A web app(lication) uses technologies such as javascript, CSS, and HTML5 and is executed in a web browser.
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Radio Buttons in the header?
Our web app allows users to switch between (currently 3, potentially more in the near future) different "contexts". For example, they could choose to view the app from the point of view of a ...
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Internal Vs. Consumer site UX
I am in the middle of designing a web application for a company that deals with institutions, there are both the end-user facing site (what the schools will see and use), and the "behind-the-scenes" ...
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Are “About” views necessary in applications?
I am currently assisting in the development of an app for mobile and the web. Someone recently pointed out that we haven't discussed the "About" view yet. My first reaction was, "Do we need one?"
An ...
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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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Selection of multiple items and then selected one as default
I'm trying to design a web interface in which users pick particular "items" and set one of them as default. The textbox for searching uses autocomplete to find the matching item. I've come up with the ...
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In non-social applications, are usernames redundant?
If there is no social element to a web app, should the user be asked to create a username during the sign-up process? Is username creation a pointless extra hurdle, or does it serve a purpose?
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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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How to make users expect app-like features on a website?
I have a website with some app-like features like drag and drop. I use the standard indicators for these features, but testers don't discover them in user tests. When these features are pointed out, ...
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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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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 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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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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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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Client wants me to copy the Google Apps UI style for a web app I'm building - is this okay?
So, the organisation I work in use Google Apps for our email, calendars and docs. The staff have gradually got used to using it and are now comfortable with the UI.
I've been asked to develop a ...
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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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“Best practice” font for information heavy web applications
We run a B2B, information dense web application (a helpdesk) and our base font is currently
13px Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
We've been thinking about using a webfont to improve this. ...
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Admin interfaces for reporting data
I am trying to design how an assigned administrator for a web app that manages students and audiobooks, can generate a report to view the data in longituginal graph. The admin can either view ...
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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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Remember the State of a Page when navigating to other pages?
In a web application, let's say the user has several sections, which are lists of records of data that can be searched, sorted, etc.
Example navigation:
- Clients
- Accounts
- Projects
let's say ...
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Is there any problem having a left scrollbar on a 2-panel web window?
I'm building a web interface with two panels. On the right one there would be a map, on the left one there would be some places, similar to Google Maps. We are considering having the scrollbar of 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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What video players/sites are fully accessible?
I am in need of a video player that is fully accessible, but I'm hoping not to have to code it from scratch.
How accessible are the youtube/vimeo players? are there other ones pre-made online that ...
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Automatically clear cache from scripts
I received a request to implement browser clear cache automatically when a user starts a session. This is the first time I encounter such a odd request.
Is clear browser cache for a web application ...
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Is it better to have a modal or an inline entry for a table?
I have a styled table containing first and last names in each column and nothing else. As part of the usage of my app, people will be entering names.
Should I:
Have the "add" button launch a ...
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Should a “windows-desktop style” interface be recreated in a browser app?
I have project where I need to design & build a complex interface to sit on top of an ASP.NET/MVC4 back-end and run as a web-based application in a browser. The client has an existing "sister ...
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Are in-app tabs bad practice?
I have certain advanced use cases of a web-app that can be handled by allowing users to open details of items in new tabs (i.e. a single page app with an unlimited row of in-app tabs which imitate the ...
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master/detail view blank state/detail view when nothing is selected
I have a following view/form:
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Basically it is a form where I can fill out some information for a new record.
When the ...
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How to display a distinction between actions which affect the 'real world' vs. actions that affect only the information in the application?
I have the following challenge:
I'm designing a web application that is supposed to manage IT components. Meaning - when the user creates an IT component in the application or updates an existing ...
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Can customisable dashboards in web-apps enhance user experience?
I'm currently in the process of redesigning the dashboard for one of our products. One of the requests I've received so far is that it should be customisable. Instinctively, I oppose the idea as I ...
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Should link to restore user account lead him to login page?
Pinterest has a deactivate my account function.
After user deactivates his account, he gets an email with Reactivate account link:
Here Reactivate button links to login form with username and ...
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What's up with the Preview Pane? Why or why not to use it in internal web app messaging systems
I am about to redesign an app w/ internal messaging (ala Facebook) and just curious to get some input from the UI community on the concept of 'Preview Panes'.
It seems that the majority of the ...
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Is it appropriate in a touch-based mobile web app to place the equivalent of “apply” in the header?
I'm creating a mobile web app for modern touch-based browsers, and I'd like to know if it's appropriate to put the equivalent of an apply / search / go / view results / proceed button in a thin ...
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Looking for some ideas of for an alternative display of Full Name@Company Name
I'm trying to find a sexy/elegant way of displaying a user's full name and the company they represent.
Currently, I'm doing Full Name@Company Name, for example Bob Smith@Microsoft or Sally ...
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Testing OK/Cancel buttons
Related: OK/Cancel on left/right?
I have been looking in to whether OK/Cancel should be on left or right, and after looking at lots of views on each side it seems there are good reasons for both. I ...
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Is it worth it to re-implement the browser's find feature?
I'm working on a web application in which users will occasionally have to search for various information in a log file. So users would go to this app, kick off a batch script, and wait for it to ...
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“Modernizing” legacy applications and legacy users
I'm tasked with modernizing many older UNIX based applications to new, web-based applications. The UNIX applications are completely keyboard-based (ie. "04" to select the fourth application, "Enter" ...
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Setting vs Settings? Which one makes more sense in a dropdown button
This button should do what it looks like it should do. It opens a drop down of actions that a user can perform on their user account. Should I go with "Setting" or "Settings"?
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Report page with data table and chart
I have the following report:
The report will be viewed in desktop and mobile (tablet) browsers
Clicking on the category title (eg. Pizzas), the data is collapsed or expanded.
Now I need to insert ...
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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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How to create bands of number ranges for a field?
I have a field in a system called "Score" which ranges from an undetermined negative number to an undetermined positive number. I am trying to figure out a UI for the user to create "bands" of ...
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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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Are there standard methods to maximise space?
We have a web application that has a lot of controls and has steps that the user progresses through. Most of the steps are on the same page, and when one section is done, we don't necessarily need to ...
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How to improve this retro CLI web app ux?
I want to improve the retro-ness and the coolness of this CLI (command-line interface) for a web app. I just want it to give the user the experience of typing into a 1980s library terminal, at, say, ...
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What's the best way to open links from widgets?
I have a portal consists of set of widgets, each widget contains a block of data and a link to an application . it appears like this .My question is : what 's the best user experience to open the ...
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Tabs in textboxes
I'm building a website where my users will have to enter their code quite often. Along with other data (title, tags) the user will enter anywhere from one line of code to an entire block of up to 100 ...
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Better to Show Empty List or Default List?
This is a web application for people to manage a large database of stuff. When the user clicks on the a button/link to "View Their List of Stuff", is it better to present them with a populated list or ...
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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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How to best let a user sequence items in their queue
We have a queue on our users' project page. And we want to introduce sequencing. Currently all actions that are applied are First In; First Out.
What is the best method for sequencing?
We have come ...
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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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Are there any better ways to present/edit a very large matrix?
We have a page where user selects what training courses are required for each role in organisation (HR-type web-based system).
That looks like that:
Now have ability to hide columns, fix headers ...
