A web app(lication) uses technologies such as javascript, CSS, and HTML5 and is executed in a web browser.
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Best way to handle permissions editing towards multiple objects
I am trying to figure out what would be most user friendly interface to handle permission editing towards multiple objects.
In my eyes the probably most user friendly way to handle permissions ...
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Should we always make every Link/Button atleast 44X44 size in Mobile site, According to iOS Human Interface Guidelines?
According to iOS Human Interface Guidelines
The comfortable minimum size of tappable UI elements is 44 x 44
points.
Should we follow this rule for Every link on Mobile Website for better ...
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Checklist of use cases / functionality for a subscription based software as a service app [closed]
I want to offer a subscription using stripe on my rails site. What are some basic things that I'd want users to be able to do. (stupid question, I know, I just want to make sure I don't miss anything ...
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Mobile WebApp - Gradient vs. flat regarding UX
last days i checked a lot of pattern-sites for mobile web.
If the app is using lists or buttons most of them are using a gradient background.
Is there anything regarding UX or is this only a design ...
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Which is the best design practice for edit data in RIA?
Which is the best design practice for edit data in RIA, for example in Flex or Silverlight?
I would like to show customer's details, but there will be an edit window, than the datas of customer will ...
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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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Ideas for improving my Sudoku game [closed]
I am looking for ideas to improve my Sudoku game in cool ways,
http://www.sudokubum.com/
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Intuitive way to present chained 1-N relationships
I have the following entity-relationship diagram (simplified, just the part for this question and there are extra attrributes in reality)
A [Maintenance Ticket] has N assigned WorkOrders, each ...
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Can we just use tooltip on some rather than on all controls?
I do like to place tooltips whenever I feel that the user could benefit from them.
I tend not to place tooltips on controls when I think it's pretty obvious what their effects are.
However, on some ...
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User Profile, My Account, or just Settings?
I am writing a little webapp, and am stuck on a UI hangup. I have a global menu bar at the top of the screen, that when the user is signed in consists of:
Signed in as Joe User (with username as ...
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How do I represent null values in a line chart?
I am building a web-based analytics platform. I am looking to plot a line chart that represents the number of seconds it took for me to reach a live service agent via phone on a given day.
In the ...
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Is there a particular reason contextual content areas and menus aren't more prevalent in web applications?
I'm developing a user-driven sandbox application, wherein the user (more or less) builds their interface. In my preliminary web design drafts, I've found myself favoring a contextual content area at ...
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Adding D-pad navigation to an existing web application: Resources?
I have a web application (HTML5) which works well in Google Chrome with mouse navigation, and I am adding d-pad navigation support.
I have asked on StackOverflow about programming models for d-pad ...
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Placement of edit link beside long title?
I'm working on an web application that is flow-chart like. Each page has a star to "bookmark" the page, a title and below it is the actual flow chart/shapes. The flow area takes up the remaining ...
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Options of options in web form
So I have some options that a user can choose from, and then from those options they can choose sub options.
Right now it is setup using the jquery accordion, where the main option is clicked and ...
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Disappearing input field placeholder aesthetics for web apps
Background
Users may provide various categorized input entries (e.g., danger, warning, avoid, and relax), such as those in the following image (e.g., "Relax #1", "Avoid #1", etc.):
Problem
When ...
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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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Action inside a table vs. Specific screen for the action?
So.. My webapp is targeted for Human Resources departament.
The app has a screen that list Positions.
Now I'll have two new requisites in the application which are:
The user might be able to ...
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user settings: one option alters the help text of another
This is a very thin (and probably trivial) usability issue but I'd like your input.
The user of a webapp is editing his/her profile settings. For each setting there is a label, the actual ...
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Where should I put a sub-menu on the screen?
This might seem like an odd question, but where should I put a sub-menu on the screen, assuming the main menu is horizontal - similar to the Questions/Tags/Users/Badges menu on this site.
The ...
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How do I make a table row on a web page look draggable?
I have a table on a web page where I need to let the user reorder the rows. I was thinking of letting the user drag the rows to reorder them. But how would I let the user know that he could do that? ...
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Sorting with a Click or Double Click? Better ways?
I have an interface allowing a user to search for various Wines. You start by selecting a Type: Red, White or Sparkling.
This will pull the from the database all the Varietals for your selection. You ...
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What's the appropriate way using desktop like notifications in a webapp (chrome notification feature)
I'm planning to use Chrome's notifications feature.
I want to show important informations on the notifications.
My "users" are highly qualified technical persons, so i think it's good idea.
But not so ...
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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 ...
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Where to put a global “add item” button?
We're adding a global "Add new X" button to our application (it will show a CRUD form for an activity, the fundamental "thing" in our app). We want it to be clickable from anywhere in the application ...
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Nested multiple selections
I am building a web application that allows users to search a gym chain's class timetables. This gym has multiple branches, in multiple states and cities. The inputs to the class timetable search are:
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Visual differentiation between in-site links to outbound links
I'm trying to solve the differentiation between in-site links vs. outbound links. Currently I'm using for all links the blue from my palette and underline on hover. Due to the nature of the site, that ...
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Is grid the right layout for mobile web applications?
Suppose you are creating a web application which supposed to work on mobile platforms like Android or iPhone, and one of the features of your app is to give the user an interface for adding, viewing, ...
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How to present Actions (eg. CRUD) buttons without taking focus away from main content?
I am looking for a way to present Actions (eg. CRUD) buttons while not taking focus away from main content. It'll be great to see examples of good application design (I am doing a web app (probably ...
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Name of the logged off part of an application/a website
I'd like to know how you would call the part of the application which is not the showcase, not the app itself, but the part between both.
Let me explain with more details. It is something very common ...
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examples of user feedback for evaluation of other users' answers
As an academic project, I'm developing a simple facebook application. I intend it to be some kind of a mind game exploring creativity.
Its current design is simple: the user just writes a short ...
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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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Order of items in admin panel?
When editing a product, its variants are shown as accordion headings using twitter bootstrap; clicking on one reveals the form to edit the variant.
My question relates to the ordering of the items, ...
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Does anyone have any links to some great UX for 'app setup' pages? [closed]
I've taken over a large scale project and revamped how the whole system works. But one issue we have is a 'not-so-user-friendly' set-up page for the app.
I was wondering if anyone has any links to a ...
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Any cheat sheet available that shows UX match between mouse events and touch events?
I am supposed to make a web App UI Design which can be used through PC and Tablet. I am looking for a cheatsheet or link where mouse events and touch events are matched?
Eg. A mouse click on PC is ...
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any software or online service to draw web page layout sketch? [closed]
any software or online service to draw web page layout sketch?
I want to construct a website , the first step is that I need to sketch a contents layout for every page . this job can be write done on ...
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DatePicker UX for single and multiple calendar mode
I have a situation where I have to use same datepicker/calendar to do single date selection and multiple date selection in two different modes in the same page.
I thought of a solution where the ...
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What makes sense to designers HiDPI, @2x, or Retina?
I'm designing a web application for web designers and I'm having some trouble with semantics. I'm trying to figure out whether the word "HiDPI", "@2x", or "Retina" best describes the secondary image a ...
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How to avoid pagination when an items list is very large (Webapp)?
We have a web application for correcting automatically-detected mistakes in translation documents. Those are split into sentences and their amount can be up to hundred thousands (its not even closely ...
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Combining Settings and About screens in a mobile web app
To have fewer buttons taking up screen space I'm putting "About" information like version number and whether the app is up to date at the bottom of my Settings screen. I've noticed that the Facebook ...
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Looking for enterprise web application design inspiration [closed]
I've checked many websites to be inspired about what the look and feel of a serious enterprise web-application should look like. But the whole I saw were designed for being used by single users and ...
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Any data available on using Skeuomorphic Design in apps?
I've recently come across an article about Skeuomorphism that peaked my curiosity.
Skeuomorphism: ..."an element of design or structure that serves little or no purpose in the artifact fashioned ...
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Multi-step undo with some actions which could not be undone
We're developing a plugin for some web-based application. Our plugin somehow enrich the functionality of the hosted application and uses some of the provided UI for certain functionality like adding ...
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Alert window, navigating to the right button
Working on both Windows and OSX, I have some habits on both.
In alert dialogs, there is a huge usability variance between both operating systems.
In the latter, you can either tap enter and have the ...
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Best possible way to test a Web app or Website?
I am assigned to test a new web app that my company has to release in few weeks. Though through continuous testing and forking I indeed found some bugs. But I want to make my testing more foolproof.
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What are some best practices for displaying an “unsupported browser”-warning in a web app?
We're building a web app, and the technology we're using will only allow users with relatively modern browsers (IE8 and up, plus most versions of other browsers) to even log in. We want to show an ...
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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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Move filter from sidebar to top?
Has anyone moved their sidebar filter (similar to eBays filter, left example) to the top (YouTube example)?
How did the users respond? I'm tempted to put it on top to keep the UI clean and tidy, but ...
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What is the best way to disclose hotkeys to my users?
I am developing an intranet web application and have added in a couple of hotkeys such as "expand all". I have made sure to not use any of the same hotkeys as the browsers are already using. I found ...
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What should I do about my save button inconsistency across tabs?
The user profile in the app I'm building is across a few tabs, however, I've had a situation where I feel the expected save functionality will be inconsistent across tabs.
Most of my tabs look ...
