A metaphor is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users already have of other domains. The purpose of the interface metaphor is to give the user instantaneous knowledge about how to interact with the user interface.
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What’s the origin of the metaphor “cloud”?
Today we use the term “cloud” without thinking about it. We use it mainly in terms of storage online, far away and unreachable. We can’t plug in a USB memory in the cloud to download data. We plug the ...
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Is there a widely-understood visual metaphor for privacy?
On our profile page, we're giving users choices among three privacy settings for each field.
The checkbox choices will not appear until a user highlights a particular field, but we do want to convey ...
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What is a good UI metaphor for switching roles user plays in the application?
I am building a conference/tradeshow application where a user can assume multiple roles within the application and within a particular conference. For example a user can be an attendee, and have ...
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Is there any good idiom for 'real time' or 'live' data? [duplicate]
The floppy disk is a good idiom for 'save', is there any good one for 'real time' or 'live' data?
I haven't found much on the interweb:
'fast text', this is meant for IM
A LOT of clocks in ...
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Online CRM UX: Global Icons for Leads, Opportunities, Quotes - Global Sales Team Recognition [closed]
Looking for a repository or thoughts on icons used in the UI to represent the following CRM Sales activities: Leads, Opportunities, and Quotes (as in configuring an opportunity to suit a customer). ...
