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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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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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What should I use as an alternative to overlays for exposing inline information on a mobile website?
In my opinion overlays are not a good experience on mobile. But let's say you have a form, and certain fields might need clarification, how can I go about presenting this without using an overlay?
I ...
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How do you nudge users to download your native app?
I was reading an ACM research paper recently that considered users' revisitation patterns. The authors found that users tend to revisit native apps far more often than they revisit pages in browsers.
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What to display in mobile app web view when the URL won't load
I'm creating an app whose UI is simply a web browser that loads a URL. Let's not argue about why I'm implementing it this way (I already tried that with the higher-ups). It can still do the background ...
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Automatically redirecting to mobile app from home page?
We have an iPhone app that is our main focus. We have an informational website (3 pages). And we just created a mobile web version of the iPhone app for Android and other smartphone users. Our debate ...
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How do you know if something was designed mobile first?
Now I read lot of articles about mobile first design, and I understood that it's the way of design for the mobile first.
My question is, how do we know a website is designed with a mobile first ...
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What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites?
What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites? I'm designing the mobile version of a website for customers' accounts (where they can see their latest bill and settings for their ...
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What does “mobile-first” mean?
So I've been trying to find a legitimate answer to this question for a couple days. I read an interview in Awwwards recent publication Trends Web and Mobile 2013 with the following answer in regards ...
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Mobile website text link
When developing a mobile or responsive website (for touch screens) making navigation links and other buttons larger to be easier to tap and avoid 'fat fingers' is a good idea.
My question is what ...
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Would a responsive design work for a yelp-like site/service?
I'm in the process of developing a review/rating site similar in functionality to Yelp (but on a smaller scale) and I'm going with a Mobile-First approach, and was wondering if I should just make the ...
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Side panel navigation default on or off
I'm designing a web app specifically for all tablet traffic.
I'm going with the very popular left side panel navigation like youtube,fb etc.
The icon to open/close the navigation is the standard icon ...
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How do I link people back to the mobile site from the full site?
I have a full site and the mobile site is set to launch pretty soon.
I am autodetecting if the user is on a mobile and redirecting them to the mobile site automatically. I will have a link in the ...
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Is speed the most important factor in mobile applications?
I've been noticing a trend when using my phone for music at work. Sites like Bandcamp have an excellent mobile site that is simple and intuitive. However, once I find a cool group on Bandcamp I end up ...
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Overriding Default Behavior of Mobile Browsers
In desktop web development, a big user experience no-no is to create a behavior that is not native to the browser. Such as:
Disabling the right-click mouse button
Creating your own context menu
Not ...
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When designing a website for mobile should I still use the mobile's interface button graphics
I am designing a site that will, at the moment, only have a mobile version. I was wondering if I should use the ux buttons and styles from a particular phone or just design with mobile design ...
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Why do mobile users give up on the mobile site and switch back to the full site instead?
Luke Wroblewski, in his book "Mobile First" second chapter "Constraints", talks about how users look for the mobile site to do everything that the desktop version does. It reminds me of my colleague ...
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Should we include a “Back to top” button for mobile websites?
When building a mobile web site that needs to be accessible — do you consider it to be best practice to include a "Back to top" anchor link in a footer menu for long pages?
I'm thinking about those ...
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Choosing the right resolution to target for the mobile web
I have problem with choosing the right pixel size to design for when sketching Mobile user interfaces.
I'm designing a mobile web that can be opened by different mobile devices (iPhone, Blackberry, ...
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How to help users navigate a very long list on mobile
I recently came across SXSW's native apps on iPhone and Android. Both apps revolve around the conference's schedule. On the home-screen of both apps, you get the day's schedule, which is actually a ...
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How is mobile information architecture different from desktop?
I have been trying to find examples on web for information architecture techniques specifically for mobile devices. I realize the steps in getting a IA for any tool mobile/desktop are card sorting, ...
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Redirect non-desktop users to mobile site or just change template and keep the same url?
I want to know what would be the best way to present my site to users when they are not using desktop computers (and they are using mobile phones, smartphones or tablets)? I am currently working on a ...
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If all pages are linked in a menu, should a back button be provided?
If full navigation is provided for every page of a simple site, should there be a back button among its options?
Example Scenario:
A mobile website has 4 child pages, all accessible via navigation on ...
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Pixel aspect ratio for multiple touch devices- Mobile Web
I'm working on a project involving multiple mobile and tablet web application designing. I'm curious what are the mobile design strategies when it comes to handling pixel aspect ratio for icons and ...
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Is it ok for a mobile site to be a limited subset of the full site?
I'm working on yet another time-tracking web application. This application has, next to the normal site, a mobile version. Now I wonder, is it ok for the mobile version to be a limited subset of the ...
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Separate app for touch devices or one universal?
We have a web mapping application (front end is all Flex) that has been designed with the keyboard and mouse in mind.
It is similar to a desktop based app, (think Photoshop) with toolbars, tables, ...
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Breadcrumbs: ok to use on mobile site?
Wondering if anyone has thoughts on using breadcrumbs as a method of navigation on a mobile website (for a content site). The breadcrumbs would show the heirarchy of the site as such:
Site >> ...
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Need for search button next to a search box on a mobile web site
Do you need a search button next to a search box on a mobile website? On the iPhone for example the Enter button appears next to the standard ios5 ui keyboard.
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What should be the maximum length of a page on Mobile Website?
What should be the maximum length of a page on Mobile Website? I'm making a website in which some pages are long because of lengthy articles. Should I divide long pages into multiple pages?
Should I ...
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Responsive web design Vs Separate website for Mobile
Responsive Web design is buzzword these days. which means to create a same website and optimized for all devices.
There are also some website which convert the desktop websites into Mobile website
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What's the best way to implement product comparison on a mobile web site?
I have found only one example of this so far (Best Buy) and it is not very well executed. I'm wondering if there are any good examples of mobile sites that allow product comparisons, or if perhaps ...
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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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Which type of url should I use for a mobile website?
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Should we give the access to mobile version to all users on desktop. by having a differetn url like http://m.yahoo.com/or it's good to keep mobile version and desktop version access only ...
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Where we should keep primary navigation in a mobile website, especially on the Homepage?
1) Vertically On home page with logo and footer and then at bottom of each page
see on iphone http://j.mp/qpbN1A
2) Or horizontally like desktop websites
see on iphone http://stackoverflow.com
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Do you design/develop a site primarily for the laptop/desktop and think about mobile later?
Do you design/develop a site primarily for the laptop/desktop and think about mobile later, or do you design your website to be mobile and unmobile friendly, therefore cutting design/dev time in half? ...
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In a Mobile Website if a Javascript can enhance UX but will make the page little slower to load, is it ok to do that?
In a Mobile Website if a JavaScript can enhance UX but will make the page little slower to load, is it ok to use javascript?
Or we should always give preference to speed specially on mobile?
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Is it ok to use drop-down menus in Mobile Website?
Is it ok to use drop-down menus in a Mobile Website which opens on clicking? Like http://ux.stackexchange.com
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File manager on a mobile device
I've termed the question "File manager" because it most closely relates to what I am looking for. This question is for a mobile web application but as it is a UX/UI design question any native app ...
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In mobile website when we use “Back” button then should it be always the titled as “Back”?
If we use Back button in website inner pages should we always use the text Back all the time or we should use the title of the last page. But title of last page can be longer than
Back
For example
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Is it good to hide url bar from Mobile websites?
Is it good to hide url bar from Mobile websites?
By default it shows. but there are some JavaScript tricks which can hide the bar on page load. but user can get back by dragging from top.
For a ...
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Is it good or bad for user to give a feel and look of native apps to Website for mobile?
Is it good or bad for user to give a feel and look of native apps to Website for mobile?
Transition effects on page change
Fixed floating footer or header
Hide address bar
Native app like UI
or ...
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Tell mobile users that there is an app available
Some people come to my website with their phones or tablets. I would like to convert these web users to use my app instead. What would be the best practice to advertise the app?
A modal popup.
A ...
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Designing for mobile web browsers
What is the best approach for designing a web site to run across most all modern mobile web browsers?
Is targeting WebKit based browsers enough?
