An interface is the point of communication between user and system, allowing for input to the system and feedback to the user.
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What to add to my website, in order to make it look more elegant [closed]
I hope I'm in right section of stackoverflow, if not, sorry.
So I'm not a UI or UX engineer, and I just need your opinion/ help to make my web page look more elegant.
So what you think I need to ...
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Where to place controls on a tree/list
I have a chronological list of items. The user can operate on these items with three actions.
So each row has three actions (or buttons for example).
My dilemma is thus:
Having three buttons on ...
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Easiest way to have a user select a letter grade?
I have a report card form that I'm creating for customers to rate performance in several areas. Our old format was using radio buttons, each labeled A-F with one N/A option. The current idea from ...
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Conveying progress for a set of items each with 2 stages
I think I have an issue with the hierarchy of information in trying to convey progress to a user. On the dashboard of a non-profit dashboard I have the following option:
The organisation deal with ...
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UI simplicity vs complex requirements
I'm in the process of crafting a relatively complicated interface for a niche social networking website and I'm struggling to achieve a satisfying level of simplicity for the UI.
Given that "modern" ...
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Non-standard symbols indicates special function
Everyone most web users understand that the asterisk (*) indicates that the fields on a form are required. But what about non-standard symbols?
Our UX team is currently working with an application ...
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User Experience for Image crop/resize/position
I'm a programmer first, so I'm not very good at these sort of things -- I've been building myself a image resizer/cropper/positioner for my own html pages ... however, most tools I've used that are ...
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Improving a 'page layout' editor's user interface
Below you can see a screenshot of a web-based page layout editor.
It is basically a drag and drop WYSIWYG editor for interactive apps, and allows the user to use a page backdrop and add a "layer" of ...
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Standard icon for Purge operations [closed]
I have a purge operation which clears some resources in an application. Currently the icon is a broom but I am not sure about it.
Is there any standard conventions for a purge icon? Or popular ...
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Managing time sensitive pop-ups that require a user action
I have a lead follow up management tool with a feature where the leads are prioritised according to the nearest time for follow-up.
So for example....
lead A follow up call is scheduled for 3 hours ...
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user interface for multiple selection filter?
I have a user interface where there is a field with multiple options. There are a great many options so I'm using a type-ahead filter to assist discovery and selection.
Is there any another good way ...
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How to show comment at top level, without using a popup?
If user clicks on add comment, what are other options to show 'comment area' (no popup).
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Rationale behind not having infinite undo [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undo History - Why limit it?
First off, this seemed like the best spot as Undo is a de facto user interface requirement for any editing program.
For school we use ...
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What would be the best way to fill “space” in an User Interface for irregular image sizes gallery?
What would be the best way to fill "space" in user interface for irregular image sizes gallery?
Conditions:
The row are subjected to hold maximum 3 images only.
Float left
If the total width of the ...
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Looking for videos of POS/restaurant management system usability failures [closed]
(Not sure if this is a valid UXSE question. Please let me know/change to correct format if needed)
I am looking for examples of UI failures/horrors of electronic point-of-sale systems.
I am working ...
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Correct terminology for observing interface
What's the correct terminology when the user is observing an interface and only acquiring data visually. And in opposite, when the user actively interacts with the interface?
I thought it would be ...
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How should I resolve the issue of smaller tappable area due to smaller buttons on iPad mini?
Now that iPad mini has been released, is there anything an UI designer needs to look out for? I understand that the resolution and screen ratio remains the same, and I've been hearing that no change ...
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Users don't read (or even see) things. How can I deliver important clues?
I am building a website. Some pages contain instructions (a few simple sentences, nothing intimidating) and have fairly standard controls (drop-downs etc).
There's not a lot on any one page. The ...
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What UI design pattern for choice between 2 actions comes to your mind?
My goal: find optimal UX/UI pattern.
Pattern's goal: give a user choice between two actions.
Simple example:
http://dribbble.com/shots/599154-Choose-Your-Option
Here is UX/UI pattern I implemented ...
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How to simplify an interface for assignment of objects?
We're trying to solve a UX problem of assigning one set of objects to another (very large) set of objects in a quick, clean, and lightweight manner.
We have up to 12 different items that need to be ...
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Is there a better way to provide a main menu in iPhone than the tiled icons?
I'm creating a locator app as a project for one of my classes. The main menu of the app lists different categories of items for the app to locate and show the user via a map.
Right now, I have about ...
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Fitts' law and minimum target size
You can read everywhere that bigger targets are easier to hit. But say I have a given input modality and want to know the minimum button size for the interface. How would I go about that?
Fitts' law ...
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Badge and indicator styles changing? [closed]
I've noticed a change in badges and topic or product indicator design. It seems design is moving away from graphic images (such as a FourSquare type badge) to more generic looking visuals that still ...
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Should I combine these 2 mutually exclusive actions?
I have an interface for managing multiple email addresses associated to an account in my web application. This interface is to be used by an administrator.
The interface shows a list of email ...
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What fonts are good and which ones should we avoid for our application's UI?
What do you advise when it comes to selecting fonts for your User Interface?
