Standards are officially sanctioned guidelines for design.
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Where can I find style guide for metro UI for web applications?
I am interested in the Metro UI that microsoft has used for windows phone 7 for web. I see that their site microsoft.com has been done with metro UI recently.
I am looking for a style guide and ...
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Common pattern for “multiple fields, at least one required”
Clearly the asterisk is a popular web standard for identifying unconditionally required fields.
But what if any one field out of several is required? For example, there are separate fields for home ...
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Using mailto: links for email addresses…what is the practice these days?
When giving out your email address on a site, do people still use the mailto:email@example.com syntax for the link?
Does this work with people using web mail clients? I use gmail and whenever I click ...
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What guidelines exist for designing UIs?
UI guidelines can be helpful to provide rules-of-thumb, or at least remind you of things to think about when designing a UI. What sets of guidelines exist?
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Are round check boxes confusing or an accepted standard?
I was browsing dribbble.com today and came across a new post by one of the designers that I follow. He had posted a new modal form which was using rounded check boxes. I have never seen these before.
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Is there an optimal font size?
For most website projects I've been involved with, the font size for the bulk text is usually 12px - 13px, but I'm wondering if this is a good size. I remember reading an article saying that font ...
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Does ISO 9241 really matter?
I've been using ISO 9241 (Ergonomics of Human System Interaction) over the years to provide some structure and rigour to my UX process. It suits the (standards driven) industry I'm currently working ...
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Android back button - Global history back, or menu back?
On the Android, is the expected action of the back button to navigate backward through menus, or does it just go "back" to the previous screen you came from?
I don't have an Android device to sample ...
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Using country flags with currencies?
We are considering incorporating national flags into a currency selector, alongside ISO currency codes, like this:
We are well aware we should not use flags for selecting languages because there ...
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Best position for collapse indicator on collapsible content
What is the convention/standard/best-practice for the placement of a collapse/expand button/indicator on collapsible content?
I've seen many examples of the placement on the left (left of title in ...
