The body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, theory, profession, etc.
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What do you call the square brackets in a camera app or QR scanner?
What do you call the square brackets used to target a barcode/QR scanner? I thought this would be called "reticle," but when I Google the term, all I see are circles with crosshairs. Is there a more ...
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How common is the phrase “context sensitive” outside of the computer science realm?
Upon the completion of developing a context sensitive help system for a new product, we have added a help button similar to this one (in addition to F1):
The current tool tip text on this is ...
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Is there a name for a “search” box which does more than just search?
My team and I are developing a search box which will allow for more than just searching. The goal is to allow users to do not only complex queries, but also use the box for go-tos and some ...
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What is an acceptable word to indicate a link?
We're working on an application in which users can add hyperlinks. However, we're having a hard time finding an acceptable word that is easily understood by our users. We've asked about 10 users and ...
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Contact page. Which is the better wording?
What is the most appropriate Contact page title for a website?
Contact, Contacts, Contact us or other?
Contacts is used, among others, in iOS and Android.
Seems to me more related to a list of ...
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What to call a 'multi-valued string attribute' for the end user?
I am asking users to handle entities (here a subject) with multiple attributes. The first attribute shown here is a numeric value. The second is multi-valued text.
desired experience: 1.5
desired ...
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What term classifies code snippets of different programming languages, API platforms, libraries and frameworks?
I have a site where people post code snippets containing code of various types such as PHP, jQuery, CSS, HTML5, node.js, Android, iOS, etc. Currently I'm using the term "platform" to designate which ...
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What do you call pseudo-values in a Dropdown List (for example)
This is a simple terminology question. If you have a dropdown list (as an example) with user-defined values, what do you call values such as "All", "None" that you might also have in the list?
For ...
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Content Performance
What is a right word to describe the heading Content/Performance? It is about best and effective content that form a complete artefact.
The example of heading and paragraph as below:
5.4.1 ...
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What is the author referring to with “UX mail lists”?
After reading a Boxes and Arrows article by Stephen Turbek (packed with UXy goodness) I am unfamiliar with the phrase "UX mail lists" in context. Is the author actually suggesting a pattern library ...
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How is “user attribution” defined?
I am working on a concept around this topic and would like to clarify its meaning before designing a solution for it.
Are there existing definitions of the terms "user attribution"? What is it ...
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Is there a name for a control which allows a user to add/remove table rows?
I am building a control which is a table containing other controls (text boxes and dropdown lists) where the user can add/remove rows to the table. I am unsure of what to name this control and am ...
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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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UI pattern for shared editing scope among selected elements?
I'm having a hard time researching this pattern for WPF, partly because I'm not exactly sure of the correct term for it.
As best as I can describe it, here is how this editing pattern works:
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Who is the average user?
We get occasional questions about designing for the average user, but the term is bandied around pretty often - especially by clients who want to design their product or application so that it can be ...
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What is the “horizontal user experience”?
I've come across several technical specification documents which refer to the "horizontal user experience" version of some application, but can't find a definition of this term.
It isn't referring ...
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What is a good name for non-administrator users?
Not sure if this is the proper place for this question. In my opinion, it is related to user experience, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
If you have a site/application that separate users with ...
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Defining phases that a city matures to for business
I'm building a taxi booking service. It's a chicken-egg problem that I am trying to break. Unless I have taxis in the system, customers won't use the system (a 0 search results is an instant turn off, ...
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What is the correct term for a walkthrough once signed up?
I've seen this done on many sites. Usually after you have signed up for the site/software you are then taken to the homepage/dashboard/whatever and there are tool-tips, call-outs, or modals to ...
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What's “scan column” and why do we name it like this?
What's "scan column" and why do we name it like this?
Why not just call 'left column' or 'right column'?
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What are the little arrows called that hide additional details?
In UI design, sometimes settings are hidden behind a little arrow or "+" symbol. When the user clicks on it, the item expands to show additional details.
Does this UI pattern have a name? Other ...
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UI: name of multiple column interface?
Is there a "proper" name for the UI wherein it has multiple columns, and as you interact with the first column, the second column gets populated with with appropriate data? These columns act as a ...
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Is there a term for the “auto search” that Google Instant utilizes?
Is there an official term for the automatic search that Google Instant uses once you stop typing for about 1 second? This is also used on UX.SE when searching for a user. I am looking to add this into ...
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Is there a proper name for the accordion-like stacked panels?
Essentially, it's a collection of panels, stacked towards the top. Each can be expanded or collapsed on its own. When a header is expanded, the headers below it "stick" to its bottom. This is in ...
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Correct terminology for observing interface
What's the correct terminology when the user is observing an interface and only acquiring data visually. And in opposite, when the user actively interacts with the interface?
I thought it would be ...
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Name of special character selection feature of mobile keyboards
I am working on a application, for which I intend to suggest the use of a feature similar to what is used on most smartphones' keyboards to select special characters:
However, while it is easy to ...
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What do I call a Lightbox feature for multimedia?
I'm designing a feature that is similar to a Lightbox, not the preview feature, but rather the photo-house variety. You can save pictures, video and text to a folder to be downloaded later.
Because ...
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What is the relationship between customer experience and user experience? [duplicate]
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Should “Customer Service” be considered a function of user experience?
Recently I've seen the term Customer Experience (CX?) popping up in a lot of places. This is a ...
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Which term seems more appropriate to use for a user, “player” or device"
Working on a site that allows users to listen to audio through some sort of playback. Whether it is on their desktop (software) iPhone, iPad, touch (App) or special hardware, they can choose one of ...
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What is the definition of usability/ux problem?
I am about to ask for help on how to categorise usability/ux problems but after some googling I have realised that there is no standard definition of usability/ux problem. (Defining the Usability ...
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What is Difference between UI and UX? [duplicate]
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Difference between UI and UX
There are two terms in design UI and UX can anyone explain? they confuse me a lot.
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Label for a results page: List View vs.?
I'm working on a look-up tool that enables users to search for various physical assets that they own, and present them with a number of "results", either in a List View or in an Overview ...
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Persona has to be a person? Difference between Brand ambassador, mascot and persona? Validating persona
Actually, these are three inter related sub questions.
Q1. Does Persona have to be a person because ultimately whatever we will create (product/service) that will be used by human being only, and ...
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Difference between UI , GUI and HMI
I wanted to get these three terms viz UI, GUI and HMI clearly identified from each other.
My current understanding :
UI : Any general interface by which a human being or machine interacts with a ...
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Name that thing: What should I call a 'person' in a case management system?
Think of a system that manages details about people--a case management system tracking hospital patients, or a CRM tracking phone calls by customers, or an insurance provider's system that tracks care ...
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Term (and other depiction) for 'abstract' and 'concrete' slot filters
It's for a timetabling application. There are two kinds of filters which determine placement of slots:
concrete filters: The teacher chooses specific hours in a work-week and decides to either ...
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Difference between VD,UI and UX? [duplicate]
I want to have a clear understanding of difference between user interface, user experience and visual design?
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CRM common terms [closed]
With regards to a CRM I have seen the terms Opportunity and Deal used interchangeably. Do you think users view the term Deal only as an Opportunity that has been closed (either won or lost)? Which ...
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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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Is there a technical term for really long vertical sites with anchored links?
I am talking about sites like these::
http://www.hegartyonadvertising.com/
http://activatedrinks.com/#/activate
http://community.saucony.com/kinvara3/
http://www.freshtilledsoil.com/#welcome
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Is a lightbox considered a dialog box?
Lightbox-like interaction mechanisms present a dismissable interaction area within a larger page, greying out the rest of the page while the area is presented.
Originally they were used to show ...
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What do you call a layout in which columns expand on mouseover?
What's the proper name for a layout like this, in which a column expands when mouse enters it: http://www.lucagiorcelli.it/test/volunia/
May be called "reactive layout"?
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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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How should I call the 'moving target' problem?
I have a problem with Swype. Every time I finish a phrase and try to hit the [Send] button, I discover that it's moved. This happens because the word suggestion bar disappears after writing the dot.
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A general term for objects a user can interact with and how they are used
Is there a general term to describe objects that a user can interact with in a UI and how they are used by the user?
I'm writing a program which needs several types of UI and I'd like a way of naming ...
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What is the proper name for “notification bars” in web design? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The notification tray at the top of Stack Exchange sites: what is it called? And are there other good examples of this?
Many sites these days make heavy use of large, ...
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User Experience Designer / Interaction Designer - Who Am I? [closed]
I have been into User Experience area since last 1.5 Years. Still a newbie here. UX is a fresh concept to my organization. And I & Organization are working together to make UX an integral part of ...
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Vertical stack of images? [closed]
Imagine that you are looking down at a vertical stack of images.
You can toss the image left or right. When you do so, the next image will appear where the tossed image was once residing.
When you ...
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What is the correct spelling of wire frame? [closed]
What is the correct spelling of wire frame?
Is it wireframe, wire-frame or wire frame?
