Questions relating to mobile computing devices, such as cell phones, tablets, and e-readers. Includes consideration for both small screen size as well as the mobile and "always on" nature of the devices.
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On Mobile Web, what's the best way to present Date of Birth form fields?
I am building a form for Mobile Web that requires users to enter in their DOB.
What is the best way to present the date input field(s)?
Some of the following options were identified in this question ...
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A Mobile UI Pattern. Is anything wrong with it? [closed]
I am building an app which will be available for iPhone and Android platforms. Our goal is to build one interaction design which would be acceptable to users of both platforms. The App requires ...
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Mobile site: contribute functionality yes or no?
I'm currently busy with a mobile version of a website, but I wonder if I should allow the user to add reviews / upload photo's ed. First of all, they have to log-in and then they have to fill in a ...
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How to display multiple options for settings page using icons?
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For a mobile app, how should we display multiple options (say, 20 options are available) in a settings page using icons?
Example:
Fig.1: All Options in One Screen Activity.
All ...
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Is there a standard name for ios-style cross-sliding lists? [closed]
I'm googling around for a javascript implementation of ios-style nested <ul>'s. I'm simply talking about the extremely common navigation where you tap a list item (usually with an arrow next to ...
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Does the iOS 7 UX benefits from its flat design? [closed]
The iOS 7 redesign Apple yesterday released as a beta is a contentious issue. But aside of the subjective discussions about icon design and blurred backgrounds in rainbow colors, is the new flat UI in ...
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Rollovers on touch screen [closed]
Has anyone come up with a method to simulate a rollover on a touch screen using jQuery?
I am trying to determine if there is a way to have a popup object that appears when your finger enters the ...
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Which gender should I write to
In my language (Hebrew) verbs can be appointed to either male or female, written in a bit different form. (there is no form referring to both).
Which gender should I write "to" (what form of verbs ...
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Are users really more comfortable with mobile-friendly web-app versions?
I'm trying to better evaluate the added value my users will receive from a web-app and would like to hear from your experiences and researches in the field.
Currently, although the application ...
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How to improve image detail quality? (too blurry) [closed]
What is the best file type to use in mobile apps?
I am developing an iphone app and I am using images with the same frame as the views with 72 dpis in a format file .png but when the detail is more ...
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Best to have color scheme match or compete with the bezel on a mobile device?
Consider this situation: I have an iPad (or other tablet) app, and I can assume that all devices that are using my app have a black bezel. Should the color scheme of my app be dark (to match the ...
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Best UX for mobile Q&A/survey [closed]
What are some of the best ways others have handled asking questions of users on mobile devices? Specifically questions that are simpler than just a question with a few words and a one or two word ...
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How Many Fields Is Too Many on Mobile Form?
I come from a website background but making a mobile app right now.
I need to get data from people that will possibly be standing in a store and might be turned off if I come with too many fields to ...
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entering a list of data, best practices
I'm making a mobile app in which the user is asked to enter a list of data. There is a list of roads and the user has to specify how frequently he/she uses each of the roads in the list.
The main ...
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“Rate Us” dialog effectivness
On mobile apps, where/When is the best time to popup this "Rate Us" dialog? I know that it may change from game to game, but is there any statistics out there?
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How to fit tiered comments on a small mobile screen?
Websites such as Reddit have tiered comments. In tiered comments, a response is indented one step past its parent comment. How can tiered comments be adapted for the mobile screen? I forsee the ...
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How to recruit participants for usability study of a mobile app?
I'm currently designing an Android app and would like to do a usability study to test how the app works with the target audience.
I have a question regarding recruiting participants. Since there are ...
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How do you handle panning a map embedded on a scrollable web page for touch devices?
I'm currently developing a dashboard-style web interface with an embedded Bing V7 map and it's working great.
On a tablet, usually the map will be shown half above 'the fold' and half below.
This ...
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Creating a small but informative interface [closed]
I'm designing an interface for a smart watch. When the watch is first activated, I want the screen to display 3 types of information:
Important information (Texts, notifications, missed calls)
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Is a “Call Now” button next to a phone number nessessary for mobile users?
We currently have a phone number on a page, set up so that users on smart devices can tap it and call the number from their devices should they want to get in touch.
My bosses have suggested that, in ...
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Best practice or alternatives to handling sub/side nav in a mobile site
I am looking for what would be the best way to handle a websites sidebar in a mobile website template.
I am going to be involved in a redesign for a large web site (approximately 10,000+ pages) that ...
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Mobile Site Footer Location
I am developing a full on RWD with a very small footer.
Footer contains only couple links which are orphan pages (FAQs, etc).
Our main target users will be accessing the site using iPhones (mostly), ...
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Maximun number of page scrolls (or swipes) on mobile website
I'm trying to find some numbers / data / studies / testing that uncovers the maximum number of scrolls (swipes) that should be used on a mobile site in determining page length. I know the typical best ...
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Email Design - Image Scale Issue [closed]
When writing an email and looking at it on Windows, iOS, and Android email clients, I'm seeing an issue with image auto-scaling.
One of the apps in iOS doesn't auto-scale the image at all (and ...
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Phone or Tablet mockups: chicken or the egg?
What form factor should we start with, when the boss asks for "mobile" wireframes?
Should we choose phone, full-sized tablet, or "mini" tablet - and why?
I am finding the Nexus 7 a good starting ...
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Adopting sidebars in iOS apps
It looks like several known apps for iOS (Foursquare, Spotify) now adopt the sidebar that already was present in Facebook app (screenshot is from Spotify for iPhone):
AFAIK, this is not a standard ...
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What is a good method for organizing internal team tools and public comments?
I'm creating a mobile web application for debates. There is a public discussion between two people displayed on a "card", with buttons to tell the other person they made a good point, and to add a new ...
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Menu tray + Back button on mobile: any reason why this shouldn't work?
I am trying to understand if there is any issue linked to the presence on the same interface of a menu-tray icon (top nav-bar) and a back button.
This design will affect both iPad and iPhone.
Is ...
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My team has to build an app that requires a Facebook auth to enter a sweepstakes. At what stage should the authorization happen?
Would it be better to require this authorization when the user first lands, or let them play the app first and only prompt them once they try to enter the sweepstakes?
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Name of special character selection feature of mobile keyboards
I am working on a application, for which I intend to suggest the use of a feature similar to what is used on most smartphones' keyboards to select special characters:
However, while it is easy to ...
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Should I put “.” at the end of messages for mobile users?
Should I write "." at the end of messages displayed to the user in my mobile Android application?
For example:
High bandwidth required, switch to WiFi.
or
High bandwidth required, switch ...
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How to display 5 plus horizontal tabs on mobile device
This is purely for a mobile website that must have horizontal tabs.
The difficulty is that there could potentially be 5-7 tabs, with 5 being more likely. The text for each tab is long, which could ...
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Are fixed mobile headers and footers that disappear and reappear on tap really useful?
These fixed mobile headers and footers disappear and reappear on click / tap using jQuery Mobile's data-tap-toggle which is on by default. How useful are they?
Pro: More content is available when ...
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Keyboard hiding lower buttons on small Android screens
I have a application (Android) which have scroll activity form. On which there is a button for next screen (lowest of scroll). It's looking fine on large screens of android devices. But keyboard hides ...
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Using overlays on mobile devices
I'm redesigning and rebuilding an existing fixed-width website to make it responsive and mobile optimized. I'm trying to stay as close to the original site as possible.
However, it uses a lot of ...
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Any Research on User Experience Perceptions of Native Apps vs Web or Hybrid Apps
My organization is looking at developing mobile applications, we have a wealth of web development resources. There are many factors to consider in making the decision of how to develop this ...
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For touchscreen interaction, are there benefits to knowing a user's preferred hand?
The generally accepted answer to the question on Left-handed persons and usability is that rather than asking users which hand they use in order to determine your layout, you should let them choose ...
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Long select dropdowns
I'm working on a responsive landing page where users arrive after clicking on online ad. On the form, users need to select a location (105 possible) at which they would like their service. ...
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Adding, Removing and Re-ordering of a large list of items for MOBILE
I am having trouble finding the best solution for the best possible user experience for Mobile. I have done a solution for desktop, but really struggling for a solution for mobile
I have a large list ...
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Design pattern for working with data driven lists in a mobile web app?
I am working on a data driven, mobile web app. I am not sure which way is the best for working with lists.
The data is organised in a hierarchical structure with two levels (categories and entries).
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For those who design mobile sites. Which software do you use? [closed]
I am new here and not a UX designer but an entrepreneur, so this question may come across as incredibly noobish, so forgive me.
The question was for those who design mobile sites. Eg. say a client ...
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How to best conduct a mobile app features audit?
We're redesigning a pretty heavy app and I've been tasked with creating a list of all of the current available features since they'll all need to be included in the next release. The thing is that ...
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Fixed/floating button on mobile app
We're developing a new mobile app for premium users. It is basically a content reading app. The content will be updated periodically; we have 3 fixed "topics". These topics are going to be updated ...
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Displaying package comparisons for mobile?
On my desktop website I have 3 packages listing all the features included for each package and their prices with an option to add to basket.
All packages are on the same page next to each other so ...
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Should I retry a manual refresh when network is available?
I have a mobile app that automatically downloads user content from the Internet according to a schedule. Sometimes it might miss a scheduled update because the device wasn't connected to the Internet ...
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Are modals usable on smartphones, or is there a better alternative?
I want to make a simple popover (or modal) that allows a user to subscribe to a newsletter (of course only when a user clicks on "subscribe to newsletter", I don't want to be obnoxious). It'll be a ...
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Is shaking a device to refresh an accepted behavior?
I have an app that displays downloaded information that is cached. I could use valuable space to include a button that is used to re-download the information, or I could simply add a "shake the device ...
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Mobile, “Show Remaining” or “Show All”?
In a mobile screen I have n data items in collection, but I am limited to show first 3 or 4 items from it. For the rest I can put a button below 3rd or 4th item which can lead my user to a popup where ...
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Is Tab Bar based iOS Design for feed driven apps a better UX?
Working on a feed driven iOS application and wondering peoples thoughts on Tab Bar driven iOS design for feed based apps. There is a large amount of evidence that supports the well integrated use of ...
