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Should I use 'Load More' or Automatic Loading? [duplicate]
I am creating a website that I want to have an infinite loading system on the home page. This page contains a tiled list that will fill up the page from left to right, and also most likely from top to ...
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1answer
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Colours to use in a fashion website [closed]
I am working on a fashion website for my own portfolio. However it allows users to have their own account where they can save fashion related items. A sort of Pinterest for fashion items.
Now, I know ...
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DropDownLists becoming TextBoxes - Should the user be able to go back?
So I have a menu on web application I am developing. In this menu, there is an option for how many Project vacancies one wishes to create. The user can choose as many as they need (large numbers will ...
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In a website, how to make two segments of users follow the desired path
I was asked to design a website for a company that has two different segments: B2C (business to customers) and B2B (business 2 business)...
The company says both segments are equally important.
How ...
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101 views
Traditional file upload vs repository
I'm working on a b2b web application where users might want to upload files for several purposes: assigning images and/or documents with specifications to their products or businesses, attaching files ...
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Submit textbox input without button
The users have a table and in the last row they have 6 different text inputs, one per column.
This inputs will define a variable in the Database.
I am trying to think how can I do it to avoid ...
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How would you distinguish “Sets” from “Folders” in a collection of tiles?
I'm displaying both Sets (which contain Cards) and Folders (which contain Sets) on the same page. Ideally they'll both be tiles. I'm not sure how to make it easy for the user to tell the difference ...
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In what situation is it best to use a mega menu?
The current site I'm working on typically has 3 levels on navigation. Site-map and navigation has already been done. They have chosen to use a mega menu to show top level navigation items and ...
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1answer
105 views
Displaying links to other profile pages, while maintaining good white space
I am designing a profiles page for a website where by the names and position of company employees should be displayed on all profile pages for easy navigation.
I do not want to put a <ul> to ...
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173 views
The navigation on Corporate websites
Corporate websites appeal to multiple audiences. I've seen from benchmarking the majority of sites have based their navigation around the audience segments. You'll see Investors in the main navigation ...
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Asking for more info on whitepaper download then on trial sign up
Im currently researching how to handle lead generation forms.
I came across a website which has 3 slightly different forms for downloading a white paper, downloading an ebook, and downloading the ...
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8answers
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How to visually suggest to the viewer that there is more than meets the eye in a elegant, neat looking way?
From a user experience design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am ...
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Stopping people abusing star rating systems
I want to implement a 5 star rating system for particular articles on my site. But, I know that with a little bit of scripting, it can be easy for hackers to abuse these systems. However, I want it to ...
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'Contact Us' in Navigation bars
So looking at a particular site's analytics, you usually find 'Contact' very high on the list of destination page views.
My question is... Do you think people expect 'contact us' to be the last ...
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3answers
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Autocomplete Search takes you directly to product
A user enters text in a search box and a list of autocomplete options appear. The user clicks on one of these suggestions.
Should they be sent straight to that product's page, or should they be sent ...
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2answers
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Focus the form and block anything else?
In order to disable everything else on the website and focus the user to what they are really doing, I came with the solution of adding a layer over everything except over the current form.
I don't ...
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Walk the user through initial data entry after the first login
Are there any guidelines or set of best practices on how to implement the initial data entry after the user has logged in for the first time? For example, I'm thinking of a web application for ...
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Is it ok to force a user to reenter data instead of editing existing
Is it acceptable to force users to delete and recreate data they entered incorrectly or should they be provided with a way to edit every instance of that particular data?
Use Case:
The wireframe ...
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1answer
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integrating a social-network application into existing app from a UX point of view
We had a web app that acts as a travel portal for consumers - tours, hotels, attractions and so forth. It has recently been decided that a facebook-type platform be integrated as well.
I am ...
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1answer
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Dropdown issues on Mac
One of the websites that we've been working on has a dropdown with <select> having multiple <option>s. In our Windows PC, the dropdown show only a number of items while on the client's ...
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232 views
Points to be kept in mind while writing a document to redesign a web application?
I want to redesign a website and write a document explaining my design approach and thought process. I have recreated the layout and explained my suggested changes. I have the content for the document ...
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What alternatives to calendars exist for inputing dates on websites?
Inputing dates is going through changes on the internet, and in web/user interface design as well.
Currently, I'm implementing <input type="date">, as this provides excellent usability on mobile ...
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188 views
Where to redirect after successful login?
What is best practice to handle what happens to the user after the successfully login on a dedicated login page.
Our current website has 2 possibilities. If the user was directed to the login page ...
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1answer
333 views
Metro Box Style Navigation
Train and Subway Information Design
Metro style refers to boxing information so that it's easy to digest. Windows 8 uses this, although they failed to make it usable.
Metro Style on the Web
I ...
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276 views
What is the name of this UI message element/dialog?
I'm trying to figure out what the name of this type of element is. If the user couldn't do anything else on the screen without dealing with the element, it would be a "modal". Some might call this a ...
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1answer
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Expert consultation request: Best solution for multiple choice and pricing of large number of products / services
I am looking for a solution for multiple choice and pricing of a large number of products or services. Available studies are related, in my opinion, to small amount of items, hence I am asking for ...
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What are some good patterns for displaying large lists on the web?
I'm creating a web application which will contain a large list of ingredients. You can see my current approach below:
However as the list grows it starts to take too much of the screen estate. Here ...
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1answer
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How best to represent the addition to / presence of pairs?
I'm currently designing a dashboard that allows a user to manage ANDSF policies. The Policy model allows for a number of start time/end time pairs to be added to it.
Currently, policies are created ...
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What's the terminology for bad practice around emulating browser functionality in your website?
Background
We've just updated one of our 10-year old web applications and in doing so have removed a "back" and "forward" button on the main menu. Our reasoning behind this change is that the web ...
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Building logical criteria (with AND , OR, etc)
I am looking for inspiration on this. We have a Dot.Net web application, where we are building pretty complicated criteria. It works, but I would like to change this, re-shape this, possibly from the ...
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2answers
190 views
How to encourage users to create more content?
Imagine a web service where users post notes grouped by tags. Notes are public and the tags are essential, because other users will see notes based on its tags (they can 'follow'). I want users to ...
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4answers
568 views
How Do I Teach People Rules When They Don't Read?
I'm the product guy for a fantasy sports gaming website. We often find that we need to give people basic rules to get started playing the games, but people always skip reading and try to dive right ...
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Internal Vs. Consumer site UX
I am in the middle of designing a web application for a company that deals with institutions, there are both the end-user facing site (what the schools will see and use), and the "behind-the-scenes" ...
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Best practices for Responsive images from mobile to Desktop [closed]
I have Fullscreen image. This creates problems for mobile browsing for the images are large and hi-res.
Next problem is with things like retina display how does a design/programmer prepare to deal ...
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UX/design issue on combining different grid system [closed]
The guys behind Gumby framework have added the hybrid (12+16 columns) grid.
Which means on the same page you can have the 2 systems that cohabit at the same time.
What about the the design ...
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2answers
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How to present articles & videos in the same section
This might seem really obvious but i'm working on a cookery site and under the tab 'How to cook' there will be videos to show you this as well as step-by-step articles the user can print.
Within this ...
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Pagination on navigation links?
On a web application we have two ways to navigate to our collaborative project sites. One is the “recent visits” and the other is alphabetical. That navigation element has a fixed element height of ...
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How to give feedback to users that the site is processing?
I'm designing a website that is just a 16 x 16 tile with squares of different colors (small squares).
-> A user can click a tile to change its color.
The problem is that computing the color the tile ...
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How should I Redirect/Handoff users to a 3rd party site?
Does anyone have any experience with handing off users to another website with a good user experience?
We offer a product, and if the user doesn't qualify for our product, we hand the user off to a ...
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Should all browsers share the same experience?
I'm creating a page that uses history.pushState() which is only supported by html5 browsers. As such, should users of older browsers have a different experience? Here are two options that I can think ...
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What is a simple way to explain the disciplines and benefits of UX to a client?
What is the clearest way to explain to a client the disciplines and benefits of User Experience Design?
What I've got so far...
This is the clearest definition of the disciplines I've seen, but it ...
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4answers
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Touchscreen interface for menu and dropdown menu ease of use
I'm doing webpage design using Twitter Bootstrap's dropdown menu.
Problem:
Suppose I have a horizontal menu as shown in the Twitter Bootstrap documentation. That menu bar that list pages I want to ...
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Need advice which template is better?
I posted here recently looking to improve a template in hopes to increase engagement with the page and decrease bounce rate.
Here is an example of a page how it used to look before:
...
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3answers
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How best to describe ranking and prizes using icons?
I have a site with an online game, there is a ranking of players.
For each game the player gets points which are summed up in their ranking.
During the game I want to show how much the player won ...
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1answer
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How to provide great UX in navigation from bird's eye view web-component to smaller web-component and vice-versa?
I have a web application, let's call it "Molecule", that provides a bird's eye view over the status of several other web applications, let's call them "Atoms".
I want, somehow, to navigate from the ...
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1answer
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How does a 3d shading impact circular button use?
I recently ran across a circular smiley icon with lambertian shading, specular shading, and cast shadows. The effect was a little like a ball on a table.
Here it is:
Clicking the icon toggled an ...
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5answers
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Slider-less time selection.
I'm using the default datetime picker with rails. I'm mainly focusing on the time aspect of this because for my purposes the day will rarely ever be changed. I'm looking for some sort of way to make ...
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Examples of spartan/basic web sites [closed]
I am looking for examples of web sites that have a very spartan and minimal interface - mostly text and very few graphics or even styling - yet the user experience is good enough that users are not ...
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2answers
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What examples are there for grouping multiple site tools under one button or dropdown?
We're considering moving links to all our site tools under one button. Clicking the button would open a modal exposing links to these tools. The button would be in the header and be available on all ...
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A portfolio of … text? (Information Visualization Challenge)
I'm trying to build a portfolio template for a writer's portfolio, and I'm having trouble finding an effective way to present so much text. Most portfolio sites have the benefit of (hopefully) ...
