defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond.
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Making a legend Interactive?
I am working on an interactive map which displays various pieces of geographic information about a person - places worked, education, holidays taken, home addresses etc..
All in all there are 9 ...
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In a form, is Switching between advanced to basic a good idea?
I have a web page/form which users have to fill in before clicking the 'proceed' button.
Same old story I guess. It looks like this:
report name: [...]
report type: (*) PDF
( ) HTML
...
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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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The most complex touch application?
Nowadays, there seems to be a limit to how complex you can make an application solely for touch, the controls needs a lot more space plus removal of "unecessary" tools is so much more taken into ...
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Converting two character dates into four character dates
I have an application that converts the following invalid dates, with only two-character years into a valid date format automatically while the user's filling out the form:
(NOTE: The application is ...
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Is there any good reason why I shouldn't make some mobile app parts sticky?
What are the downsides of making that part with column-chart sticky (Always positioned to the top even when bottom part is scrolled down)?
Haven't met that kind of solution in any mobile app before. ...
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What is the best method to undo an action?
Imagine for the sake of simplicity I have a web app to-do list, where each item is a line and has a check mark near it. When the user clicks the check mark, the task is then "done" and the line fades ...
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Should I build camera functionality into a photo sharing app or let the user use the device camera app they would already be familiar with?
I have been working on the idea I have for sort of another photo sharing app. Last few days, as I have been working on the part of it for taking photos in square format (like instagram) I started to ...
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Should email verification links expire?
It's a common practice for websites to send email verification links on sign up. Should these verification links expire? I know about a bunch of website where they do and I wonder why?
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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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Conditioning users
Playing around with my heat in my new vw gti ;), I noticed when you press the heated seats button once, it's starts you off with maximum greatness (3 / 3) press it again it goes down ( 2 / 3) (1 / 3) ...
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Timer for undos (aka ctrl + z for pointing devices)
We are in the middle of an endless conversation* in the office :
Should undos have a timer before disappearance or should they be displayed until next action?
In our discussion, closing or changing ...
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Are fixed mobile headers and footers that disappear and reappear on tap really that useful?
These fixed mobile headers and footers disappear and reappear on click / tap using jQuery Mobile's data-tap-toggle which is on by default. How useful are they?
Pro: More content is available when ...
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Migrating a Tab Bar iPhone app to iPad
I have an iPhone app whose overall UI is designed like this:
That is, a tab bar and different app perspectives within each tab item, and you can navigate to different views from within a tab.
I ...
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iPad full screen in landscape mode - which side to put on my controls panel?
I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, I assume that ...
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Behavior of the Enter button in a form
What is a better experience for a user if they press enter when using a form?
Should it submit the form or move to the next field?
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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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Lightbox for “In-Context” Editing
Some sites effectively combine the concept of, for the lack of better term, "in-context editing" and lightbox to allow users to easily do page content update. For example, check out Schoola and try ...
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What should an ideal Interaction Design Portfolio Include
I am preparing my Interaction Design portfolio. I would like to as what should my portfolio include. What all deliverables should be included in the portfolio?
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Reinventing a habitual process: When can it be justified?
A process that a user has become accustomed to, can sometimes receive reinvention for a number of reasons:
The process can be simplified
The process can become a experience unique to a certain ...
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Mobile Augmented Reality App. What pattern for AR visualization and navigation?
I am designing a mobile app with an AR functionality that allows users to detect a product label and get a bunch of information about it.
We want to display this content over the captured image. ...
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What is the best method to show selected filters from very long lists?
I need to find a solution for displaying flagged items from a very long list.
The following pics shows the filter panel of the iPad App.
Users can select all the items or search for specific items ...
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Do users need 3 ways to change sound volume on their computer?
Virtually every video/audio software has volume controls. Why is software control needed if there exist two other controls: operating system and hardware volume controls?
Is it better to remove ...
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How to handle conflicting updates of a customer record
We are developing a simple web based single-page CRM-like app. I was thinking about what happens when two operators are both editing the details of a customer "John Doe". On the server side we use a ...
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For a streaming music service, should clicking play on an album, add to the start or end of queue? Or play immediately?
I want to know what the user's expectation is when he/she clicks on the play button of an album and it's position in the queue.
Rdio:
If you press the play button – plays immediately. However, they ...
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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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Best way for sign up process after invite
We are building an app and I'd like to have a faster sign up process for users. Right now users can only get access after they got an invite by mail. After they got the mail, they can click on a link ...
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Change button for color input modes
I have this SWT widget (color picker) with label:
By pressing the star button, color picker field transforms into code field, where you can write code:
I am not satisfied with this "star ...
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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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Is a private messaging system really necessary?
I have a very old private messaging system that either needs to be redone or removed. It currently accounts for about 20% of the activity on the site.
We already have a system in place for ...
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Is task-based the same as user-centric?
Well, I think that the question is self-explanatory.
In order to explain something to someone in the office I used task-based instead of user-centric and I was surprised. I'm usually complaining ...
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Where can I find problems to challenge my UI design skills?
I'm still in the beginnings of my career as a programmer, and have always thought I was more interested in low-level back-end type stuff. However, having done a few projects lately on my own, I've ...
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How does a “random page” option help an application to succeed?
Some documentation applications, particularly wikis (including, of course, Wikipedia) have a Random Page function.
My question is - how important and useful is that? Is there any objective data ...
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Table Checkbox side best practices
When is it a best practice to allow for checkboxes to appear on the left/right and side of a table?
A wireframe came across my desk looking similar to the wireframe below. The justification the team ...
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Enter your email below and we will contact you
My client wants a page in which the following text appears:
"Enter your email below and We will contact you"
It's then followed by a textfield (to write the email address) and a button to submit ...
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Form Design: Mutually Exclusive Tabs vs. One Form
I am working on a form design that currently has two mutually exclusive forms accessible via tabs (Option 1). During usability testing my team noticed that users missed the tabs and only noticed them ...
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Creating Interfaces that Build Emotional Bonds
What are factors in the user experience that lead to users having an emotional tie to an interface, why, and what would be an example of each factor.
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Google / Maps for Mobile Web
Does anyone have experience with embedded maps for Mobile Web? (NOT APP)
My experience is that it introduces another frame into the page with a separate set of scrolling behavior - not a good thing. ...
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Which is the best UX Mobile OS [closed]
I want to buy a best UX operating system mobile. We have many os mobiles like android, iphone, windows,... Which one is the best UX mobile.
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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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when is too much playfullness in interface / experience too much?
I think most of us know when an experience is too playful, but I'm talking about subtle interactions to delight the user.
I think it is too much when it prevents or postpones the user from reaching ...
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Practical Use For a Neuro-signal-capturer [closed]
Repost from CogSci (posted in wrong forum).
You may be aware that neuro-signal-capturers (I'll leave out specific ones to make it not seem like an ad) have become much cheaper and many are ...
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When is Skeuomorphism appropriate in an iOS app?
I know there are no hard and fast rules regarding the use of Skeuomorphism, but I'd like to more fully understand when the use of Skeuomorphic elements is appropriate in iOS apps.
To my limited ...
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How would you improve this search results interface? [closed]
I've been doing some research in successful UIs for search results and as a personal project I am trying to build one that is simple, yet elegant.
That has great interactions and a great experience.
...
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Bathrooms near elevators
Some office buildings have communal bathrooms (British English: lavatories). By this I mean bathrooms for use by the tenants and guests of all the offices on that floor, as opposed to bathrooms under ...
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Design pattern for merging duplicate contacts?
Have you seen any good examples of applications (web or desktop) that make it easy for a user to identify and merge duplicate contacts or other records? We need our users to manually approve the merge ...
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How shall i convince user to select multiple email-id?
I am inviting people to participate in my activity. I entered the email id. It got added into the list. Now shall i select multiple? (Is the question faced by many users)
What shall i do:
-Provide a ...
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Mobile pattern library with animated IxD examples? [duplicate]
Can anyone suggest a blog or pattern library that demonstrates interaction design examples? Everything I've seen to date uses static screenshots, but nothing that actually animates the interactions or ...
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How should horizontal scrolling be handled?
In this example, horizontal scrolling is handled with vertical scrolling.
My question is: is this a good practice for handling horizontal scrolling in desktops? Is there a better way or horizontal ...
