A web app(lication) uses technologies such as javascript, CSS, and HTML5 and is executed in a web browser.
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Styling Labels for a Line-of-Business Web Application
I'm looking for some guidance on how labels should be styled for a data entry web application. My client feels that the labels detract from the user interface where I feel they provide necessary ...
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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 ...
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How long can a user remember what they were working on?
A web application lets the user browse its screens for future or past months. The time period the user is currently viewing follows the user through every screen of the system. But users can be ...
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On a click, show a stub or not?
Consider a click event that would cause a significant change of view (e.g. going from a list of items to a detail view of a single item). What is a better experience:
Switch to a stub view which ...
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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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Idea management system for a feedback portal
I am making an idea management system using Ruby on Rails and Twitter Bootstrap. This is a static mockup I have created.
Here is how the system is supposed to work
The comments will be managed ...
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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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What is the best way to introduce a user to your interface?
I'm redesigning the new user experience for my web app, onepagerapp.com. We need to communicate to the user (typically not very web savvy) how to add content to their page, modify their page design ...
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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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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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HTML table cell wrapping issue
One of the problems in a tabular representation of data, is text wrapping inside cells. There are some options available, like:
Fixing the width of the columns, and enlarging the rows height to ...
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Which is the better user experience for a web app: an integrated support ticket module or a separate app?
I am building a new web app which hopefully will be subscription based, and I am wondering what will be better:
to develop a quick ticket module
or
redirect user to separate knowledgebase / ...
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“About me” -field usage in web app
I am creating a web application for college students where they can share their timetable and help each other in studies and courses. We are in the process of designing the profile of a user. However, ...
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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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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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Favorites mechanism & common design pattern
I'm building a web app which contains many pages. I want to implement a favorites mechanism.
My suggestion is -
(1) is the "add to favorites" button (as in google chrome) which opens a small ...
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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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Long lists to fill page
I have a task where I need to display a long list of categories (variable number). Underneath each category is a list of subcategories (once again variable number). Now I could just have a single ...
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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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What are innovative, new ways to design Master/Child relationships on a page?
I'm currently working on a ASP.net application that has a variety of master, child relationships, portrayed on the page in a master gridview with tabs below. While this works for a somewhat small set ...
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Looking for 'planner' design patterns and opinions
We are designing a revamped part-time studies course catalogue at the post-secondary institution where I work. One of the features I have included is an authenticated planner for saving and ...
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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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UI for Access Control List (ACL)
I am trying to come up with a UI for controlling Resource based Access Control Lists (RBAC) in web application.
So far I would go with this approach:
I have a Searchbox with suggestion support. ...
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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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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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Should I provide a default selection?
[this whole feature is a new one for us so we don't have real-world data]
I have a form that requires the user to select one of predefined items (equivalent to, say, shipping addresses). The user is ...
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What would you need from a mobile usability testing service?
I'm thinking of launching a service similar to usertesting.com or trymyui for mobile website and apps.
Developers submit their app or website along with testing scenarios. Scenarios would be ...
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What do you think about the results of 3M Visual Attention Service's Web App?
First of all if you haven't heard of this service here's the link:
https://vas.3m.com/
This online app generates heatmaps:
you get 5 credits free at first, with which you can analyze the pictures ...
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How to choose a slug for “friendly url”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Underscores vs. hyphens in URLs
I'm going to implement a sort of "friendly url" for geography like a regex
/<region>/<city>/<category>?
and then I ...
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What is a good name for non-administrator users?
Not sure if this is the proper place for this question. In my opinion, it is related to user experience, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
If you have a site/application that separate users with ...
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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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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 ...
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Forcing a workflow while making it easier for the user
I'm working on an internal webapp that requires users to Enter Meeting Notes. Currently, the users write their notes in a Word template, then copy/paste into one large text field in the app. The notes ...
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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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How do you choose which sharing buttons to offer on your web app? [closed]
Are many sharing buttons good on a web app? How about design for a online book reading app. What matters on choosing sharing tools? My feeling is to know the function of sharing widgets and know the ...
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Alerting a player that a game has started in another browser window
I have a web-based game for two players. When the first player enters, he/she has to wait for a second player to enter, which may take several minutes. I noticed that people get bored waiting, and ...
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Denoting a Premium User
I'm working on a website where we have users' avatars pulled from their Facebook profile picture and sized down to a thumbnail.
Now that users can upgrade to premium memberships to unlock advanced ...
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Is UX Copyrightable?
After the recent "Look and Feel" Apple vs Samsung lawsuits, I've been wondering to what extent this might affect websites/webapps that offer functionality similar to other existing sites.
So what ...
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What are the little arrows called that hide additional details?
In UI design, sometimes settings are hidden behind a little arrow or "+" symbol. When the user clicks on it, the item expands to show additional details.
Does this UI pattern have a name? Other ...
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Is it good to create a separate screen for change password?
I have a web-page to create a new user; Now, I want to use the same page for editing the user's profile. Is it good to use the same page for change password? OR do I have to create a separate page, ...
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Alerting Users of “FrameBusters”
I'm currently developing a web app that uses iframes that contain other people's sites (Think StumbleUpon). Some sites contain "Framebuster' though, these busters redirect my app to the site that the ...
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WebApp User Login Screen
I am currently considering options for a web/intranet application login screen and this seems like a good place to share.
Not much work has gone into the current screen since creation and it exists ...
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User Authentication/Timeout for web-app with personal Information
The concept behind "Remember my Username" and even allowing browsers to save your "username and password" for this site seems like it could be controversial.
Given that different audiences prefer ...
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Layout of dismissable event notifications
I'm building an event notification system for a PC browser. The events queue up on screen on top of each other, until you "acknowledge" or "dismiss" them.
The information I need to display is:
Ok ...
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HTML5 form element implementation inconsistency: chalk it up to progressive enhancement?
I'm writing a small task tracking webapp for intranet use by about 20 people of varying technical skill (from clerical to developer). I was hoping to be able to rely almost entirely on HTML5 form ...
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Is appending the company e-mail domain to a textbox good UX?
My application has companies that have many users. To login to the application, they use their e-mail address. The company has a preferred domain name (e.g. google.com). Is it good UX to append this ...
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Voting System - Which Symbols to use
A lot of sites out there allow their users to either vote-up or vote-down content to determine both it's quality and relevance (just like this one!). My question is which set of symbols would be more ...
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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 ...
