for questions about web sites designed to be viewed on mobile devices.
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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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Do people use `jump to top of page` links?
I'm talking about links or buttons at the bottom of the page or screen simply linking to the top of the website.
Is there any data on that?
Are they used more frequently on long pages?
What about ...
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4answers
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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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Responsive Web Design - what should happen when the mobile device is rotated?
Currently, the standard behaviour for viewing web pages on a mobile is that:
If viewed in portrait the text is smaller because the width of the device is small and the whole page width needs to fit ...
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4answers
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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?
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2answers
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Multilevel navigation menus for mobile devices
We have a 5 level navigation menu that needs to be incorporated in Mobile devices with a good & best usability approach.. which does not cost multi click for the user to view the 5th level menu.
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4answers
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Best way to indicate that a image gallery can be swiped left-right on mobile/tablet
I'm in the process of adding responsive design to our website and one of the main features that users interact with is our image gallery (we are an editorial-based website). At normal viewport sizes, ...
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3answers
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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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1answer
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How many photos should be in a slideshow for mobile on page load?
We have a slideshow which displays one photo at a time. The user can click or swipe through back and forth. Right now we're loading in 10 to start, but there is no actual research behind the decision.
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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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2answers
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How to request a third-party login within a seperate mobile application
I'm designing a mobile app that requires the user to log-in with their LinkedIn account.
I feel I might have cluttered too much info into it, but everything seems to be important.
I want the user ...
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1answer
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Internal Consistency vs. Consistency across the Industry
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to balance having styles/patterns/icons being consistent to a single website vs following recommended practices/patterns/icons that are popping up across ...
