iOS is a mobile phone and tablet operating system built by Apple, Inc. It is a light weight touch screen OS based on the Mac OS UNIX called Darwin.
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Is Apple's or Google's meaning of the three-horizontal-bar icon more popular?
Apple and Google are going head-to-head to define meaning of the three-horizontal-bars icon:
In iOS this icon means "drag me to rearrange items in a list" while Google Chrome's version means "click ...
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'X'-close button on iPhone
The default way of dismissing views in iOS is with Cancel or Done. However in this view I think Cancel uses to much space, which is better given to the search bar.
What is your opinion? Is using X ...
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iOS 'Append' Symbol/Icon [closed]
I am working on a calculator app for iOS. I would like to know what an acceptable 'Append' symbol / Icon would be - would it be a downward pointing arrow? A curved arrow?
Anything helps,
Erway ...
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How much choice should I give users?
I am considering adding an update to my iPhone app that allows the user to choose many new features such as the background image, where certain buttons are located, button colors, button design, ...
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What is the best way to indicate that text in a text input field is editable?
Imagine an app like yelp. In this case, you select the amount of stars that you want to rate something. When you do, a pre-generated text is displayed in the text input field. You can either keep this ...
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Is there a standard iPhone way of displaying an actionless confirmation message?
Sometimes it's desirable to display an important confirmation message (e.g. you've successfully registered/sent this form/etc) that doesn't get in the way by requiring a "dimiss" button. Is there a ...
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How to display points of interest, waypoints, trails and maps?
I am redesigning a screen in my iPhone app, Gaia GPS, that displays details about points of interest, as well as user-created waypoints, trails, and maps.
I have come up with a new mockup:
What is ...
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OmniGraffle Stencils Recourses [closed]
Does anybody use stencils for OmniGraffle for wireframe design?
Any good sources where could I find some?
I found
http://graffletopia.com
http://stenzils.com
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What is the rationale behind not providing Dashboard/Home screen landscape mode?
I'm an adept Android user, but know my way around iOS as well. Something both platforms has in common is the stubborn conviction of not introducing the landscape mode for their Dashboard/Home screen ...
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Where should ads be in iOS App?
I am finishing my iOS Application which includes Ads. In iOS Apple recommend developers to put Ads in the bottom or top of the Window (View). Does the Cash the developers create change if you put the ...
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Why aren't iPhone text messages at full width?
Why aren't text messages viewed on the iPhone iOS displayed at full width? I can think of several reasons why it would make sense:
Short messages won't have unnecessary line breaks, long text ...
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Best ios alternative for an html select box?
An app I'm working on requires the user to enter their address which is then stored on a 3rd party system. The 3rd party has a predefined list of countries and states so when I send off the address I ...
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Android application for London Transport (usability ?) [closed]
I'm developing the Android application for London Transport which includes Journey Planner, Tube status, Live Departures Boards, Maps, Finding a taxi function and so on.
I'd like to get some ...
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What is the best approach to labelling text input fields on smartphone application forms?
Platform: iOS. Must be able to run on all (probably most) iphone devices.
As part of a smartphone application design, I am currently designing an "event creation" form, originally implemented in a ...
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Shifting a view into inline-edit mode VS. dedicated edit screen?
I'm developing an iOS app, and I'm conflicted on which is the better UX choice to make. The main screen displays a nicely arranged carousel of objects, with just a few core details. The user can edit ...
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After switching to Safari, should I close a modal view or should I not?
I am creating an iOS app in which the user can tap an astronomical object. When this astronomical object is tapped a modal view slides up (from the bottom of the screen). This modal view provides the ...
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Ipad/Iphone designing in Full-Screen vs Non-Full-Screen?
I've noticed that most games are in full screen mode and some Apps have taken this on in design. Is there any research or argument for having an App in Full-Screen vs Non-Full-Screen?
The only ...
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Best practice for overriding a pincode in a native iOS app?
I am working on the next version of an existing iPad app which has a pincode to lock admin functions. The current version has no means to override the pincode. We followed similar patterns and use ...
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How to re-design an app's user interface?
I am new to the interaction design field, basically a student.
I have an assignment where I need to research into topic about Interaction Design of applications for smartphones / tablets when you ...
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Is there a justification document for UI design from Apple or Microsoft?
In my bachelor thesis (B.A., media science) I am comparing the user interfaces of iOS 5.1.1 and Windows Phone 7.5. I'm focussing on their use of "real world" things. While I know of their guidelines ...
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Which way is better to invite your facebook friends via an IOS/Android app?
I am building a social community via an IOS and Android app, both apps are using "Post to friend wall" to invite friends to use with a direct link for the landing page of the app to download it.
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iPad Calculator App Portrait Only?
I am making a calculator app for the iPad. I would like to know if it would be acceptable to most users (the golden 80% rule) for the calculator to be locked in portrait.
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What's the right UI idiom for seeing content obscured by a search bar keyboard?
I've got a situation where there's a list of items to search and a search bar to enter text. When the search bar has focus, the onscreen keyboard pops up. This looks like so:
(Note that the list ...
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How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application?
Consider a mobile application which for some reason needs to prevent drunk users from using it (e.g. to avoid dreaded "drunk dials" or "drunk texts"). How could "sober authentication" be executed from ...
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Should I be using zoom and pinch to resize user elements?
Is it a violation of the iOS Human Interface Guidelines (HIG)—or for that matter, of good UI design—to use pinch and zoom for the user to size elements on the screen, rather than the whole ...
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Designing an app for iPad / iPhone retina display
I am working for a client to develop an iOS app both for iPhone and iPad including for retina displays.
The client is going to get the UX designs himself. We use the Apple's iOS Human Interface ...
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Optimizing the selection process [closed]
I am developing a mobile application in which the user selects the fields that s/he wants to enter information into. At the moment, I have two screens - one for selecting the fields and other for ...
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Remove or keep Clear control in mandatory input-field? (iPhone)
I've had a little discussion with one of my co-workers regarding how to handle the Clear all -button in a mandatory input-field on the iPhone. The field holds the account email address and is present ...
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How can users edit metadata in a bulk photo uploader app?
I'm developing a photo uploader iPhone app for an image hosting site. Each image has two details of metadata:
Title/Filename (required, unique)
Description (required)
Categories (0 or more)
One of ...
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best image to indicate swipe left right
What is the most appropriate image to indicate to users to swipe left or right?
i am using http://cubiq.org/swipeview but i feel like it needs a swipe indicator in the background somewhere.
Edit: for ...
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In iOS, how to make “take photo” views feel more like the rest of the app?
The standard iOS "take a photo" view has its "navigation and action" bar at the bottom, unlike (almost) every other iOS view that has the navigation/action bar on top.
I assume Apple broke ...
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Multiple selection in an iOS picker view
The iOS SDK doesn't have a multiple selection picker view. However Safari's picker view allows multiple selection. Fortunately ALPickerView was created to allow multiple selection in a picker view. Is ...
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Do smartphone users understand the term 'Push Notifications'?
We're including opt-in (on/off) for push notifications in an app, and I've heard feedback from project managers that some of the language might be too technical for the average shopper, like 'Push ...
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Android/iOS: Homescreen [closed]
I have noticed more and more mobile apps are removing their home screen, especially iOS apps. What do you think of this?
Personally I think sometimes an app's home screen is redundant, just a pretty ...
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Mobile UX prototyping tools in the classroom [closed]
(I know this sounds like a repeat question, but I am asking this specifically for a classroom context and I have some specific needs (other than "free") that I feel sets this question apart. Please ...
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How to solve/avoid “circular” navigation on an iOS app
Let's say I have an app that manages some items. An item can be "owned" by an user.
I'll have these screens :
List of items (A)
Item detail page (B)
User Detail page (C)
I want to display ...
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iOS Table View - How to divide/filter different data
I'm wondering what the preferred choice would be to divide/filter data in an iOS Table View. The two options I have thought of are:
Use sections in the Table View
Use a Segmented Control
I believe ...
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Should I lock to portrait my iOS app?
I'm developing a "reading" app for iOS. I'm wondering if it's useful to have the app running both on portrait and landscape mode.
As a reader I usually keep books (or my kindle, or my iPhone browser, ...
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iPhone table view filter with multiple controls
Assume we have a real-estate iPhone app which shows a list of properties in a table view.
I would like to offer the user the ability to filter the list according to about 6-7 different criteria.
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iPhone Dropdown Menu element
Designing mobile applications is something I find extremely interesting, but I have recently become more interested in the UI element of a drop down menu for IOS applications. It does seem to always ...
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disabling the zoom in functionality on an iPad due to fixed navigational elements
I have an iPad-specific website which has had the "zoom-in" feature disabled on it as I have horizontal and vertical fixed navigational elements that I do not want to go out of view.
I would like to ...
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Mobile UI design feedback [closed]
This is the first mockup of a Pill Reminder iOS app. A few elements are not designed yet, such as the tab bar items. Any feedback/advice is appreciated!
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iPhone - popup dialog for user input: when it's worth using it?
I tried to ask this in another thread but, apperently, my scenario was covering the real question. So I try again here, addressing this specific issue.
I noticed that, normally, popup dialogs in iOS ...
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iPhone - Password Forgotten - popup dialog or modal?
I have been struggling a little with this problem.
I'll start introducing my case so to better explain my concerns.
The scenario I'm dealing with is that of a password forgotten feature:
I have a ...
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What is a dynamic alternative to UITableView? [closed]
Ok, so I have a normal viewController that has a UIScrollView in it that gives details about distilleries. What I wanted to do was have a list of spirits that are distilled at the distillery that they ...
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Navigation-back button and/or Cancel button in upper-left corner of iOS data entry screen?
I have an iOS screen that is usually used for data entry but is occasionally used to later view the data that's been entered.
For data entry, it seems like the iOS convention (e.g. stock email app) ...
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Why does iOS (iPhone) flip to show the home screen when installing apps?
When you click to install or update an app in iOS (iPhone or iPad) it exits from the app store and shows the apps installing on the home screen.
This differs from Android where the confirmation that ...
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how to subtly indicate that an address is “mappable” in a mobile app?
We're building an iPhone app for delivery drivers. Each driver has a route of about 50 locations, 10-15 of which get scheduled for each day's deliveries, depending on which location needs restocking. ...
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Alternative to the tab bar (in iPhone app)
I have a project that has 8 different areas, e.g, travel, weather, etc. The front page is going to have 8 different icons; they will navigate to each section. I will then need something like a tab bar ...
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What's the proper iOS UI for switching between 2 views?
There two different screens, Live and Leaderboard, and I need to switch between them.
Is there any sort of iOS standard for handling the UI for that?
Right now I've just got a button at the top ...
