The way in which the elements of an interface are laid out.
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How do you align information in a layout with a lot of horizonal space?
I am building a profile page for a web app with a fixed layout with a width 985px (essentially to fit a maximized browser window on a 1024 x 768 monitor).
I currently have a problem where there is ...
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Where to put your patents/ patent pending info in software? And should you really do it?
My softare company has a few patents/ patent pendings. Does it make sense to showcase this in our products?
If so, where should we put it? In our splash screen? In the Help Menu?
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Should selections of 'other' always auto generate fields for the user to populate
As per conversations already on this site such as What's the best placement for an "Other" box I am guessing the answer to this might just be a quick 'Yes' but I figured I would ask!
I ...
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How to display wide table on the report
I have two datasets with 50 columns and 1-100 rows.
I need to display comparison of these two datasets in a report (standard letter).
So,
say my first dataset is as follows:
Name Price Qty ...
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UI for audio synced with text
I'm working on an outlining application that syncs items in the outline to recorded audio. The ideas is that you can play the audio from a specific place in your document, or get to an item from a ...
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Best organization option for handling a multi-level gallery or portfolio?
I am helping my cousin with a small web site for his custom upholstery business. On this site, there will be a portfolio section displaying images of his prior work.
His work typically involves ...
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Ideas for a interface layout [closed]
Hope you get the idea of what I'm trying to layout.
I have an interface where I display all the information of a user (name, age, height,etc etc) and I also want to display the last weight of this ...
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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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When using Verdana, is it common to use Tahoma for headlines? [closed]
So Verdana looks excellent at small sizes. For big sizes like headlines though, is it common to use Tahoma as a replacement, which I hear is a condensed version of Verdana?
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What's more readable, reading an ordered list vertically or horizontally? [duplicate]
For example, I have a numbered list, what is easier for an average user to read ?
Vertically
[1] [5]
[2] [6]
[3] [7]
[4] [8]
OR
Horizontally
[1] [2]
[3] [4]
[5] [6]
[7] [8]
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What is the recommended alignment layout for a horizontal menu bar on a web page?
I have a horizontal menu on the top of a web page (pretty common) and I was having a debate with a friend about the preferred and most logical layout of the menu items (centered or left)
He was ...
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1000px width layout. May I have problems using it?
I'm designing 12 columns site using Bootstrap. I have a quite crowded layout (can't simplify it further), so I want to use a 1000px wide layout (exactly this one), instead of using classic grids like ...
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What to include on an app's home page?
I'm creating my first Android application at work that shows state health rankings. It's very similar to this website: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/. I have almost finished it, but I'm having ...
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Where is the best place to put example input for a form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should form instructions or hints be placed?
Which of the following is the best place for the example (e.g. 12345) on long/short/busy/simple forms? (...and why?)
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Can I use a single layout for both an iPad App and a Web App?
I am creating an iPad App for my business. Can I use the same skeleton for a web app (with a width of less than 1024)? I see many web apps which look like iPad Apps, so that a single layout can be ...
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How to represent a quoter and a quotee for a webapp
For my own personal project while I learn PHP, I am creating a web app where friends can quote each other. So a user will come and post what their friend said and their friends can like it and comment ...
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Is there a better way to layout this UI using the Microsoft Office Ribbon?
I am building a Microsoft Outlook VSTO addin and I am trying to figure out the best way to lay out the UI and from looking through the office apps i can't seem to find the right layout pattern that ...
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Is grid the right layout for mobile web applications?
Suppose you are creating a web application which supposed to work on mobile platforms like Android or iPhone, and one of the features of your app is to give the user an interface for adding, viewing, ...
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How to display large data over a full screen image slider?
On my website www.goo.gl/uompd I have a full screen image slider which works just fine (the images are from screenshots of other websites I have done). On the slider I want to put 4 text boxes, a ...
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Visual hierarchy of contact form, testimonials on homepage?
How high should a contact form, testimonials, and business contact info rank in the visual hierarchy on a homepage for a local business? Higher than content that provides "ins" to other pages like ...
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When to use different colors?
I'm designing an IDE. I'm creating an icon to represent a function (which has at least one output parameter) and a procedure (which has no output parameters).
I'm undecided about using the same icon ...
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Facebook Like button too intruding? [closed]
Does anybody feel the Facebook Like button is too intruding in ones UI? Like it doesn't fit in, like it's some cheap plastic thing?
Have anybody ever used JS or something to make any alternatives ...
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Best practice for single-level parent-child control groupings
I have a data relationship like Teachers -> Children. The goal is to select a Teacher in order to manipulate the more user-relevant Child data. You can add a new Teacher, but you can also add a new ...
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Grid dimensions on Android
I'm starting a mobile app on Android that displays nearby restaurants and outing places, but I'm so confused! There are lots of devices and sizes; I want the smart phones, no tablets or non-touch. ...
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Are there any examples of well designed applications on iPad with 3 column layouts?
I'm designing an iPad application and had an interest in a 3 column interface with 3 tableviews across the screen horizontally and I was wondering if this interface has been done anywhere well.
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Form's title and/or logo.
As you can see some applications have a logo or/and title at the top left side. Does it help to understand where is the user at this moment (what form user is working with)? Are there any other ways ...
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How to align a shopping cart which can have only one item at a time?
We are designing the interface for our shopping cart. More precisely, we call it register page which is used for registering one course at a time.
However, we ran into a little disagreement in ...
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why we need multi-column page layout? Why we do need sidebars? [closed]
Some websites only have one column.
Some websites have multi-columns.
So why we need sidebar, or why we need multi-column page layout in web /print media ?
Is there any UX principles?
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3 column layout for a video player page?
![enter image description here][1]I'm designing a new layout for a popular video site.
We are doing a "large" layout for min-width 1366px.
The video player can't get any bigger, so on the video ...
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Software product page that references multiple download locations consolidate into one button or provide separate buttons
With Software needing to be made available in many kinds of stores or download locations. When developing a product page, which offers a better user experience for obtaining the software product:
1. ...
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Optimum distance between fields (Textboxes etc) on mobile touch screens
What should be the optimal distance between fields such as Text boxes in mobile touch screens?
In order to avoid wrongly touching other fields.
download bmml source – Wireframes created ...
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Admin Layout - where to put the categories list?
See the Admin layout (wireframe) below.
Header - Logo and Logout Link
Main navigation - Orders, Members, Shops, etc.
Sub-Navigation - List of links that is related to Main navigation. Eg: If you ...
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iPad splitview layout as a website layout?
Im in the process of making a website where people can sell or buy pets/animal books/pets accessories. I was thinking about doing a very diffrent layout. And that is an iPad splitview application. ...
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Text layout in forms [closed]
I'm in the process of creating some design guidelines for a big form based application. The application has its fair share of "this information is vital to the users and can't be missed". I've seen ...
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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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Advice on BlackBerry Navigation and Layout Design [closed]
I have some problems trying to design layout and navigation structure for BlackBerry app. The basic of our layout is consists of two headers that will be fixed so that when users scroll horizontally ...
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What design should I use to represent multi-touch video controls?
I am creating app for multitouch devices which has big screen (22 inches and more). It would be application for presenting content (mainly video content) to people who would be passed through the room ...
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Best way to combine object selection and object editing in a dialog
There might potentially be a very straight forward solution to this, but I'm can't see it, hence the question. I'm wondering what is the best way to structure a dialog where the user can select items ...
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Why does this layout look so weird with the pictures on the right?
I'm trying to decide between these two layouts. For some reason, putting the pictures on the right makes it feel really funky but I can't explain why. Someone suggested that's it's because we read ...
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interface suggestions
I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at ...
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How tall is too tall for a fixed header?
I recently incorporated a fixed header on my site and its very helpful in keeping the search and important links available at all time. But my concern is it might be a little tall. It's about 100px ...
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Different approach for this layout
Here's my form layout.
Clicking the add school will add another form table at the bottom.
And I think the "Add School" button is too long..
How can I improve this..
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Button layout in outliner
I am writing an outliner software. At any state, one of the items in the list is selected, and the software can do the following with respect to the selected item:
Prepend a new item (sibling) to ...
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Date picker button placement: inside or outside the right bounds?
Which of these is a better approach for placement of the date picker button:
Having the button outside the right bounds of the other textboxes:
Or having the picker inside:
I'm also thinking of ...
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Where to place registration form and its contents in page horizontally?
In a registration form I'm having trouble guessing where I should put the text and input fields. Obviously the default is flush against the left side of the screen which looks terrible. I noticed ...
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What do you call a layout in which columns expand on mouseover?
What's the proper name for a layout like this, in which a column expands when mouse enters it: http://www.lucagiorcelli.it/test/volunia/
May be called "reactive layout"?
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How to layout an article with illustrations?
I need to right an article/tutorial that has illustrations. The illustrations are not necessary, but are nice to have. They will help visually inclined people or people who just hate reading. How ...
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How to improve my layout [closed]
I have a couple of questions here:
1) What if I have two news stories posted for a day should I bullet the titles or how should I format them so that it stands out more that they are separate news ...
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Website Alignment - is it just looking good or anything else
Now most of the major websites are centre aligned. Example Google, Yahoo, Rediff, CNN, BBC etc. Some old websites are still left aligned. What is the role of the website alignment? Is it just about ...
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Default column width for text data in a table
I'm designing an application with a data table. The data is backed by a C-style string (that is to say, a char array) so I know the maximum theoretical width using my proportionally-spaced typeface.
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