A web app is an application that uses technologies such as Javascript, CSS, and HTML5 and is executed in a web browser. Developers release their applications as web apps because of the larger flexibility of the format. The application can be run directly from a website, or, if it ...
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Language Selector plus Action control
A web application I'm working on has a primary content action to "Add" something to a collection. As a secondary choice, the user can choose a language particular to this content item.
I implemented ...
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confusing software-install flow for web-app
I am working on a web-app that has an application to listen to audio. The problem is the playback software requires another piece of software just for the items to be placed on the playback software. ...
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What UX metrics can I get from a web application?
I think of Google Analytics as a tool that I can incorporate in my web application to get more information about my UI and UX in general. This is in addition to user testing and other tools, but I'm ...
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Does the amount of information required from a user reflect how likely they are to use an application? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Studies showing that the more form fields there are the less conversions you will get.
I'm creating a web application and I would like to provide the greatest amount of ...
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Flash User Interface without Flash? [closed]
These are exciting times for developers that want to spread their wings with interactive-design. And I have a project forth coming that I wish to give the user a great experience every time they use ...
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Natural UI: Best way to show a time range and interact with it
I have a time range filter (for a web app, desktop and mobile) that looks like this:
In this case, time is not relative to the user in terms of number of days (7 days ago), but it respects the ...
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Action confirmation through double clicking (click-twice confirmation)
Clarification:
Let me clarify first: By double-click I mean clicking something twice but not in a quick succession.
So here is the question/suggestion:
Usually on the web applications, designers have ...
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What are some examples of streams/feeds of users in web applications? [closed]
I'm thinking of things like Facebook or Salesforce's Chatter. But anything where the feed is organized around users.
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Total redesign for already established app?
This web app has half a million active users and it's been in the market for 5 years. Usability is not excellent, and stylesheets are inconsistent. What's the best way to deal with this ? Gradual ...
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Help panels inside application
Are there good UX reasons for not putting a "help panel" within a web application? (one that can be shown or hidden).
Most applications open help in a different browser tab. I'm thinking of just ...
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Is the “Help” feature really helping?
Almost all apps/sites have a feature 'help' regardless of type and subject of the app/site. I have rarely seen people using the same for their benefit. I would want to know if it's worth putting the ...
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What Is the Best Approach To Minimalist Buttons (Icons)?
My web app, like most, is trying to utilize as much space as possible by trying to use an icon as a button to perform specific tasks. I have quite a few that would make for a pretty obscure button, ...
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traditional window popup vs inbuilt poup [closed]
Almost all of the websites/apps uses the custom built popup (HTML) to show menu,messages,page load etc... but, some of the apps still insist on opening the same in a browser based popup window (which ...
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Do you know an online tool to make annotations on screen captures? [closed]
For a client I'm reviewing one of their applications. Because it is only running on their systems with default Office setup, I cannot use the tools like SnagIt to make annotations.
I was thinking of ...
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When is it ok to have two different layouts for the same page inside a web application?
I have a page inside the application that will be displayed inside a popup on other page. Since the page was not designed for the popup size I wanted to create a compact view for it. Would this be ...
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Should sign up be available from both Mobile and web?
Let's say I have an iPhone application AND a website that works synergetically with the app. For example it might allow the user to manage the iPhone app's data.
In this case how should the sign up ...
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Best way to allow registration to an invite only web app?
I'm in the process of planning a web app which will offer an advice service to people who earn above a certain salary threshold. The thinking is that the new users will be procured through their ...
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How best to design a UI that allows for the user to add multiple objects to one master object?
I am in the process of designing a form that allows a user to build a "book" from a group of documents. The documents are selected by the user selecting several options/filters using buttons.
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How should I get location information in a website or mobile device?
I've created a website that stores location information for certain places: for example, basketball courts.
I'm looking for a way to allow users to add location information (to the exact GPS ...
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Menu design for web app with multiple “projects”
I'm designing the UI for a PMS (project management system) web app which handles multiple projects. Basically, it's an app that is pretty similar in functionality to Basecamp so it needs to contain ...
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What is better better for the main buttons: icons or text? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
When to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links?
I'm currently making a ticket system, but I don't know what would be better, icons for the main buttons or ...
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Native tablet apps or web app
I am in the initial phase of a project. I have been asked to design a website compatible with tablet. This is more of an application than website.
Users of this application are a niche group who have ...
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Case studies on using gradients in a design
Are there any case studies on the use of gradients in a web design? I'm looking for answers similar to this answer about the usability of rounded corners.
Specifically, I'd like to know:
Is there a ...
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Displaying wait indicator for a long running task — which sometimes completes quickly
In a web application I am working on there are some actions which usually take a few seconds or longer, depending on typical variables (connection speed, PC speed, amount of data involved, host load, ...
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When is themeing applicable in web application?
I have seen few applications with the ability to change themes, for example, in my case, a HRMS application (there are many such). But, people seldom use custom themes or care about them in such ...
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How to show password reset option
In my website I put password recovery option hidden. I know there are two options to deal with it.
Classical way, Show it as the next sentence to the register link. Example, "Want to try? Sign up ...
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Width For Group Of Buttons
We are implementing browser based client, and we are having a little debate reg. setting width of buttons which are grouped together (either just layout wise or both layout and functionality wise). I ...
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Should I allow users to edit replies in a ticketing system?
I'm making a ticket system, and on each ticket users and employees can add replies. I'm just wondering, would it be a good idea to allow users to edit replies?
A lot of web apps/websites allow users ...
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Positioning of additional form entry fields to avoid natural flow of entry
I'm re-engineering a registration form on a client's site that is primarily targeted at UK users only. The site provides a post-code look up for easy identification of the end user's postal address. ...
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custom drag able boxes, when to utilize them?
If anyone has used igoogle they would know that they can customize various boxes according to their choice. I was developing an web app and am really confused whether to give such an customization ...
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Combining Inline Edit with Create mode for new entries?
With inline edit I'm trying to provide a quick way to edit entries. However I feel that inline editing to create new entries is not intuitive (and would need to provide defaults) so I created a ...
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When is a persistent (Facebook-like) profile sidebar appropriate?
For example, I'm developing a site that is a mixture of Google Reader, Quora and StackOverflow.
Users can only see questions tagged with tags they have subscribed to:
This made me wonder; when is ...
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what is the best way to create a custom blog? [closed]
i am running a blogger's blog. , i would like to create a custom blog from scratch. Is it a good idea to create it from scratch or use existing frameworks to create a blog?
UPDATE: what am trying to ...
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What is the best practice for a web app with “Change language” on front and back
We have a webapp with a front/presentation/landing page. On this page it is possible to change language and, for already registered users, to login to the secure area.
Now we have a "Change language" ...
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App icons borderless or on a button?
In an app, when using icons, we can have place it on a button, or have the icon borderless. I would think that having it on a button gives better affordance, but it seems that many reputable ...
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Does it make sense to show a referrer-specific greeting to users?
There's a jQuery plugin that displays specific greetings to users based on the location they reached the current URL from. If they found it through Google, it would show a greeting that mentions ...
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Lightbox for “In-Context” Editing
Some sites effectively combine the concept of, for the lack of better term, "in-context editing" and lightbox to allow users to easily do page content update. For example, check out Schoola and try ...
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Research behind row height within a table?
There appears to be a trend in web-based table design to use a lot more space for each row in the table. In particular the new gmail default of "comfortable."
I'm also seeing it in the height of the ...
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Multi-pane code editor with preview: help me find a good compromise between usability and complexity
I am creating a simple web site/app for testing JavScript code in the browser, similar to jsbin.com, jsfiddle.net, and tinkerbin.com.
The usual approach is to have 3 code editors (for JS, CSS, and ...
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Suitable form for adding/removing elements of a dynamic list
I am writing a web app for tracking daily activities. The concept is very simple, you add questions and then answer them daily.
When you are defining your questions, you can add different types of ...
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upgrade-friendly visual treatment for features disabled in the free version of a freemium product
My company is preparing to launch a "freemium" web application for business users. Most of the surface area of the app will be enabled in the free version, but a few features (e.g. ability to assign ...
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With a phased UI change, how do you ensure the end result is uniform?
Currently, we have 3 primary web apps all with their own look and feel and backend systems. In some places, the apps try to solve similar, if not the same, problems. A number of our customers ...
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Date-and-time control for time-series filter
Users of our (non-mobile i.e. mouse UI) web-app do a lot of queries on various lists of time-series values. Part of each query is "from" and "to" timestamps, limiting the range of values for a query ...
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Master Reference - Objects Sync
I have a rather complicated problem to solve.
In the application I am building there are some objects, each object can have some parameters each one has one or multiple values (let's keep it simple ...
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Animation with a vertical Toolbar?
We have a web mapping application (Flex), that our clients can use from anywhere between 10min to 5hrs a day.
It is simulating a desktop application (think similar to Photoshop) and users select from ...
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Should survey for canceling subscription be before or after the subscription is canceled?
We want to collect data about why our users cancel our product subscription.
Should we put the survey form on the same page? Since it might be more likely that they will fill it in, but probably at ...
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Best Approach When Using Trial Subscriptions
In terms of UX what do you guys think is the best approach when integrating a trial period for subscriptions?
My application offers a 15 day trial, at the minute the user can sign up without ...
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Update list when a user is viewing the list without annoying them
We have a list of items that the user will be interacting with frequently during sessions. Each session will last a minute or two and during that time they are changing state on items and updating ...
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When closing a tab, which tab makes the most sense to focus on?
I work on a web application that allows users to create tabs and fill them with modules that display analytic data. So one tab may have a series of bar graphs, and another may have a group of tables. ...
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When are shadowless icons preferred over shadowed icons?
My question is when, if ever, a shadowless version of an icon is preferred over the shadowed version.
By shadowed I mean the tiny, almost imperceptible little black gaussian blur below the icon.
I ...
