A natural language is any language which arises in an unpremeditated fashion as the result of the innate facility for language possessed by the human intellect.
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What is the most familiar wording of linking to a PDF file?
For certain industries and user-bases, it can make sense to include a link to a PDF version of a HTML web page — so that visitors can either view or download it.
From a recognizability and ...
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Natural language vs. Tech language?
Redesign of eBay reminds me of an old debate I had with fellow UX designers: is natural language always better than artificial tech language (even if it addresses clear mental model)?
Let me give you ...
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“Back to Top” alternate wording?
Seems that a "Back to Top" button is helpful and useful — especially for mobile sites.
However, on websites that want to come across as "classy", it may sound a little primitive.
Personally, I ...
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Should we call “Home” something else?
In the main navigation menu of a website, should we call "Home" something else?
I am guessing that from a broad UX perspective, the answer is no -- but when are other names viable? When are they ...
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How to interpret vague date input in a search query
This is a follow-up to this question Would an "around" search token make any sense?
If someone is performing a search by date would having an "around" this date feature be useful, and if ...
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Programs or markup viewers for legal or logical content?
I am interested in user interfaces that represent legal argumentation and/or logical reasoning. For professionals dealing with complex reasoning and argumentation that is mainly language-based, what ...
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Can I optimize this command-line interface?
I am designing a command-line interface for users and administrators to interact with an online radio system. One of the administrator tasks is assigning songs and albums to various genres. This is ...
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How can I make a Lucene-backed search interface more humane?
A client has a search engine (Lucene) and it is not performing well with users, partly because page metadata is really vague and non-descriptive and also because users -- if I am to beleive the ...
