a tab widget presents one out of a number of same sized panels to interact with. Which panel is presented is chosen from a list along one edge.
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Too many navigation levels?
Do you thing the user workflow is too "busy" on the screenshot below?
The idea is to bring a user through all the the tabs. The workflow would be:
Use the main tabs (vertical or horizontal..not ...
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4answers
203 views
When using a popup or a new page?
I have following situation at work (older Forms application):
we have an order entry form, which consists of 3 main tabs: the order header, a confirmation tab and the order detail (lines). I have ...
4
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1answer
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What are the Best Practices for Server Side Tabs?
My client wants to use server side tabs as described here and found here and here.
I've read through the 13 Tab Usability Guidelines and we're mostly on track there.
For #13 Fast Response Time: ...
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5answers
201 views
What should the behaviour be of tabs in a form?
I'm implementing a (subscription)form which is designed by another party.
A description of the form:
- First there are a couple of text-fields
- Then there is a section with tabs which contain ...
3
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2answers
364 views
What can be an alternative to tabs in an iphone or android application
What type of a design/design philosophy/gesture can be a good alternative to tabs in an iphone or an android application? Tabs are good and tell the user that there is another ...
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4answers
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Revealing functionality (tabs) as the user enters more data
Assume that we have an application where the user can add his/her events.
The application has 4 main functions (represented as horizontal tabs when the user logs in):
calendar view
list view
graph ...
3
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3answers
265 views
Can web analytic tools track user's behavior across tabs?
I'm curious about logging user actions across multiple tabs; is a user's actions across multiple tabs within a browser trackable? So from user's point of view is there an additional element of privacy ...
3
votes
8answers
288 views
Tabs in textboxes
I'm building a website where my users will have to enter their code quite often. Along with other data (title, tags) the user will enter anywhere from one line of code to an entire block of up to 100 ...
3
votes
2answers
115 views
What shall the recent tab consist of?
I have a site which creates activities and perform various functionality in it. It consists of two tabs, current and recent.
Current activity -shows the name of current activity on which user is ...
3
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2answers
124 views
Issues with Tabbed Layout
Larger View
Here's a screenshot of something I'm currently working on. I decided to use tabs at the top because filling in the "Office Details" is just as important as the list of employees and ...
3
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3answers
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Do 'page corners' work as an alternative to a 2 page tab-control
I need to hint to the user of a second 'page' for a control on an XML Editor. The conventional way to do this with a tabbed page. There are 3 problems with this:
My graphics skills aren't up to ...
3
votes
1answer
111 views
Tabs, but no tab selected by default?
I am working on an view that allows you to define a list of matching criteria and then allows you to view various reports.
This is what I have till now:
Now, you would probably want to ask... if ...
3
votes
1answer
221 views
Best Way to Handle on Unknown Number of Tabs
I'm currently on a project where a user can add "tabs" to their page. Something like:
Home | About | Blog | Cats | Music I Like
They are allowed to enter as many tabs as they want (well, in theory. ...
3
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2answers
77 views
Insight on Number of Subtabs
Anyone know of usability studies that indicate how to deal with a design that comes your way and has a lot of subtabs? By subtabs I mean tabs within tabs on the same page. So, there might be a row of ...
3
votes
2answers
86 views
Moving items between tabs
I'm designing a template editor for my WPF app. Each template is compromised of multiple child items. Here's a mock up:
The user should be able to move template items between the History, ...
3
votes
3answers
335 views
Dashboard vs tabs on mobile UIs
Are there any particular guidelines about when to use tabs on a mobile interface as against yelp style category buttons(Dashboard) on the landing screen?
Yelp style category buttons(Dashboard): ...
3
votes
1answer
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Shrinking down a grid to use as tab-like navigation?
I am trying to design a navigation system for users researching entities. This is what you see when you arrive at a page for a particular entity - basic info, plus a whole load of different expandable ...
3
votes
1answer
71 views
Settings dialog with multiple tabs: same options on two different tabs?
I am designing a settings dialog with multiple tabs for our desktop application. There is a particular (small) group of options that is applicable to two separate tabs in the settings dialog. I ...
3
votes
2answers
213 views
Category and tagging organization
Background
Looking to present tagged recipes (edit: that users have tagged themselves on their own recipes) in a way that makes them easy to find. All tags are automatically categorized; recipes may ...
3
votes
1answer
155 views
TDI vs SDI - when should an app that saves files to disk have one window per “document”?
tl;dr How should an application handle windows for content-savable-to-disk (sort of documents) behave under an OS that has menu-bar-per-window (Windows, Gnome Shell) and under an OS that has single ...
3
votes
1answer
265 views
What is the best way to display per-tab commands or actions?
I am working on a multiple document interface Windows application. We're using tabs to represent open documents for editing.
I have three levels of possible commands:
Global
Per-tab
Per-sub-tab
...
2
votes
3answers
814 views
Tabs - activate on hover or on click? both! [closed]
Do you like the tabs used in http://www.msn.com ?
They can be activated by both hovering or clicking. There is a short delay on hover to prevent accidental activations, while clicking works ...
2
votes
2answers
159 views
What is the best alternate layout for horizontal and vertical tabs on one page?
The original design uses horizontal tabs for categories that are not related, and vertical tabs for pages that are sequentially related. In terms of usability and navigation I think it is not as ...
2
votes
5answers
327 views
What should I do about my save button inconsistency across tabs?
The user profile in the app I'm building is across a few tabs, however, I've had a situation where I feel the expected save functionality will be inconsistent across tabs.
Most of my tabs look ...
2
votes
3answers
163 views
Active tab state
I found myself confused today using the Adobe Reader Android application when navigating it's tab interface. I wasn't sure which tab was active becuase the active tab state was recessed and dimmed, ...
2
votes
2answers
91 views
Sort by recent / popular: Use tabs or buttons?
I need to sort my content by recent and most popular. I see Reddit uses tabs, but unfortunately tabs won't fit into my layout.
Would I be breaking any UX principles by using buttons?
This question ...
2
votes
3answers
702 views
Main Tabs & Sub tabs colour codes, best practice?
We are developing a webapplication and some of us has gotten into a small argument of how the main tabs and their corresponding sub tabs should be displayed.
It's mainly a question of weather the ...
2
votes
1answer
128 views
A tabbed Android UX element similar to iOS App card?
Is there a standard Android layout that allows for tabs within a context menu? Something similar to the iOS app card would be great.
2
votes
2answers
136 views
How and when to gently prompt user to save between pages
I am working on a complete rewrite of a complex, multi-step and enterprise-/internal-facing web application. The existing application's UI was literally based upon Excel spreadsheets that had been ...
2
votes
3answers
580 views
Is a popover that opens from a tab bar good practice in an iOS app?
I have an iPad tab bar app and I want a popover to open when tapping one of the tabs. Is this good practice or should I avoid it?
For example, the bottom tab bar displays the following items:
my ...
2
votes
3answers
648 views
Alternate to nested tab controls for a windows desktop application
I develop a complex LOB windows desktop application. Right now it has only one feature say A. All menu and toolbar is for A. You can open multiple document related to feature A, each within a Tab ...
2
votes
1answer
70 views
In Android application, when to use View control instead of Tab
I develop a shopping application for one company. First time I design to use Tab to categorize product in shop. But I am not sure Ishould use "View control" instead of "Tab" or not.
Tab and View ...
2
votes
2answers
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Should I combine pages that manage “settings” and “private user information”?
I am currently building a web application and am trying to come up with a way to manage private information and account settings.
Currently, they are in 2 different tabs:
download bmml source ...
2
votes
1answer
189 views
Guidelines for ordering of tabs?
I am wondering if there are some guidelines for ordering of tabs.
Typically we see General tab as the first which makes sense. What if there is no general tab? How to decide which ones should follow ...
2
votes
1answer
161 views
Multiple tab systems
I am designing a multiple tab system to replace an accordion. Each section of the accordion now holds a tab system with lists.
I mocked a solution, but have no contact with final user to run the two ...
2
votes
3answers
594 views
Should I hide the tab bar on iOS when I'm creating a new item?
Background
I'm building an application with a tab bar at the bottom showing two different object types - for example, buildings and trucks.
Each of these tabs shows buildings and trucks in separate ...
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vote
5answers
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Scrollable tabs
To use or not to use horizontally scrollable tabs? You can see them in iTunes store or
see this demo: http://flowplayer.org/tools/scrollable/index.html#demos
Sometimes I am little bit surprised while ...
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vote
3answers
652 views
Fixed Feedback button on the side of LEFT or RIGHT side of the window?
My start up [WEBSITE] is going to be launching in private beta soon and we're trying to decide where our feedback button/tab should go.
We've looked at how UserVoice does theirs (bottom right) and ...
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vote
2answers
294 views
Is there evidence or rule in UX against showing tabs within wizard steps for forms?
Is there evidence or rule in UX against showing tabs within wizard steps for forms?
For e.g If there is a 4 step process and it needs to be brought down to 3 steps, we are thinking of combining 2 ...
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vote
1answer
166 views
Tab controlled website
Has anyone designed a website where they have used the tab key on the keyboard as a primary method to navigate within the navigation of the website? I am doing a website where the client wants to rely ...
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vote
4answers
700 views
What do you think of double tab navigation? Could you provide a better solution in this case?
We are currently thinking of a redesign of our corporate site: http://www.active.hu/en/introduction
I would like to replace the double tab navigation in the top, because it takes a huge amount of ...
1
vote
1answer
244 views
Alternative to 2 tab bars in iPhone app
I am working on an iPhone app. I am in the early stages of designing the structure.
I will be using word department as a node in the information architecture structure of an app.
I encountered a ...
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vote
4answers
632 views
Master-detail and tabs
I have a master-detail view. Which is the best practice to add new items to the list? Now I think when user clicks the new button a new tab item can appear with close button, so the user can navigate ...
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vote
4answers
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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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4answers
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Best place for “save” button
I have a tab based interface, each tab has a form with fields, the user is supposed to make changes on each of the fields in the tabs and then click on a "save all" button to save all changes, I have ...
0
votes
1answer
137 views
Opening a new browser tab [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Opening website external links in new window — published usability tests
Should you open a new tab when linking to an external website.
Historically I know this ...
0
votes
2answers
811 views
Multi-pane layout tabs confusion?
I'm curious what people think about android < 3.0 tabs in the action bar, specifically for tablets.
In the picture I uploaded, the tabs are on the left side, but I want them to be associated with ...
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votes
4answers
2k views
horizontal vs vertical tabs
I was wondering, in which case are horizontal tabs better, and in which case are vertical tabs better?
There is one answer I can already give, but I'd like to see if there are more.
Because you ...
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votes
1answer
97 views
Why don't browsers have an icon that appears on a tab indicating it's producing sound? [closed]
I think we've all experienced this problem. You've got two dozen tabs open (let's face it; tabs are like a to-do list) and all of a sudden your computer starts making sound and you have no idea where ...
