A profile is a dataset which describes a user of a system. Examples of information stored might include biographical information, contact details, an avatar, or data about activity or content associated with the user.
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Forms: Is it right to show empty fields in an info page?
In an application i am designing, there is a form, where the user completes the fields and some of them might remain empty (not filled by the user). Then we have the info page showing all these fields ...
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What is a great way to display a user's email address in a small amount of horizontal space (in a user card)?
I'm designing an area of an app that needs to display users in a certain group. To save space while providing larger (more recognizable photos), I've decided to use a "card" style with photo above ...
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How to wireframe an efficient UI when the project manager refuses to spend time to conduct user research?
I often have to face this situation. I'm asked to wireframe UIs without having any information about the final users (their profiles, needs, preferences, and key tasks).
First, I usually study ...
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Is it ok to incorporate engine-calculation and user-improvements-votes into one relevancy grade?
Our product provides search functionality as well as profile viewing. Each profile is assigned with engine-calculated tags, with a relevancy score. Example: Profile JohnDoe is assigned the tag UX with ...
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Denoting a Premium User
I'm working on a website where we have users' avatars pulled from their Facebook profile picture and sized down to a thumbnail.
Now that users can upgrade to premium memberships to unlock advanced ...
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“About me” -field usage in web app
I am creating a web application for college students where they can share their timetable and help each other in studies and courses. We are in the process of designing the profile of a user. However, ...
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How to enhance user profile information (add a user nickname) after the fact?
One of the websites I administer has had an active user registration and log in for a long time, which was mostly used to confirm users and send merchandise. So far, there has been no user to user ...
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Multiple profiles in one single login
I shall allow my users to have multiple profiles in my website, to allow them to impersonate identities they create to post. But I have doubts about the best way to accomplish this.
Assume that I ...
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Should we allow empty profiles for newsletter generation?
I am working on the web application which provides newsletters for users. These newsletters are based on interests selected by users on their profiles. If user does not select anything he will just ...
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Empty Profile Pic options?
Wondering about a best practice for handling empty pictures for profiles. Surely one could just have a default silhouette, but on long list pages where most users do not have profile pictures this ...
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How do I encourage users to fill their Profile
We are building a concept , where we want to encourage users- to write their learning experiences.
Learning experience could be
personal informal learning, for example- how I cooked curry, how my ...
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Is it better to ask for 'full name' or 'first name' and 'last name' in a registration form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I want to make name input one field instead of first name/Last name. Wise? Worth it?
I want to know that whether full name or first name and last name is better to ask ...
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Is there a scale to measure ones proficiency in software? [closed]
I've often wondered why there is no general scale to visually show a persons proficiency in technology/hardware/software. Is there such a thing?
Something like... I could fill-out a questionnaire ...
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Balance between mandatory fields and optional fields
I am working on the project part of which is building a user profile page that is used to collect some information from the user so that this can be used to display better matching results for that ...
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What are examples of mobile user profiles? [closed]
I'm working on a mobile application which needs a user profile page.
I've tried to find mobile apps with user profiles (like the one in this site), but so far all of them have been read only. To ...
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Permissions and roles
Do you think is better a permission-giving approach where by default you assign to new users the less powerful level existent or a permission-taking approach where by default you assign the highest ...
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What is the name for the technique used on Yammer, LinkedIn etc profile pages?
The technique I mean is where the profile page will say "You have completed 60% of your profile, fill in your x, y and z to get to 100%". I think this is a very powerful technique but I can't remember ...
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User Profile Dashboard Design
I am trying to create a user profile dashboard for an application I am building using CakePHP.
However, I am struggling to wrap my brain around a good layout/design for it. Basically, I am looking to ...
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Which is the best design practice for edit data in RIA?
Which is the best design practice for edit data in RIA, for example in Flex or Silverlight?
I would like to show customer's details, but there will be an edit window, than the datas of customer will ...
