User interaction is generally what happens when a user interacts with an artifact. How the users thinks and experience the interaction is what is placed on this tag.
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Button vs Form based attachment uploading
I am designing an an internal company application where uploads must be added to the user. I originally started with a simple form, but noticed that the number of clicks could be cut down for the ...
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Intuitive colour pickers for non-expert users?
Does anyone have examples of favourite colour pickers for common, 'everyday' colours - not for RGB or HSL values?
I find traditional colour wheels really unintuitive for common colours - hard for ...
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Display Old value vs New value
I write an import software. I want to display values that can be imported, right next to the current values. I thought about a datagrid like this
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Most intuitive multi-select component for the web
My target audience are users that are not familiar so much with computers so i try to simplify the UI elements in use as much as possible.
For instance I try to avoid drop down menus and use big ...
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User interface for uploading, verifying, and importing data into database
A common task in many applications is when an end user, and not necessarily a power user, has to upload and import a spreadsheet of data (.csv or .xls) from an external source so that the external ...
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Toolbar buttons - to be or not to be?
I need to create a toolbar for my application, and let's assume that due to external constraints it must be a regular toolbar, not a ribbon. The application itself has a significant number of ...
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Should clicking a drop-down menu in a native app a second time close it?
Why do some UIs use drop-down menus that can be closed with a second click, while others do not? It really annoys me when I have to click outside of the menu in order to close it and I accidentally ...
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Usage of an arrow to symbolize ordering: is this a universal symbol? Should something else be used?
When displaying tabular data, is the usage of an arrow, an universal symbol? (To symbolize if we're ordering in ascendant or descending order.)
I'm trying to figure out, if my developer tool, should ...
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Action after clicking Delete button
Action after delete button should be:
yes - no
or:
Delete - cancel
Which colors (Red,Green) should be used with buttons?
Which one should be Red and which one should be Green?
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UX/UI Designer in NYC [closed]
Hi I'm looking for a good NYC based UX/UI designer to do some freelance work. Any job boards or individual resumes would be helpful.
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How to show the user the possibility to sort a column with space problems
I am working with a big table with 20 columns and a lot of information.
I know that the most common way to indicate that a column is sortable is by adding a little arrow at the right or left of the ...
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When is the best time to deploy operating system updates?
Related to this question, it was proposed in the comments that it frustrates the user even more when when they go to shutdown their workstation and it takes forever to install updates. However, it's a ...
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How to distribute selected listitem through a table (days of week)
What 's the best way to do the following :
I want to distribute my employees among the specific periods in the week
My current UI is like that
on The right side :
The list box of employees
and ...
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Display + Ordering Issues w/ Inventory at Two Warehouses
My first post - so thank you in advance for your insight.
I am building out an e-commerce site for a screen printing ink manufacturer. They have around 300 SKUs and warehouses in two locations - ...
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Why aren't Gmail-like “on-page” dialogs more popular UI solutions?
A few months ago, Gmail gave us the choice to switch to a new UI, with many new features (...) including an "on-page-docked" window. I personally find this piece of UI very useful as it allows users ...
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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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For a streaming music service, should clicking play on an album, add to the start or end of queue? Or play immediately?
I want to know what the user's expectation is when he/she clicks on the play button of an album and it's position in the queue.
Rdio:
If you press the play button – plays immediately. However, they ...
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Timer for undos (aka ctrl + z for pointing devices)
We are in the middle of an endless conversation* in the office :
Should undos have a timer before disappearance or should they be displayed until next action?
In our discussion, closing or changing ...
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What is an effective way to present System Update Progress to a user that also lowers frustration?
I am working on an app that starts installing any pending updates when a user logs off the (Windows) workstation. The finished app will look like this (minus 'button1'):
Our branding is in the ...
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Dialog Button Orientation
I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, I spent about 5 minutes searching to find a topic on this, but was unable to.
I've been trying to come up with a standard for my application dialog ...
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Where to put element controls?
I have the following:
I think it's less than ideal because the edit/delete buttons are requiring me to waste a bunch of vertical whitespace within the element.
Options that I can think of:
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Should I use javascript cookies in lieu of autofill where autofill is unreliable?
Autofill is a good option for users who don't have an account. But it seems that how browsers determine how they'll implement autofill information varies. I'm not surprised of course. In Chrome, it's ...
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Combining the concepts of “Archive” and “History”
I have two apps (each with iOS and Mac versions) where people add items that appear in a list. Currently when an item is deleted from the list, it is permanently and immediately removed. I'm working ...
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Best way to prompt user for additional demographic info?
Trying to better profile our donors for marketing purposes. Short pop up survey? Append to registration? Email? But most people disregard such emails as spam, and adding an additional field to ...
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Is it okay to have a login requiring users to first select from multiple services?
We have two services with logins on a page. Should we consider having a single login box which asks users to select which service they want to log in to before hitting the login button rather than two ...
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Meaning of Capitalization in Y/N Prompts
This issue came while running a script that requires a yes or no response before proceeding. Does the capitalization of the y and n usually matter?
In this example...
$copy_package some_package
File ...
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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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Warn desktop user of draggable website
I'm building a site that uses the jQuery iScroll plugin in the main navigation system. (http://lab.cubiq.org/iscroll/examples/simple/). Please note that the plugin is not exactly drag-n-drop.
Right ...
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Redirect user to startpage or leave them on the same page after successful settings changes
When a user changes his settings (address, password, picture, etc.) what should be done when he clicks on "send"? Should he be redirected to the index page, or should he remain on the same settings ...
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Proper web UI elements to select interval between snapshots?
Let us assume that I have a system where temperature, humidity, rain, etc. measurements are recorded at certain dates & times for certain locations (let us call them "snapshots").
This is just ...
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Search Methods, Behavior and No Results
I've recently been working on a project where toner cartridges are being sold. The current product listing only lists the manufacturer and the model number, but excludes the model name.
For example, ...
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How to design a UI that will not put people in the situation of hitting ESC or clicking randomly
As mentioned in this UX question, people try to click around when an application is non-responsive (it hangs).
Is there a practical way for an app to indicate it is still "alive" so that it doesn't ...
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When “Cancel” is your action, how do you let the user cancel it? [duplicate]
In the application I'm working on, an admin user can see a list of tasks which have been scheduled to happen at certain times. The admin can choose to cancel these tasks. How does one phrase the ...
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Thoughts on putting controls in the top horizontal bar?
Is there any authoritative overview of the pros/cons of using the topmost menubar to host action items that change depending on context? An example that comes to mind immediately is Microsoft's ...
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Is CXA certification from HFI worth after having CUA?
Is CXA certification from HFI worth after having CUA ?
Hi, I am UX designer with 8 yrs of experience. I did CUA in Oct 2010 and it helped me get a good job, good pay and perform better.
Recently, I ...
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Would a shake-to-scroll-to-the-top scroll view annoy users?
I have a very functional and minimal application where I try to maintain functionality and screen real estate at the same time.
My scroll view takes up the whole screen and I would like it to stay ...
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Unlock Account for Highly Secure Website
I am working on project for a very secure sensitive website in which the objective is to make the "unlock account" workflow easy and intuitive. Currently, if user enters wrong username and password ...
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Designing bidi text editing
Background. "Bidi" refers to the bidirectional text, that is a text where traditional left-to-right scripts are intermixed with right-to-left ones, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Thaana, etc. Such ...
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Better method of displaying recipes [closed]
I'm working on a recipes-saving application and trying to figure out which method of presenting recipes is better.
Each recipe that is displayed on the page has a name, but not necessarily a photo. I ...
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Why are child-resistant packages sometimes easier to open by kids than adults?
Based on discussions with friends and colleagues there seem to be difficulties opening child-resistant packages in general. There are even stories of parents letting their kids (supervised) open child ...
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Helping users identify site search functionality
I'm looking for ways to better expose the search functionality, which in my case plays a big usage role. I've been conducting talks with users, and have managed to identify that it's functionality was ...
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Reaching single product page in one click from home page
My client wants users to reach single product pages with one click from the home page. They also want to display products' images already in home page.
The problem is that the product list is huge ...
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Using Dropdowns AND Radio Buttons to avoid confusion
For you reference I wanted to point out that this is a Video project.
I am designing a menu in which the user can choose 1 of 4 formats for SD (standard definition) and two options for HD (high ...
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Timezone madness in task management app
I am currently working on a task management application that allows users to create and assign tasks, set start and due dates and track work progress.
In my app users do not plan hours, they just set ...
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Is a “Call Now” button next to a phone number nessessary for mobile users?
We currently have a phone number on a page, set up so that users on smart devices can tap it and call the number from their devices should they want to get in touch.
My bosses have suggested that, in ...
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Notifying the user of unsaved changes
I have some settings that the user of my software can change via a GUI. The settings reflect both the current state of the underlying properties, and the state of the user interaction.
Example: A ...
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Making a wireframe in Visio (how to add markers or whatever they are called!?) screenshot attached [closed]
I am trying to make a wireframe in Vision in which I will be displaying wireframe of a web page. The web page will contain several elements like News, Alerts, Overview etc. and I will be describing ...
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Displaying constantly updating graphs (on a big LCD display) that can support basic interaction
We've developed a web-based database and reporting solution for a factory (let's assume they manufacture widgets). They capture data routinely every hour as and when their widgets are completed.
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What are best practices when setting session expiration for a site's login?
We recently did a survey for our website, and one of the main complaints we received is that our customers are getting logged out and need to log back in.
We have a 15 minute expiration set currently ...
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Can I ask a user to browse the Web in order to gather images?
In a mobile application, (on iOS to be exact) I would like to propose the user to import its own images, let's say twelve images for a calendar.
If the images are not present on the device, I would ...
