in kinetic displays, scrolling is sliding text, images or video across a monitor or display
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Why does scrolling when dragging an element scroll faster on mouse wiggle?
I don't know about other operating systems, but this is very prolific in Windows.
Let's say you have a scrollable container that items can be dragged onto. You want to drag an item onto the part of ...
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Maximun number of page scrolls (or swipes) on mobile website
I'm trying to find some numbers / data / studies / testing that uncovers the maximum number of scrolls (swipes) that should be used on a mobile site in determining page length. I know the typical best ...
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Best way to indicate a new cycle (of a set of actions)
I'm building a feature where the user is asked to send customized messages to their friends. The process involves two steps:
Selecting a friend (will have autocomplete / suggestions)
Selecting ...
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Best way to divvy up screen space in pictorial article mobile app?
I'm working on an iPhone app that gives users access to image-heavy articles. We want to showcase the images--they're like the bread and butter of the app, so we're opting for a kind of scrolling ...
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The Great Mobile UX Debate: Scroll or Click
Here's the stage:
We have an inspection app on windows mobile. We are considering a html version. There are numerous inspections and there is an internal debate as to whether
all questions should ...
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Should users be forced into a responsive design (without the ability to opt out)?
There is nothing worse than getting automatically redirected to a mobile version of a site, and not having (or not easily finding) a "view normal site" link. It's not just that the mobile site is a ...
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When is horizontal-scrolling ok? [duplicate]
Here's a picture of my site:
Now, ignoring the "erased" stuff, is there any way I can make this interface be reasonable? It will never fit on the screen no matter what I do, even if I go to 2 lines ...
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Should Carousels auto-scroll?
I am redesigning a portfolio site and a suggestion was given that we should use a carousel to show featured works. This would allow us the flexibility to define as many featured works as needed. ...
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Is there any good reason why I shouldn't make some mobile app parts sticky?
What are the downsides of making that part with column-chart sticky (Always positioned to the top even when bottom part is scrolled down)?
Haven't met that kind of solution in any mobile app before. ...
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Keyboard hiding lower buttons on small Android screens
I have a application (Android) which have scroll activity form. On which there is a button for next screen (lowest of scroll). It's looking fine on large screens of android devices. But keyboard hides ...
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'Scrolling divs' in mobile land. Yea or nay?
An interesting problem/challenge came up this week where some mobile designs requested a part of the screen be scrollable. This is quite common on desktop sites--typically a little scrolling box for ...
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Research on scrolling within modal (web)? pros/cons?
From a web UI perspective, is there any research or defined best practices in regards to scrolling within a modal window? Please provide specific links, studies, etc.
I am of the school that a modal ...
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Alternatives to scrolling to display long text? [duplicate]
As you can see on the picture below, my text is displayed within a 'relatively small' DIV. Currently users have the possibility to scroll down within the DIV to read the full text but I don't really ...
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Scrollbars as a semi-transparent overlay
In most GUI implementations today, scrollbars take up a dedicated space next to the scrollable content. How about presenting scrollbars as a semi-transparent overlay on top of the scrollable content? ...
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Effect for smooth scrolling over slider/carousel
What is this effect called?
http://ruudvaneijk.nl/
when you scroll down you see it scrolls a bit over the slider on the top.
I searched the internet for half an hour but could not find how it's ...
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Is scrolling better than clicking to reveal more content?
Which is faster? Scrolling down or clicking a button to reveal more content? Currently, our site requires clicking of page numbers to reveal more content. We have 9 channels per page, which fits on ...
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How to hint that there's more beyond what you see in a scroll view?
I'm developing an (iOS) app that mainly consists of a UIScrollView. The view is paged and the scroll bar turned off, so currently there is nothing to indicate to the user that they can scroll down and ...
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Are custom scroll bars easier to use or do they just look “nice”?
I've noticed that a lot of webapps have started using custom scroll bars. A few examples include Facebook, Trello, Google Docs, and Twitter. I'm sure you can think of some more:
How do these types ...
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Are increase and decrease arrows redundant on scrollbars?
Surely these days users are either using touch devices to scroll with gestures or are dragging the thumb of the scrollbar or clicking inside the track. Would it be a bad idea to remove the arrow ...
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Using scrolling up from pageload to reveal additional content
There are certain sites have a pattern where the page loads, and then if a user scrolls up, additional content is presented. I know that NBCNews.com does this with certain pages, and I've been told ...
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Why are nested elements scrolled to the opposite direction?
My question is about scrolling conventions, and spatial scroll conventions in general (even here it's only horizontal, but same applies for vertical scrolling).
Looking at the below mockup, why is it ...
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How should horizontal scrolling be handled?
In this example, horizontal scrolling is handled with vertical scrolling.
My question is: is this a good practice for handling horizontal scrolling in desktops? Is there a better way or horizontal ...
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Navigating backwards in Miller Columns
I've got a set of Miller Columns on a web application that could be wider than the page width. So this means the first level of the hierarchy might not be visible anymore. What's the most effective ...
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When do you apply a persistent navigation - is there a minimum page length?
We have pages where it is a very long list of products (often using infinite scrolling), which a persistent navigation would be a very useful device.
However, what about shorter pages that are long ...
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What is a name for this “plate” scrolling functionality?
The Google Ventures website at http://www.googleventures.com/ has interesting functionality -- when you scroll down the page, the upper "masthead" stays fixed to the window but is slowly covered up by ...
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Should scrolling in a textbox overflow to scrolling a page?
When entering long sections of text into a textbox in a browser (such as when using gmail or a site like this) we can scroll within that textbox, which is as it should be.
However, the behaviour of ...
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Does Apple recommend a minimum table view height?
I know Apple has certain minimum sizes for things like font no smaller than 13pt. I was wondering if they had a spec (maybe in their HIG) for minimum table view height. I have a design with a short ...
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What are some alternative design patterns I can use in this case?
I'm working on a magazine-style website which has a fluid two-column box centered in the middle of the screen (think of this as the spread of a magazine). The left column contains an image and the ...
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Should scrolling be disabled when there are no items to scroll to?
Assume a horizontal scrollview is being populated with 2 views, leaving 80% of the scroller empty.
Should scrolling be disabled?
Allowing the user to scroll makes the 2 views move without a purpose.
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What's the appropriate scrolling deceleration behavior?
I am implementing a list view on a touch screen.
I want to implement iPhone-like behavior, where you can scroll through the list by dragging any part of the list with your finger.
The hard part is ...
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Product frontpage content - tab solution versus scrolling [duplicate]
For a payment related project I want to create a product page.
Example: Paymill.com uses a combination of tabs and scrollable content on their front page.
Question:
Is it better to have an only tab ...
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Scroll in a dialogue overlay (lightbox)
I have been asked to redesign some existing dialogue overlays, which have a lot of options within them. So many in fact, that they're using both vertical tabs and a scrollbar to manage the volume of ...
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How to effectively paginate many objects
We used to have a table interface which showed 1-10 on load and had the pages listed all the way from 2, 3, 4, ... n.
We would like to re-design this interface to support scrolling of objects much ...
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Drag-scroll (iOS-like flicker) and text selection
I am thinking of adding drag-scroll function for a mouse (aka iOS-like flicker) on a textarea by using some jQuery library, where I also want to allow selection of the text with mouse drag. As they ...
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Scrolling inside overlay or on the whole page
I have this web-app that has mostly web pages with search results (such as google is), so there's scrolling normally. But I have this scenario that you can open an overlay that shows additional ...
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Pagination vs Scroll in is iOS apps (ecommerce) [duplicate]
Do you have any detailed study on expected navigation patterns in iOS applications, especially in ecommerce apps?
We are designing a photo shoot & order application and I would like to get to ...
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Touchscreen: Select small zones from a huge scrollable image
My app lets the user take a picture of a sheet of paper, then select a block of 2-3 words, then another block.
The user must be able to clearly read the (potentially tiny) written words, so she will ...
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minimalistic top navigation + huge footer = winning combination?
Ive seen a lot of very successful sites of big companies like mailchimp and others with minimalistic top navigations consisting of 3-5 buttons, but big footers where detailed navigation is located.
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Is scrolling acceptable in dashboard design?
I am designing a Business dashboard (Financial Product). All info is reachable in a single scroll and primary insights are visible without scroll.
As some information below the fold the customer ...
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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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What are advantages and disadvantages of MagicScroll?
Richard Wallis proposed a new way of scrolling called MagicScroll. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method?
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How to handle history events from scolling and other in-page events
On a website that has several sections and subsections on one page, I was thinking about implementing scrolling to a new section as a new browser history event. The main reasoning for doing so is to ...
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What's the most efficient/least troublesome way to scroll when reading on mobile?
For reading purposes on mobile devices, what is the way to go? Paging or scrolling? If I want to give the reader the option of a scroll, should the controls for that be on-screen or in a menu?
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Multiple forms on a single screen
I have about 5 sets of forms to be filled up by the user, one by one. Most of the fields in these set of forms are mandatory so it is obvious that the user has to check out all these 5 forms. Now I ...
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Multiple lists on one screen — best approach?
Let's say I have a profile screen with two lists: one for Friends and another for Hobbies. This is just an example. It could as well be a Customer screen with Suppliers and Orders. I'm looking to ...
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Scrolling vs. Pagination for a Mobile Order Form
Ok here is my windows mobile application for ordering system. As client requested i added a next page button (the button after the +). This turns a page with preferences of a product. However most of ...
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Grid and in-line editing
I am developing an application where I have a header and a list of lines.
The dilemma I am having is how to display an interface where the user can edit multiple lines at the same time in a ...
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Mouse scroll wheel should target focus or hover?
I've noticed an inconsistency with controls responding to scroll input. Different OSs (and even different programs within the same OS) behave differently.
Here's the scenario:-
Imagine you have two ...
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Would adding horizontal scrolling to Facebook profiles be a good idea?
I saw these designs by Fred Nerby. He proposed adding horizontal scrolling to Facebook profiles. Is this good UI?
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How can the classic footer elements be integrated into an infinite scrolling layout?
Infinite Scrolling is a fairly new and effective way to display practically infinite amounts of data in a user's window, but one page element simply does not suit itself to this method; the footer. A ...
