Numbers are used to count and calculate.
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Line numbers in text editor
Okay this sounds like a question a six year old would ask, (and I hope there is an empirical answer) so here's my inner child: In programming numbers start from from zero but why do line numbers in ...
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Counting to Infinity - Are counters usable?
As the web gets older and bigger the numbers in a lot of counters will tend to increase more and more.
I'm very curious about the implications in usability and user experience:
Are these big numbers ...
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Is a number easier to read with the thousand separator?
This may sound like a stupid question but I'm being taken to task for this at the moment. Personally I believe that it's easier to read 1,234.56 than 1234.56. However there are others that are saying ...
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Conventions for the display of large numbers
I have a grid column which can display numbers ranging from single digits and into the billions. I think that at some point we need to switch from displaying the whole number to using abbreviations, ...
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Is it good practice to only accept numeric keystrokes in number-only fields?
I have a form that only takes in numbers as it represents a dollar amount. Currently, the form only accepts numerical keystrokes. Is this good practise?
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What android UI control fits for selection of number in large range?
I'm working on a application for tracking body mass measurements. I need the user to be able to input a number representing body weight, whose magnitude ranges from 0.00 kg to normally 300.00 kg. The ...
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Numeric data input in a web based scientific software
(Note: I'm more a backend developer, so please forgive my lack of UX terminologies. Don't hesitate to edit the text or the tags)
We are working on an online scientific software with specific ...
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Representing how many you have with how many they want
I have a problem whereby we are asking a user for multiple items. This is in a gaming scenario and the game has lots of items. Each item is manufactured from other items and is only counted once it ...
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3answers
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Best way to label ranges of values
This is more or less a style guide question. I'm curious if anyone is aware of any official style guides that deal with this problem well. I tried to come up with a general approach but I'm curious to ...
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In a high precision meter do I display battery voltage as a fractional number of volts or as a whole number of millivolts?
There's an Android battery meter application for enthusiasts (control freaks actually) that displays the remaining charge percentage and the current voltage. A typical phone will use a Li-Ion battery ...
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Word for a group of numbers?
I have a list of different numbers/ID's related to a company and right now I am using the title ID's to group them but I feel that this title may not be the best. Does anyone know of any better words ...
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3answers
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Representing large numbers
I'm developing a charting application. There could be a situation where I would have to display large numbers on the chart. The problem is that they number labels have to fit inside the chart columns, ...
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What should be ideal date on calendar icon?
I am designing a calendar icon for an app, I am putting a random date right now on it, what should be ideal date that I should put. Is there any usability research done on the same?
I know the best ...
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Is there a standard “to left justify text and right justify numeric values.”
I'm being told by an experienced BA (> 25 years) that "Numeric numbers are usually totaled therefore should be right justified." And that text should always be left justified.
I have never heard ...
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What is correct format for displaying financial number specifically zero in an application?
In our application we have a number of views that display financial numbers. I am just trying to figure out what is the best way to display zero or no value. Is there a standard format.
Quote Number ...
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2answers
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How fluent should filters be?
I have a few types of filters for a table and they should be concatenated.
So in the end I should get something like this:
URL contains google.com and Visits > 1000 and Date is before 30.12.2011
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What's more readable, reading an ordered list vertically or horizontally? [duplicate]
For example, I have a numbered list, what is easier for an average user to read ?
Vertically
[1] [5]
[2] [6]
[3] [7]
[4] [8]
OR
Horizontally
[1] [2]
[3] [4]
[5] [6]
[7] [8]
...
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Inputting percentages - in decimal or whole number form?
I've come across a situation in a form where one group of people is expecting an input field for a percentage value to be whole numbers, whereas the other expects decimal values. Either way when the ...
