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Is there a standard way to indicate a suggestive search (autocomplete) in a wireframe form?
I'm designing an interface, and I'm currently creating a wireframe to guide me before developing it. I know that a particular form will make suggestions, but if I were to, say, get another developer ...
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Best way to represent distance in a clear way?
I'm building a job board and the user can search for jobs around its hometown. It can adjust the radius using a slider.
Example:
1) User enters "Brussels" in the input box.
2) User changes the ...
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3answers
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Design patterns for Search
I know this may sound very generic question, but I am forced to post this to understand different patterns of search. I am working on a content oriented site which contains various types ...
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What is the best way to represent audio visually?
I've only taken some basic signal analysis courses, so I might be missing some things.
Purely theoretical question:
What methods exist for representing audio?
What methods could be made for ...
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1answer
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Is there a name for the pattern of a categorized autocomplete?
Lately, I've noticed that Facebook search presents it's autocomplete options as a nice categorized list:
However, I'm uncertain what to call this pattern. It reminds me a bit of what Peter Morville ...
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5answers
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Is there a name for this instant filter search pattern?
I've been trying to find a jQuery plugin which creates behavior similar to that of Stack Exchange user searches. The user search used on Stack Exchange sites is not an auto complete, but is more akin ...
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Form Design with fifty search criteria
I am working on a search screen which has 50 fields having the following types of controls. Also one more problem is user can choose any one of the search criteria that can still fetch the results.
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2answers
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When designing (UX/IA) a property search system what are some important things to remember?
I'm designing the UX for a property search system. The platform is FSIS. I am basically looking for best practices in doing a Faceted Search while being able to incorporate many refiners based off the ...
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Best practice for in-page search algorithms (not SEO for Google or the like)
my team and I are working on a football hub website and we would like to make the in-page search engine as powerful as possible as many uses would like to use search.
Q: Are there any best practice ...
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“Clear input” button within a search box - why nobody but Apple uses it?
In my opinion, this button is very useful, giving you an ability to start over in just one click. But I can't seem to find non - Apple software that implements this pattern. Why?
EDIT: I'm not ...
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3answers
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Guidelines for autocomplete widgets
What guidelines exist when working with autocomplete widgets? I'm hoping for general guidelines that apply across different application types: web, desktop, and mobile.
A response to a Search as you ...
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How to use topic maps
Some time ago I found a very interested technology: Topic Maps.
It solves to find information and to share knowledge. One of examples of this technology is presented on this site. See "tags", ...
