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Are fixed mobile headers and footers that disappear and reappear on tap really that 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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Mobile pattern library with animated IxD examples? [duplicate]
Can anyone suggest a blog or pattern library that demonstrates interaction design examples? Everything I've seen to date uses static screenshots, but nothing that actually animates the interactions or ...
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Another way of doing multi-select on mobile other than check boxes?
I saw a similar question asked but it wasn't exactly the same. On mobile check boxes feel rather fiddly and to be fair on my search around the web I haven't seen checkboxes commonly used on mobile ...
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When is it appropriate to split functionality into separate apps?
I'm a designer and my company has a single app that serves two different types of user.
One group is the general public, who uses the app to navigate big events (e.g. annual user group meeting ...
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Mobile Augmented Reality App. What pattern for AR visualization and navigation?
I am designing a mobile app with an AR functionality that allows users to detect a product label and get a bunch of information about it.
We want to display this content over the captured image. ...
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Best practice for a desktop version dropdown hover menu to work on mobile?
I'll give my example as it explains exactly what I mean. We have a store that on the main menu has a "Shop" link that when hovered over, will display a dropdown menu of categories and subcategories. ...
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How to deal with recursive hierarchical tableviews?
There's a great function from the web that I want to reproduce in iOS and Android. I'm calling it a recursive tableview because I can't think of any other descriptive name.
For example, in a shopping ...
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Is there any good reason why I shouldn't make some mobile app parts sticky?
What are the downsides of making that part with column-chart sticky (Always positioned to the top even when bottom part is scrolled down)?
Haven't met that kind of solution in any mobile app before. ...
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Should I build camera functionality into a photo sharing app or let the user use the device camera app they would already be familiar with?
I have been working on the idea I have for sort of another photo sharing app. Last few days, as I have been working on the part of it for taking photos in square format (like instagram) I started to ...
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How should we format numbers on a mobile device for a POS app?
We are working on an point of sale app, and need to figure out how to format the numbers on the screen for when a client is entering a credit card number.
The two options are:
1) The way a phone ...
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How to best enter long digits on a small touch device without using keyboard input
my current task is to create an user interface for a mobile strategy game. stuff can be transported from point a to point b. the user can select an amount of stuff between 1 and 1.000.000. it is ...
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Are “beginner/advanced/expert grades user interface” within the same app common for modern iPhone/iPad apps?
One of my favorite PC games of all time is Birthright: The Gorgons alliance. It is a very deep and complicated game that had much more than many single player games at that time.
For example, the ...
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What are the “Big Three” Gestures in Mobile Development?
last week, our project manager mentioned that we needed to incorporate more of the "big 3" gestures in our mobile software. unfortunately, she's off on vacation now and none of us know what exactly ...
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Best practices for Responsive images from mobile to Desktop [closed]
I have Fullscreen image. This creates problems for mobile browsing for the images are large and hi-res.
Next problem is with things like retina display how does a design/programmer prepare to deal ...
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Table data in Mobile phones
I want to display a table with 4/5 columns and possibly 100 rows (as in desktop app right now) in smartphones. The table cells are also editable. Now we want to port this desktop app to smartphones ...
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Predefined phone number on а mobile form
User fills out a form on mobile site (not app).
Is it possible to predefine his mobile phone number in the form?
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Search input on mobile device
I'm designing an mobile-web-app (ie: not a native app) for touchscreen smartphones.
When you add a search input, do we need to add the search button (for processing the search) or use the one present ...
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How to format UI control screenshots so users don't think they're touchable?
I have a need in a touchscreen mobile app to show users a message that informs them about some system function that they should know might affect my app. As well as describing the issue, I want to use ...
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What's the point in electronic devices beeping on keypress?
Many electronic devices, mostly cell phones, by default beep on keypress. What's the point in that?
Once a key is pressed their state is changed and that's reflected in the graphic interface anyway. ...
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What's the most efficient/least troublesome way to scroll when reading on mobile?
For reading purposes on mobile devices, what is the way to go? Paging or scrolling? If I want to give the reader the option of a scroll, should the controls for that be on-screen or in a menu?
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Duplicate information vs. proximity in mobile apps
In the mobile app we are currently working on, we have a table view that shows certain information. When you press any of the cells, another view shows expanding the info. The regular behavior pretty ...
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Tips & resources for Mobile UX designer coming from Web UX
Mobile UX is a whole new world, specially apps. Over my past experience I got deeper & deeper into how browsers work & finally build an experience around it.
I agree some fundamentals would ...
