The body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, theory, profession, etc.
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Multiple email input
In Live Mail, and I believe Google Mail too, you can specify multiple recipients within the same input box and separate them with either a tab, a space or a comma in some cases. This is also the same ...
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Does the UX of Obama's donate form demonstrate “phased obligation”?
I caught this term at a UX workshop recently, and jotted it down. A couple of weeks later, I can't find a reference for it - and I'm wondering if I misheard (miswrote?).
"Phased obligation", as I ...
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What is the name of this combined button/popupbutton?
This button is in the new Firefox, but what is the name of it?
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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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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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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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Should we use Microsoft's feature names, or our own? “Autofilter” vs “Column filter”
Many Microsoft softwares, like the Office suite and the Windows Explorer, feature a type of column filter that they have dubbed the Autofilter.
It filters rows based on column content.
It adapts the ...
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What is a scamp, UX? [closed]
My Googling powers are failing me. Does anyone have an an example or definition of a scamp? It appears to be some kind of wireframe, but careless?
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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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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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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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Name for a combo box that shows and edits multiple items?
Is there an accepted name for a UI element that allows the user to enter multiple values, displaying each value as visually distinct, and provides autocomplete matching like a combo box?
Examples ...
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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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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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Nomenclature: Folder or Directory in UI?
I often see the terms "folder" and "directory" being used in user interfaces as well as in programming almost as synonyms.
Do I have to stick with one? or can I use both interchangeably? Do users ...
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What is the name of someone who does not know how to use a computer or the web?
People who cannot read or write are named "illiterate".
Does a word exist to qualify someone in the same position but about using a computer or a web application?
This term would be really usefull ...
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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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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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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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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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Synonym for 'GUI' for non-technical people?
Does anyone know a good synonym for 'GUI' that non-technical people will understand? Or a simple sentence explaining it that still won't scare them off?
Edit: Thanks for the answers :-) But I meant ...
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Does your average web user understand the concept of the clipboard?
I'm designing a web site where I would expect the intended audience to have limited computer skills.
An important part of my site's functionality will require the end user to copy an URL that my site ...
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Name for a rule about re-using terminology
Does the rule "Don't use the same name/word to refer to two different things" have a name, and, if so, what is that name?
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Is there a term/name for these labels?
Are there any conventional names for these informational labels?
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What do you call non-retina displays?
With the introduction of high density pixel displays (Retina being the brand name Apple uses) what do we now call non-retina (low pixel density) displays?
Legacy Displays
Low Pixel Density Displays
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When to use “join,” “register,” or “sign up”?
For a user, when is it better to be asked to do the following:
"Sign In" vs. "Log in"
"Join" vs. "Register" vs. "Sign Up"
"Sign Out" vs. "Log out"
Different websites seem to use them differently, ...
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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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Name or data on this error alert phenomenon?
This is just a curiosity on my part, but I'm wondering if there's a name or studies for what I'm going to describe.
I've noticed in many UX scenarios, not just computer related, that when there's an ...
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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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Is the term 'real-time' understood outside the tech community?
We are making a website for pixel art that will have a diverse audience.
Our leading tagline for the site is: "Real-time, collaborative pixel art." Real-time meaning updates to the pages will be ...
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Better Term for “Web Design and Development” Company
What term do you use to refer to a company / organization that helps other companies / organizations in the following areas?
Working with the product owner / manager to formulate abstract ideas into ...
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What’s the origin of the metaphor “cloud”?
Today we use the term “cloud” without thinking about it. We use it mainly in terms of storage online, far away and unreachable. We can’t plug in a USB memory in the cloud to download data. We plug the ...
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How can I deal with diverse gender identities in user profiles?
I'm trying to work out the wording for (preferably) a gender dropdown in a user profile of a site I'm working on. I want to be inclusive of people who don't gender orient to either male or female ( ...
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What do you think is a better label “New” or “Add”
At the moment I am building a web application that stores a lot of data inside of tables. In each of the pages containing the tables the users have many actions; they can add, delete, or edit the ...
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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 difference between a UX Designer and a Product Manager?
The title is pretty self explanatory, but the context is that a new project with a small team will need the work of a product manager and the work of doing the UX both to get done. The company ...
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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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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
PS:: ...
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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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Is ”User Friendly” a valid term in User Experience?
I remember that we had a fierce discussion in school around the term “User Friendly” where our lecturer with emphasis stated that “… there is no such thing as user friendly. The only valid term you ...
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What is the term for numeric textboxes with arrows?
I was wondering whether there was a standard UI term for numeric textboxes with arrows that allow you to change the numeric value up or down, provided by some UI toolkits like Winforms. Here's an ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Explaining complex terms
I'm working on a financial services project, which includes a questionnaire. Some of the terms used in this questionnaire are financial and won't make sense to some users , but in order to explain ...
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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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Apply the legibility principles to screen reading
How to apply the legibility principles to screen reading? What is important point for it?
What is the difference between the "legibility" and "readability"?
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Hiring Web Designer/Usability Expert - What should I be looking for?
I work for a small data management/warehousing company that also focuses heavily on web applications. We are looking to "beautify" our existing web apps into something along the lines of mint.com or ...
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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 ...
