the way user interacts with an artifact and the reaction and/or behavior to the environment
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Should we show how many views a page has?
As part of a new site design I've put in the functionality to track and count unique page views. This is predominately used to create a list of popular articles and blog posts.
Is there a negative or ...
4
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3answers
148 views
When do you present a website UX survey?
I'm wanting to build a usability survey on a website that's used by mortgage brokers.
It's a website where users will come not to browse, but to find mortgage product information while a client is ...
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7answers
976 views
How patient are users at wait dialogs?
What is the length of time the average user will wait at a wait indicator (i.e. a spinning circle, beach-ball-of-death, egg-timer) before they think something has gone wrong?
If anybody can point to ...
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What's the cleanest option for a loading indicator in a login dialog?
I have a login dialog for a desktop application, something like this:
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
When the user clicks on Login, the color of the ...
6
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4answers
202 views
When to use reversed/mirror arrow cursor?
Is there an established pattern for when to use a reversed (right-pointing) arrow? I most frequently notice it in Outlook on part--but not all--of messages in my inbox:
My Google-fu failed at finding ...
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1answer
214 views
Are there any performance or usage statistics for landing pages with no navigation?
Im noticing a trend of landing pages,
where the landing page would not have the websites navigation on it, nor the footer, but would stand as its own micro website, with only the logo at the top left ...
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536 views
Show/Hide Password Icon - Eye/ Closed Eye? Is the “Eye” icon offensive to any cultures?
I am on a project where we are implementing show/hide password functionality, and after significant research I discovered the 'Open Eye'/ 'Closed Eye' to be fairly standard.
Once this was implemented ...
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Should progress bars show percentage
In the application I am designing we are currently just displaying a circle that rotates clockwise from gray to green. Inside the circle is a number indicating where in the process it is (20, 50, 90). ...
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3answers
141 views
Is Successful Validation useful for step forms
We've been designing a registration form with 5 steps.
The form has many input fields, some required and some not.
The validation is client side and is represented with red text for errors.
I was ...
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4answers
154 views
Amount of Time To Determine a User Has Stopped Typing
I have a filter form for a list. One of the fields is a text search field. When a user types in the field, I wait until the user has stopped typing for a half second (500 milliseconds), and then ...
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2answers
127 views
What is a good color combination, visibility for outside use
I am designing the layout for a touchscreen for outside use, What are some good color combination to use that will be visible under the sun light for outside use? Maybe bright neon colors?
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2answers
163 views
Should we still provide social sharing options in a responsive design?
Since the majority of the browsers on small devices (and Safari on desktop as well) already provide a function where the user can share the content on—for example—Twitter, should we still ...
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3answers
157 views
Is it a good practice to include a feedback button?
Is it a good practice to include a feedback button on the side of the website? or how do you recommend to get feedback from users at a initial phase of a project?
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237 views
Best way for sign up process after invite
We are building an app and I'd like to have a faster sign up process for users. Right now users can only get access after they got an invite by mail. After they got the mail, they can click on a link ...
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5answers
152 views
Is Chrome's ToS usage statistics opt-in a dark pattern?
I've just published a blog article on Google's deceivingly clever trick to increase the opt-in rate for its Chrome usage statistics collection program. Take a look at the Chrome ToS screen, especially ...
4
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2answers
101 views
What call to action to use on a button that sends an e-mail with order details?
On a website you can use your e-mail address to view your current order status. No personal identifiable information is displayed. However, you can let the website resend the full order confirmation ...
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3answers
250 views
Opt-ins versus opt-outs in forms - does nobody else care?
Whilst filling out a form on the Royal Mail site this morning, I came across this heresy of form design: the self-negating checkbox...
This required careful (re)reading to ensure that:
I was ...
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3answers
368 views
Do people find someone in a list faster by name or a profile picture of the person?
I am looking for research to find out if when looking through a list such as a team list in a project management app people find it easier to find someone by their profile picture or their name?
I am ...
8
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4answers
287 views
Why are sinks always rounded?
I've noticed a trend recently that some sinks have a flat base, but they seem to be few and far between. Are there any UX reasons why sinks have traditionally always been round?
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4answers
175 views
'Contact Us' in Navigation bars
So looking at a particular site's analytics, you usually find 'Contact' very high on the list of destination page views.
My question is... Do you think people expect 'contact us' to be the last ...
5
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3answers
161 views
Logging in with email only
I'm working on a blog and there will be an option to post a comment.
I could implement registration with username, password and email — the standard way. I could implement 3rd-party authorization ...
5
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1answer
106 views
Should user be notified about technically unavailable features?
I'm going to implement a non-essential feature on a website. This feature will not be available for all browsers and, therefore, all users.
Should I just hide the button that activates it? Or should ...
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4answers
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Where should the GUI light source come from?
I know that historically the light source on GUIs is in the upper left, casting a shadow on the bottom-right of buttons and the upper left of fields. Now, I see some places (like Apple) use a top ...
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5answers
883 views
Should i use country flags in language selection fields?
My users can create content in different languages, and i need to provide an option to choose the language when they enter new content.
Right now there are only 5 languages (en, fr, de, pt, es), and ...
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4answers
260 views
Is there a better way to show 3 states of 2 types of data?
We are writing a web-based testing application where the user (teacher) can't move on to the next step in the process until all students (a young age group) have completed 2 separate tests. First all ...
3
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3answers
101 views
Would you hide prices for a B2B software on products' public site?
I'm working on a cloud based B2B software and top management is insisting we don't show the prices on our public site. I can't understand the reasoning behind this. How will this affect the customers ...
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3answers
137 views
How should I alter my programs progress bar?
An application I have just been asked 'to take care of' has some interesting code features.
One is that when it is loading up the login screen, it displays a 'splash' with a progress bar. This splash ...
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4answers
494 views
Should users be directed to a 404 page or a landing page?
We have two pages. One is a landing page, given by the route /region. The other is a detail page for a particular region, given by the route /region/summary/{id}. The landing page is the normal way by ...
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4answers
188 views
How to unobtrusively confirm a user's choice in a survey?
I'm running a survey on students to collect their feedback of the courses of study they've undertaken in a college.
They have to answer the same question for every course they study. There are some ...
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7answers
774 views
Are hover menus in headers easy to use?
Do users find it easy to use headers/menus like the one displayed below?
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4answers
248 views
Does Lack of Content Contribute to Higher Bounce Rate?
I've been doing some research in Analytics to hopefully discover why my bounce rate is higher post-redesign, and thus far, my results have been inconclusive.
How important is it that a site has ...
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3answers
455 views
Use previous page/back links or not?
I mean something like:
< Back to Venue
I am working on a new site, and during my wireframing stage, I pondered whether I should include them or not. I know it makes a lot of sense for mobile ...
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6answers
165 views
Should tabs changes in a web app be part of the browser history?
I've implemented a JavaScript plugin that tracks tab changes in through the browser history. Here's a brief overview of how it works:
Once tab is clicked, the URL hashtag (the part that looks like ...
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5answers
440 views
What makes people vote?
What drives people to upvote or downvote content? I'm looking for the je-ne-sais-quoi quality on successful voting systems and I just can't put my finger on. Let's look at three examples:
...
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4answers
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Balance between mandatory fields and optional fields
I am working on the project part of which is building a user profile page that is used to collect some information from the user so that this can be used to display better matching results for that ...
5
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3answers
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Should field labels be nouns or verbs?
On a web form should field labels be nouns or verbs? This issue arose from two fields on an account request form that currently read:
Temporary Password
Re-Enter Temporary Password
There is debate ...
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3answers
520 views
Jumping progress bar or running process indicator?
I'm developing a process with a predefined number of steps to complete so while process is running I can know how far the process has gotten and how much is there still to be done.
My process ...
14
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4answers
343 views
Is it good UX practice to have a website generate a password for the user?
Is it good UX practice to have a site generate secure random passwords for users and send it to their email or is it better to have them enter their own one each time?
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How to say that an online demo is interactive in 2-3 words?
Basically, they can play around with the app, to get a feel for it in a advance. The target audience is business owners who may or may not (likely not) be technologically inclined.
Demo implies that ...
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7answers
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Red buttons in an e-commerce site?
I'm designing an e-commerce site with red buttons. It has a yellow/white background and it looks quite good that way.
Now, my boss finds the same, he likes it, but he is doubtful, because red could ...
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3answers
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Show the current votes before or after voting?
When votes are shown before someone votes, there seems to be crowd mentality that results in the post with the most votes (usually the first answer) getting disproportionally more votes - even when ...
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1answer
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Formatting “days” in a timespan
When formatting timespans in short form for something like a stopwatch, I know the standard in most places is to use hh:mm:ss.ff (where "f" is "fractional second"). Some places will use mm' ss" ff, ...
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6answers
359 views
Creating Interfaces that Build Emotional Bonds
What are factors in the user experience that lead to users having an emotional tie to an interface, why, and what would be an example of each factor.
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7answers
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Progress Indicator suggestions for multithreaded operations?
In the old version of our application, the operations performed during loading were sequential. We indicated progress by updating a single-line text string with the component that was being loaded. ...
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4answers
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Is it still effective and appropriate to use psychological pricing for IT people?
I need to build pricing plan for service that will be used mainly by developers and designers. I can't decide what price to use, e.g. $20 or $19.
I'm afraid that well-educated and smart people ...
5
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1answer
140 views
Is there a widely-understood visual metaphor for privacy?
On our profile page, we're giving users choices among three privacy settings for each field.
The checkbox choices will not appear until a user highlights a particular field, but we do want to convey ...
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8answers
358 views
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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4answers
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When is a right-handed navigation sidebar appropriate?
When is a right-handed sidebar for navigation a good choice? If possible, I would like some examples where it has been used, such as this sidebar from Google's official blog.
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“Shaking” button leading to increase in conversion rate?
I'm just running an experiment on the UX Pin homepage. One group got a "shaking" button (the big orange sign up starts to shake after few seconds) and the other group got traditional "static" button.
...
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Show 6 share buttons vs one button that opens tooltip with 6 share buttons
I have a web application that hosts some user content, say tutorials.
I'd want to give users opportunity to share this content using social network buttons like Facebook Like/Share, Twitter, Reddit, ...
