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Desktop application problem: how to present a new option without confusing existing users
Background:
Our user runs an internet shop, based on a SoS platform we provide. In particular we provide a desktop app (Windows), which basically stacks up the shelves of this store by uploading ...
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Displaying multiple large images at a time
I'm developing a desktop application which will show details of various types of aircraft. Previously, the application looked like this:
When the user mouses over the image in the top right, arrows ...
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Configuration form with multiple steps
I am working on converting a winforms application to WPF. So, we are also trying to make sure this is good from a UX point of view in the process.
I have a configuration form that I am not sure if I ...
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Scaling an Address Form on Resize
My application has a form for filling in the names and addresses of a donor. Each donor gets a closable tab and each tab has an address form.
The problem is that the application runs in a regular ...
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How can I deal with too much blank space in a desktop application?
Usually people are concerned with too much data/interface, and not enough screen real estate, but I'm in the opposite situation.
The desktop application I'm working on has several tabs for entering ...
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Should I redesign my desktop application so it looks and acts like a website?
I'm in the process of redesigning one of my older desktop applications. The original design I did was based on a 640 X 480 screen. Times have changed and there several different screen resolutions ...
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Responsive web design technique in desktop application?
What do you think about using responsive web design techniques in a desktop application?
We need more space for large data and since all monitors today are widescreen, it could be good practice I ...
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How to let the user add and edit items in a ComboBox? (WinForms)
In my WinForms application there is a ComboBox with default values. The user should be able to add items to the ComboBox or rename existing items.
I want the design to be simplistic. This was my ...
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I'm developing a dark application UI, how do I make sure I access / style all possible components?
I want to make sure I style all the relevant tags so that I don't end up with a broken UI which will be ugly or difficult to use.
EDIT: I'm hope to produce a .QSS file (Qt4) that can be loaded into ...
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Best layout for lots of user input elements?
I have an application that presents a question/answer form to the user. It was mandated that the form look as close to the paper form as possible. The paper form was built in a spreadsheet as two ...
