interfaces using Multiple Element Types: Tabs, Tables, Menus, and Accordions
I'm designing a website that is basically overloaded with information and I need to make a layout that will allow all the information to be taken in but with two restrictions:
I want a maximum of ...
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Information Architecture for a Blog [closed]
I am about to re-design an existing blog for a company and I have a very good flexibility in terms of layout-design and IA.
There are many galleries to get some inspiration for the design part, but ...
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Fewer main pages, fewer tabs is better?
I'm working on a local cinema's movies website, and I've been trying to reduce the number of pages in favour of showing more types of content on them. Currently, I have a Home page (with a carousel / ...
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Multiple sites or one site?
My wife and I run a creatives business as my part time and her full time job. We do photography, illustration, print design, Flash development, and sometimes web development. We have a simple little ...
