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What is the difference between user journey and task flow
I was wondering if you could explain me what is the difference between a user journey and a task flow? I tried to read and look for example images in Google...and I can't find the difference between ...
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What word can be used to mean either click or tap?
Very often we need to speak generically about clicking or tapping an item, but there seems to be a lack of vocabulary in English for this. We could just say "click or tap" every time, but that is ...
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Is database too technical a term for user?
Are these terms 'Database', 'Record', 'Table', 'Field', 'Row', and 'Column' too technical (or even relevant) for a normal online banking application user, especially when talking to a customer service ...
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Do non-technical/non-web savvy users understand the concept of tags?
Here at Stack Exchange we're currently wrestling with weaknesses in our tags system. As we open up new verticals – some of which include very non-technical users like cooking – we suspect that the ...
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Why do we say we “browse” to a place on the Internet when we actually download a web server’s content to our browser? [closed]
Browsing the web is a common daily task for more than a billion users, and we do not pay much attention to it. We just “browse to a place” or ask our laughing friend across the table “where she is on ...
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How to convey a true/false value to a user?
I'm developing an application where users will be allowed to create custom fields that are part of a record, in addition to the fields that are provided by default. Users will be able to choose names ...
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Phrase for a view dropdown for showing items that are both missing and ready but with warnings
The Setup
A grid has a status for each line item. These statuses are, Missing, Ready, Missing W/ Warning, Ready W/ Warning. A warning is triggered when the last external update to that item was ...
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6answers
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What does it mean to 'humanise' interfaces?
When people say 'humanise' an interface, what exactly do they mean? Or is there a more formal word to this idea.
The word 'humanise' sounds vague to me. It could mean several ideas if not taken ...
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3answers
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What to call a first-level navigation item that helps guide various user types to different parts of the site?
I'm working on a sitemap for a client who has a number of different user types (each of whom requires varying goals and tasks associated with using the site). They are concerned that the various ...
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What term should I use for removing characters from user input (Bank ATM consoles)?
We are developing the UI for a banking ATM console where many of our customers are not aware of computers common GUI terminology.
So what term should I use for removing entered characters if someone ...
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Which is more likely to be understood, *Hover* or *Mouseover*?
We have a page where the content all has tool tips. There is a bit of explanatory text at the top of the page. We want to let visitors to the page know that they can hover their mouse over items for ...
