Questions tagged [terminology]
Words used to describe or identify things, either from the user or designer's perspective.
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Definitions for standard terms
I am working on creating documentation for the tool we built at work and had two main thoughts :
Is there like an industry standard glossary with regard to getting definitions to various terms?
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What is a term used to describe design philosophies that enhance user experience but reduces engagement?
Typically one of the metrics or measures of success in UX design is user engagement, whereby the amount of time that a user spends in meaningful interaction with the product or service can be seen an ...
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Can I use an example in a field name?
Is it acceptible to include an example/illustration in a parameter label?
We have a feature that can read numbers imported via Excel spreadsheet as minor currency units, meaning if the user enters 60 ...
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Naming Confusion
I have two applications A and B. A refers to a external application and B refers to the application that is being used. User can sync contacts from A to B or B to A.
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Terminology: Max. and min. vs. highest and lowest
In a line graph, there is a highest point and a lowest point.
But what are these called? max and min or highest and lowest?
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The difference between usability and accessibility
Quoting this article:
A web site is not usable unless it is accessible
So if website is not designed for people with disabilities it is not considered to be usable?
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Do we "open" or "launch" or "start"apps?
A counterpart to Do we “exit”, “quit” or "close" an application?...
Imagine you're browsing a list of apps and there's a button next to each one that will run the application when ...
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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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What to name to the "body" of a software application
I'm currently participating on the design of a software application (not to be run on a browser) and after talking with the team that is handling the documentation about the software, a question ...
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A universal word or term for "your device/machine/computer/tablet/phone/smart watch/gadget/whatever"?
I want a word that accurately covers tablets, phones, desktop PCs & Macs, laptop PCs & Macs, smart watches, smart glasses, smart fridges, smart socks (watch this space...) and any future kind ...
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What are best practices for naming convention, hierarchy structure for shared drives? [closed]
I'm working on a project to organize a Google Drive used to share company folders and files. I don't want to make changes for the sake of change. I do want to base the changes on a well documented ...
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What is meant by "system image"?
I've found two seemingly incompatible definitions of "system image" (surprisingly both by same author)
"system image": the information conveyed by the physical product
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Term for a page which establishes Reputation, or "Why Choose Us"
I have created a page on a website for a high end catering company. So far, I titled the page "Clients", but this doesn't really fit the bill anymore.
On this page, I do have a list of clients: logos ...
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"Customer" or someting else?
Now designing an app for two sided market - for interpreters and their customers. So there would be two sections - for interpreters and for customers. I have stucked a little bit with the titles in ...
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Best name for the option of adding item to multiple lists or a newly created list
I have a book that can be added to multiple reading lists or to a newly created one. The name of the option that does it is “Add to Reading List”. What would be the best name for such an option so it ...
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UX Semantic Naming In Other Applications
I am a UI/UX designer.
I am also an avid mountain biker.
I am part of a trail building committee with a local group from my city.
Having a technical background, I have been tasked in mapping out our ...
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Name of an area that contains a previous and next button
Is there a generic term that applies to an area containing a previous and a next button? For context this is for selecting a date, previous moves to the previous day, next to the next day. But the ...
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What button terminology should I use for filtering?
I feel that having 'Filter' and 'Filter' is repetitive. Any suggestions on making this more intuitive for users?
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Is there a UI/UX term for misreading a message that does the opposite of what you expect and not realizing it until after?
One thing I have observed from time to time is that a user wants to do something, and they see a message that says something contrary to what they expect. They seem to unconsciously misread it or not ...
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What is the difference between information design and usability? [closed]
I couldn't find a suitable answer to the question. I was hoping if you could point out the difference between information design and usability? Or is it the same?
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Better term for "user" [closed]
I often have to explain some aspect of an application, and often need to refer to users. I really don't like the term as it is not something with a good connotation (e.g. drug users) to the non-...
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How can one design User Experience? [duplicate]
This question is bit off but I always wondered about this. here it goes, how can one call himself as an UX Designer?, when it is a feeling which is experienced by the end user, not like creating an ...
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What should a field, that has minimum letters required, say?
I have a comment form, in which I want to avoid spam by requiring at least 15 characters. So far my users have been confused and assumed that it meant you could only write 15 characters maximum.
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Difference between Tiles and Cards?
We are developing a platform and we need to show a visual way the most relevant information from different sources to the users. The user need to interact with this "pieces of information" and this ...
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How to explain to my client the difference between Front End and Back End?
I'm currently managing a project to bring a medium-sized shop into the online world for the first time.
The very non-technical shop owner is failing to understand what "front-end" and "back-end" ...
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What do you call this touch friendly scrolling select box?
This proprietary select box is an example of a UI element I'm wanting to add.
The essence of it is:
Only one item can be selected
It's designed for touch devices - you swipe upward to scroll down ...
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Should we still call it "clicking" if it is a touchscreen?
Touchscreens are unyielding and make no sound. Perhaps we could come up with a better term for pressing a button than "clicking" it? I have heard the phrase "button press" used, and "keypress" has a ...
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What's the name for normal life user experience?
I'd like to know about how to call the design of experiences for real life.
For example, the design of experiences for pedestrians has many disciplines like signage, psychology, architecture and so ...
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What is the difference between spatial analogy and perceptual analogy in Natural mapping
I am reading Norman's book, The design of everyday things where I came upto the natural mapping part. There, he defined 3 kinds of natural mapping.
1- Spatial
2- Cultural
3- Perceptual
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What do you call that section in a CMS where you just add a data list?
In our CMS there are 3 main sections:
Dashboard
Section for adding data that will appear in the app (e.g. users, products, location, etc.)
Tasks (e.g. approving comments, etc.)
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What is the difference between Persuasive Design, Behavioral Design and UX?
Can anyone explain what's the difference (or connection) between Persuasive Design, Behavioral Design and UX? How does the Term "captology" fit into this?
For me it looks as if "Behavioral Design" is ...
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Terminology for interactions that are not functional but provide a 'delightful' user experience
I am sure there are a few examples of these types of interactions floating around, but I noticed on a website the presence of interactive elements that serve as a 'delightful distraction' that doesn't ...
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When to use Add, Insert or New
In the application i am looking at, you can create objects of different types by a corresponding context menu. Which entry (or which of these keywords) will be used is depending on the context of the ...
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How to name those two buttons to switch from effective attendees to invitees
I own an app that suggest an event to some users I chose.
So I select, let's say, 40 invitees and I expect some of them (or all of them) to effectively participate to my event.
I want to have two ...
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Naming of filter for selecting all
I am working on a filter where the users should be able to filter a list of products based on the animals the products can be used for. If the user selects 'dog' the products which are usable for dogs ...
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What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from?
It can be found for example in the YouTube and Facebook app.
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Wording of third-party login button
Which one do you think is the right way to put it: "Sign up with Google"
or "Sign up using Google"?
I feel that "Sign up using Google" is the right way to ask, as "Sign up with Google" says that you ...
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Why is it called a breadcrumb?
When Hansel and Gretel laid down a bread crumb trail, the birds ate it and they got lost. The pebble trail is what got them home.
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Better term for "Favorites"
I'm designing some surveillance camera footage. I'm adding a little "Favorites" section where the user could make a temporarily list of camera feeds to save and put at the top of the list, since there ...
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Naming convention for attributes/functions/menus
In programming there are ex. PascalCase and CamelCase and more conventions.
In the SIGCHI Conference Proceedings Format subsections and sub-subsections starts with initial letters capitalized, but a ...
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Is there a common term used for a collection of synthesized user research and testing data for a company?
The term knowledgebase is common used to describe a collection or repository of information or data that is available to draw on. For most companies this only applies to external or public facing ...
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Stickers versus Emojis: what is the difference?
I have a very basic question. I would like to know the difference between a sticker and an emoji (as used in text messaging). Are they the same thing, our is there a difference? Is it just the size (...
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What are these "badges" called?
They're usually used to tell the user that a list is empty, or a resource could not be found, or that a resource may be unavailable.
SoundCloud has one here for tracks without any comments:
Or if ...
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Survey tool to ask questions on individual pages - what are they called?
Is there an off-the-shelf survey tool that can ask simple questions on specific pages? Along the lines of the "Was this information helpful?" on Microsoft's support pages (example). The user gets ...
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Proper usage of terms for a webapp
I've been tasked to wireframe a user management component for multiple applications and was having a concern about the proper naming of the included sections.
download bmml source – Wireframes ...
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Difference between "callout" and "popup" (terminology)
I noticed that many in web development talk of "callout" and "callout menu" but they all seem to talk of different things.
According to Wiktionary one meaning is:
An annotation that pertains to a ...
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Where can I find a list of names for mobile ui components?
Long ago when I was just a lad, I sat in my Votech computer programming class and learned Visual Basic. Visual Basic proved a wonderful primer for learning about UI components and their names. I ...
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How to describe maximum terms in a simple math application
I'm working on a simple math app that lets you do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. I allow the user to select which operators they want to use and configure the maximum range. I'm ...
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Is there a better term than ACCOUNT (as in User Account)
We are using "login" but I don't like that b/c it has a lot meanings:
Verb (the act of logging in)
Noun : their login ID ("what's my login"), ID and password (what's my login) their entire account ("...
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Is naming different products the same thing good UX?
The Titan X is Nvidia's latest top-of-the-line enthusiast graphics card built on the Pascal architecture.
"Titan X" is also the name of Nvidia's last-generation top-of-the-line enthusiast graphics ...
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