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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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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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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Shadows. Best practicies [closed]
Is there a golden rule to create attractive shadows for websites(Specifically accessible from desktop browsers)?
The reason I'm asking is that I have a perception that some shadows look better than ...
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Is an accordion worse than a grid?
I am building an author site for myself, and would like to display, for each book, the cover image, the title and an enticing blurb, and links to (say) four other books that might be of interest.
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Drawing a chessboard with unicode characters [closed]
Wondering the best unicode characters to draw a chessboard... particularly the right combination of square and row/col delimiters (if any) to give a readable layout in a terminal window. Here's what ...
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Categorizing user interface elements [duplicate]
I have seen lots of different ways to define and categorize user interface elements/components. In the process of writing a style guide, I am interested in whether the following categories cover the ...
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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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What is the best solution to visually showcase regional date comparisons
Currently, I have a bar graph that summarizes 3 regions based on a specific date range (eg: Jan 03, 2012 - Jan 31, 2012)
Each region is based statistically by a couple of factors, the main one being ...
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Is a non-intrusive survey a good/useful way of retrieving users opinions?
I'm thinking about implementing a different means of retrieving users' opinions about my company websites.
This is how I imagine this feature:
On every page of the websites, a non intrusive ...
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Java GUI - JLIST + Refresh
I need to create an interface which includes a list of events.
The events are saved into a Vector List and I need to be able to display a list of their 3 variables like this:
13/05/2003 Task 1 ...
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Managing users, roles and permissions [closed]
I'm designing an administrative interface to manage permissions. As of right now I have something along the lines of this:
The next step is to create the form for how roles are tied to specific ...
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What are the desktop based Tools for UI work available today? [duplicate]
What are the tools available to a UI developer? I know and use Photoshop, Fireworks, Balsamiq. I just recently came across Pixelmator and I'm checking it out. What else is out there? Thanks.
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Direct manipulation vs indirect interfaces [closed]
So, should we update content and parameters via options on a main menu or by directly selecting the item to be adjusted? And are there any rules of thumb as to when you'd favour one method over the ...
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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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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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What should a System Icon look like? [closed]
I work for an enterprise software as the lead designer and am at a loss to find a good system icon ... the icon will be placed at every message/notification which is sent by the "system" eg. some one ...
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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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Anyone know a free version of .NET tools like Infragistics? [closed]
I work with Infragistics in a .NET environment, but as we get more employees, we may want something with less licensing restrictions. can anyone please suggest some alternatives
Thanks in advance
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OS best user interface [closed]
Which Operating System has the best user interface and best user experience.
Is it Linux, Mac or Windows?
Do you know any statistics where user has answered to this question?
