The main body of printed or written matter on a page.
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2answers
563 views
How to design usable web site terms & conditions?
What are some guidelines and examples for designing usable legal terms for web sites? I know that most users don't read it, but are there innovative ways to improve readability and presentation of ...
41
votes
11answers
3k views
Is clockwise or counter-clockwise rotated text easier to read?
When rotating text with css, should it be rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise? Is one more readable than the other?
Counter Clockwise: — ...
26
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8answers
4k views
All capital titles: good or bad?
What is the recommended use for all capitals titles? For example:
THIS IS A TITLE.
The website http://camvine.com/ has all capital titles, e.g. MARKET SECTORS.
Good, bad?
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4answers
2k views
Is left-aligned text generally preferable over centered text? [duplicate]
I am currently reviewing the usability of some internal reports. One thing which strikes me as odd is that all the text is centered. I always prefer left-aligned text.
But apart from my personal ...
6
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4answers
1k views
Choosing high contrast text color (in relation to background color) dynamically
My application has an area with some number of controls. Each control's background color expresses a state of some sort. The controls are also numbered via some text in their foreground. For ...
20
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8answers
621 views
When should hyperlink text be used?
Should text links always be text or are there cases when it makes more sense to simply link the URL?
Examples
A text link might look like this: Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools and Design ...
20
votes
7answers
661 views
Why are software EULAs typically displayed in a tiny non-adjustable box with lots of scrolling?
From my experience whenever I have to install a piece of software I'm presented an end-user license agreement (EULA) in the following way:
Specifically the EULA is a long text in legalese and I ...
12
votes
4answers
341 views
Is it ok to add content when the users selects and “copies” something on the page?
Some websites (using tools like tynt) have started to add something a little surprising at first : When the reader copies part of the article or blog post, something, say the url of the piece, is ...
7
votes
3answers
491 views
How to better name modal buttons “Cancel Request” (submit), “Cancel” (cancel)? [duplicate]
One modal-box asks the user wether they want to really cancel the request. Now there are two buttons (submit) and (cancel), but how to best name them? All other modals use text like "proceed" (submit) ...
15
votes
5answers
457 views
Which is more likely to be read and processed: (related) text placed above or below an image/video?
I'm thinking about layout on pages where the main asset is visual — for instance, a photo of an item from the collection on a museum website, or embedded video as on YouTube and many news sites. ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views
Is there a standard “to left justify text and right justify numeric values.”
I'm being told by an experienced BA (> 25 years) that "Numeric numbers are usually totaled therefore should be right justified." And that text should always be left justified.
I have never heard ...
21
votes
8answers
970 views
Is there ever a requirement to allow text to be underlined when it's not a link or a header
We've built a custom CKEditor within one of the sites we've developed to allow users to add and edit the content on particular pages. However the editor by default comes with an Underline option and ...
19
votes
7answers
738 views
Should all button text start with a verb?
I'm reading The Grammar of Interactivity on UXBooth and finds it quite interesting. However, the article quotes David Hamill who said (or wrote):
Buttons are for actions, like “Get a quote,” ...
7
votes
4answers
428 views
Context sensitive help for wordy user preferences
Current UI
Here is a poorly designed panel on a preferences dialog for the open source audio editor 'Audacity'. I'd like to do something about it.
How it got that way
In the past the text beside ...
16
votes
3answers
409 views
Usability of vertical text
I am playing with ideas for a menu that I want to add to some site designs and was wondering: How usable is vertical text in any portion of a site (specifically menus)?
For example
You can have ...
8
votes
4answers
252 views
Relationship between font-size and width of container
Are there any studies done which tell us the relationship between the font size and the optimal width of the container they are in?
For example, 12px font size is going to be too small in a container ...
4
votes
5answers
2k views
Best way to align text on a website?
Curious about text alignment on websites. For a blog, for example, is it better to have left-aligned or justified text? I like the look of justified text but I'm not sure if there's any downsides to ...
8
votes
3answers
584 views
Readability - what is the best way to display a stand alone date in an email?
I have an application that is sending an email to someone reminding them of an appointment.
What is the best way to display such a stand-alone date?
The reason I have such a question is because (as ...
4
votes
1answer
163 views
Should Font Faces be the Same Across Different Devices?
My company has been working on a fluid grid design for our website so users can access information through their mobile phones and tablets. I was thinking of incorporating a font change on various ...
4
votes
3answers
256 views
Is Markdown fundamentally unfriendly for most users? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is Markdown Friendly Enough for Non-Technical Users?
I'd love to know if using Markdown for a non-technical user base is fundamentally bad UX. Are there any studies that ...
1
vote
5answers
162 views
What are some reference works for capitalization in UI text?
I'm currently in the process of updating the language files for a large web portal. Over time, a lot of inconsistencies have crept in, and so in different places you might see contrasting:
Titles > ...
