Tagged Questions
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How to make file download progress more obvious
We have forms on our site that we're using for lead generation. When submitted, the user is directed to the requested piece of content and the file begins downloading right away.
We track user ...
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Time Scheduler UI
Working on a doctor availability schedule page. In this page I need to setup the available time for each day in a week for a doctor.
This is one time activity. Samething is repeated for every week. I ...
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Quick Booking UX/UI design [closed]
I am using Twitter Bootstrap UI for developing screens for my application.
I created the booking / appointment page.
This page will be used by hospital staffs. They want to quickly fill the data, ...
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Forms: Is it right to show empty fields in an info page?
In an application i am designing, there is a form, where the user completes the fields and some of them might remain empty (not filled by the user). Then we have the info page showing all these fields ...
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Are extensive validations necessary on mundane input forms in a website?
I'm having a rather bitter affair with my client who also happens to be my boss at office. He is a completely non-technical dumb muggle in terms of application development. The frustrating thing is ...
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685 views
Good UX for a page
I am working on a UI design. I have good CSS/HTML knowledge. But not good in UX.
Attached image is the UI I created for one page.
I tried alter it nearly 10 ways, still my customer says it looks ...
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Designing the sign-up process?
I am starting a website consisting of info on local shops, product catalogs, and coupons. now I am in a dilemma over the vendor sign-up process. I want to know which of the following ways should I do ...
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Best Method for Adding Ingredients
I have a recipe application that has a "Add Your Recipe" feature that's current implementation looks like this:
Some notes:
Upon clicking "Add Ingredient", a ingredient form is added. Same for ...
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Traditional file upload vs repository
I'm working on a b2b web application where users might want to upload files for several purposes: assigning images and/or documents with specifications to their products or businesses, attaching files ...
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857 views
Should radio buttons be pre-selected?
I am working on a re-design for a eCommerce site and they have a section where they offer a free gift card if the user makes a purchase over $1000. The idea of the gift card is to get users to ...
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Having two different label alignments in one website / application
I've come to learn that label alignments have their purposes: top-aligned / right-aligned for faster completion (usually for forms asking common information) while left-aligned for slowing down ...
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Ternary Switch - How to implement?
My website gives users a report for their search term, this report contains many different datasets.
Each dataset can be configured via options on their profile page, to either;
Load when the ...
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Should forms be aligned left or center, if less than full page width?
Our web application has a small header and nav menu at the very top, and below, there is simply a large area of open space. We have no need for an always-present sidebar, so there is just one column. ...
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Tab order for previous/next buttons in a form
We have a multi-step form that has 2 buttons (Previous and Next) at the bottom of each page.
The Previous button is on the bottom left-hand side, and the Next on the bottom right-hand side.
What ...
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What's the best way to make a user read terms and conditions before continuing a form?
What's the best way to make a user read terms and conditions before continuing a form?
Structure of Form:
Label1 [Textbox]
Label2 [Textbox]
Terms and Conditions [Textarea]
Checkbox ["I agree to the ...
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Placement of delete button on form
I have a form which edits a flight, and it should be possible to delete them. I have considered putting a delete button in the index page, which lists all the flights, but the table rows are clickable ...
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Why does the advanced twitter search options not using a radio button
https://twitter.com/search-advanced
has the following options
Any of the words
All of the words
Exact Phrase
But the user could make a mistake and enter values for all of them, why didn't they use ...
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Input mask on credit card number & SSN
Our company is discussing the use of an input mask (asterisk) on credit card numbers and social security numbers.
I'm completely against masking the CCN, from a UX perspective, especially since our ...
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Asking for more info on whitepaper download then on trial sign up
Im currently researching how to handle lead generation forms.
I came across a website which has 3 slightly different forms for downloading a white paper, downloading an ebook, and downloading the ...
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Adding new data while filtering current data
I'm working on a table that includes employee data (Name, Age, Position). Above the table I have a live filter that can filter the data by Age Group and Position.
I'd also like the possibility of ...
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3answers
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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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Encouraging the user to enter a value in an optional field?
This is a follow-up question from the previous question Case-study for hiding the optional fields?
I have taken all the responses from my previous question and I have come up with this mockup, ...
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Case-study for hiding the optional fields?
I am currently designing a web form for the Online Travel Insurance System and I am thinking of hiding the optional fields since there were so many of them. Like the image below.
I put a Show More ...
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Is it ok to force a user to reenter data instead of editing existing
Is it acceptable to force users to delete and recreate data they entered incorrectly or should they be provided with a way to edit every instance of that particular data?
Use Case:
The wireframe ...
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1answer
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Alternatives to failing a form to ask for additional input
I have a simple form that asks the user to enter details about an airplane he or she has flown:
The form asks for the model of the aircraft (172, 182), it's registration (N-261GY) and its home ...
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selecting 2 levels of information in one screen using search
I have to levels of information, for familiarity, let's name them hospitals and doctors.
The user first searches for hospitals and somehow selects a list of them, and then for each hospital she ...
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large amount of data on a single page
I'm a member of a team developing a business application. Basically - it is all about data entry. There are people (thousands of them) sitting whole day and filling the form below over and over in ...
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1answer
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Name and Company - One field or Two?
I am laying out a form on a website with the typical name & address fields. While I've done this a number of times, I have began to try and trim fields from my forms that will be on smaller ...
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Why is Facebook using two Form styles in their homepage?
I was under the impression that using two different styles for a form was not visually attracting and confusing for users.
Yet a big internet player seems to bee using a different style for their ...
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Why are most social media web forms on the right hand side of the page now?
I am doing research into social media sites, and one thing I have noticed is that most of the main players in the social media and communication world (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Google) ...
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Long pages vs more pages
We're developing a form which may have a variable number of follow-up questions (based on user answers to an earlier question). Depending on user response, there could be between 0-13 follow-ups.
We ...
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What's an intuitive workflow for a registering user to simultaneously sign-up his colleagues?
I'm working on a redesign of a website that has a bit of a complicated registration requirement and I just can't get my head around how best to design the necessary forms/pages.
For context, the ...
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1answer
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How best to represent the addition to / presence of pairs?
I'm currently designing a dashboard that allows a user to manage ANDSF policies. The Policy model allows for a number of start time/end time pairs to be added to it.
Currently, policies are created ...
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Drag and Drop vs Double Click behavior
I'm working on a web application for a client which is essentially an inventory management system for a shipping/warehousing entity.
One vital part of the system is the ability to add products to a ...
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How to handle a complicated registration process
Ok so it is a bit complicated ... bear with me
In my web application, I have something called "Office" and it has many "Employees". An "Employee" can not exist without an "Office". So in my current ...
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Should the “reset” option be a button or a link in crm?
I'm having to make the page as it was in the initial state, and this includes having a form reset link or button.
Should the reset be a button or a link?
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How to design a form that requires the user fill in one text field out of three
I am having a form where I want the user to fill in one text field out of 3. These 3 fields are used to identify other clients in different ways (Phone number, Email or Name). The last text field is a ...
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Multiple forms on a single screen
I have about 5 sets of forms to be filled up by the user, one by one. Most of the fields in these set of forms are mandatory so it is obvious that the user has to check out all these 5 forms. Now I ...
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Are there any recommendations for the layout of Metro forms UI with hierarchical data on a website?
Most of the guidelines I find regarding Metro design deal with read-only or media content with few text input controls. Are there any design guidelines/examples/screenshots showing good layout of ...
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Web control to select main and secondary actions
I like to think on design and usability terms but, first of all, I'm a developer and I need your help thinking on how to design a reusable web control.
I've a data grid like the one below.
User ...
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What control would best allow the adjustment of signal/noise ratio?
I am developing a web app where a prominent feature is the ability to adjust the signal/noise ratio of the app's content on the fly. The value needs to be represented along a spectrum which includes ...
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“Sign Up” vs “Create an Account”
Which pick is better for a service? Especially if I would like the website to resemble American style.
Gmail and Dropbox say: "Sign In or create an account"
Yahoo says: "Sign In. New here? Sign ...
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Should all browsers share the same experience?
I'm creating a page that uses history.pushState() which is only supported by html5 browsers. As such, should users of older browsers have a different experience? Here are two options that I can think ...
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Editing items: modal pop-up dialog or same page?
In a rich web application built on ASP.NET, which is preferred for editing data items in the system: a pop-up dialog or edit on the same page?
The use case is a person views an item's details and ...
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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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Should the input field accesskeys in my form be semantic or physically clustered?
I'm creating a form similar to the one below (with <label/> tags, input field accesskeys and logically-ordered tabindices). The form will be filled a handful of times in rapid succession by ...
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Input for Multiple Links
We would like users to specify certain pages an action can occur on. There are two conventional ways:
textarea with some delimiter (whitespace, commas) between the urls. This is OK since usually the ...
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Hiding versus disabling forms for guests
With web forms, such as the "post a comment" form at the bottom of a blog post, is it best to disable it by greying it out or to hide it? (Both with a message that you need to log in, obviously)
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Selecting all contents of an input field of text type when focusing
I am working on a registration form for a web application which requires you to enter your first name, last name, date of birth, address and so forth. If the user fills out all of the fields we are ...
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Appended and Prepended Checkbox: when can I use this?
A was taking a look at Twitter Bootstrap, and, looking at the Prepended and Appended checkboxes, just cant figure out where, why and when I can use it.
Can someone give me a good example?
