Website design involves the structure of the website including the information architecture, layout, content, and the conceptual design with branding.
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Another design/presentation format for FAQ pages? [closed]
I am sure this topic has been raised before, but I don't seem to be able to find good references to it. The question is that FAQs are generally a semi-active for dealing with issues that come up a ...
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Best way to highlight DOM elements given the following situation and requirements?
Situation
Very simple. A user is moving a mouse over a web page. Every element the mouse moves over receives a highlight as the mouse touches it, and the highlight is not there when the mouse is not ...
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What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites?
What are the best practices for tooltips on mobile websites? I'm designing the mobile version of a website for customers' accounts (where they can see their latest bill and settings for their ...
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How to choose a CSS Framework that fits me? Which criterias should I consider? [closed]
Since today, I wrote plain CSS and html. I always followed the evolution of CSS and HTML (and Javascript) so yes, I'm aware of the new features here and there.
However, since I want to stop using ...
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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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What is the most important UX considerations that could be answered by statistics gathering (list)? [closed]
I am trying to figure out what types of things are best tested in my website(s), phone apps, or programs. These need to be things that can actually be measured. Which information is most useful to ...
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Tag cloud for web site actions - a no-no?
I am building a website, and my designer came up with the idea of using a (3d) tag cloud to display the different actions a user can take (the site's functionality is somewhat complex, and so ...
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Showing progress for a long many-step process with a discrete progress bar?
I've got a desktop-focused web application where the user is going to be initiating tasks that take a long time. Sometimes, these tasks will take hours to complete (users don't have to do anything ...
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How do I best describe a “confirm a download” in a dialog box?
We have a feature that offers subscription-based downloads. There are limitations to the counter back-end so to make sure a customer does not get charged by mistake, we have implemented a pop up box ...
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Programmer wanting to go more into front-end and UI development [closed]
I've just come out of an interview that I believe didn't go as well as what I expected it to. And I find my self now somewhat confused as to where I want to go with my career. Besides feeling quite ...
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Are there any performance or usage statistics for landing pages with no navigation?
Im noticing a trend of landing pages,
where the landing page would not have the websites navigation on it, nor the footer, but would stand as its own micro website, with only the logo at the top left ...
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Search form vs. unified search in a web application
I am looking for some help regarding UX/design guidelines targeted at (web) application internal search functionality. I have tried searching the Google and this site, but the overwhelming majority of ...
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How should I design a table with nested categories for users?
I am really confused with user interface design of the website.
I want to design the Detailed view of the student.
So on the page there will be information about the students like name , class roll ...
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How to know what should be a button and what should be a link? [duplicate]
I implemented a webpage that in practice was a dead end and it just said "Your registration is complete. Please press the button to go back." and there was a button to go back to the page from where ...
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Displaying links to other profile pages, while maintaining good white space
I am designing a profiles page for a website where by the names and position of company employees should be displayed on all profile pages for easy navigation.
I do not want to put a <ul> to ...
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What does “mobile-first” mean?
So I've been trying to find a legitimate answer to this question for a couple days. I read an interview in Awwwards recent publication Trends Web and Mobile 2013 with the following answer in regards ...
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How to show up heavy content on webpage
First I will introduce myself by saying that I am not a web designer and non native speaker of English, so I apologize in advance for my bad designing explanation and English.
Actually, I am ...
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How large should the logo be for easy clickability?
I was skimming through some of the older questions namely Is 'Home' button still a must? and Home button vs Logo link? and there seems to be a general impression that the home logo serves as a general ...
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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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First go at responsive layout, looking for some constructive feedback [closed]
Note - if this is the wrong SE site for this kind of question please let me know. I wasn't sure whether to place this here or code review. I'm more interested in the usability aspect of this ...
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Mobile website text link
When developing a mobile or responsive website (for touch screens) making navigation links and other buttons larger to be easier to tap and avoid 'fat fingers' is a good idea.
My question is what ...
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The navigation on Corporate websites
Corporate websites appeal to multiple audiences. I've seen from benchmarking the majority of sites have based their navigation around the audience segments. You'll see Investors in the main navigation ...
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Is a Q&A site a reasonable replacement for a forum for a software product?
I'm building a website for an open source piece of software that revolves around backups and cloning. I was originally going to use phpBB for the forums, but then thought about the possibility of ...
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How to generate product ideas as a group?
I work for a smaller startup, and for the past several months we've been conducting weeklong "Design Sprints" which are a great group product exercise based on an idea from Google Ventures.
While ...
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Where should I display 'free shipping if payment by debit card'?
I've been working on an e-commerce website, and the stakeholders want to add the following text: 'free shipping if payment by debit card'. Where should I display this on the website?
I think the most ...
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Videos on landing pages
Is it a good ideal to feature videos on landing pages or should their primary purpose be to signpost users to content elsewhere?
I am developing a set of pages for an event, it is supported by a ...
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3answers
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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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How we can evaluate user experience of the application [closed]
Is User Experience varies according to the Country/Region. For example we design a web based application how we can evaluate user experience of the application.
Thanks in advance
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How should I display a “please wait” animation?
I have to create a "please wait" page on our website. I would think you usually put the words "please wait" with some kind of spinning animation, but do I really need text?
Doesn't an hourglass or ...
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Landing page vs Home page
We are currently having a "discussion" in our company about Home pages. We have some users who express the opinion that "The home page should always be the home page, and never change". Thus, when a ...
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Formal or cartoon-like website [closed]
Think about two websites related to research work. One is:
http://www.tnsglobal.com/who-we-are
and the other is
http://www.conento.com.tr/EN/
I really wonder how many people like the first one ...
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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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Is there a technical term for really long vertical sites with anchored links?
I am talking about sites like these::
http://www.hegartyonadvertising.com/
http://activatedrinks.com/#/activate
http://community.saucony.com/kinvara3/
http://www.freshtilledsoil.com/#welcome
PS:: ...
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Design requirements for displaying Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policy
My clients needs to put Terms of Conditions and a Privacy Policy on their site. I know little about this area and I am wondering if there are any design specific requirements (legal?) that I need to ...
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Popover vs Modal to display a map
I'm working on a small mockup for a list of items where each of them has a map. I think that directly displaying the map for each item will be a little bit overbloated for the users so I'm thinking on ...
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How to visually suggest to the viewer that there is more than meets the eye in a elegant, neat looking way?
From a user experience design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am ...
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Stopping people abusing star rating systems
I want to implement a 5 star rating system for particular articles on my site. But, I know that with a little bit of scripting, it can be easy for hackers to abuse these systems. However, I want it to ...
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ecommerce: optimal width
I am going to redesign an ecommerce shop. Currently the shop has the standard 940px width.
I was wondering if 940px/960px is still the recommended width? Nowadays we have responsive grids and bigger ...
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What control to use to select multiple months?
I want to offer the users a way to select a range of months within a year. The selected months are used to display a table of data. The control should be placed above the table and since vertical ...
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How can I present a yes/no question to a user prior to them submitting a background job?
I am a programmer by training and I often find that I have writer's block when I come across certain presentation issues.
I have a piece of software that links a seller user up with his account in an ...
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Where and why to place tabs in a web-site?
In my case there is pretty much a "tab-ception". There are a few sections that have their own child sections. Surfing from section to section (or child section to child section) is like using tabs. ...
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If nobody reads Privacy Policies or Terms and Conditions, why not change them?
Once I read that if you were to read all the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and similar documents that you ideally need to read before using software or online services in a given year, you'd ...
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Greyed-Out vs Invisible
What is a good criterion or rule-of-thumb for determining when a control should be greyed-out and when should it be completely invisible?
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'Contact Us' in Navigation bars
So looking at a particular site's analytics, you usually find 'Contact' very high on the list of destination page views.
My question is... Do you think people expect 'contact us' to be the last ...
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Responsive vs Full Mobile Solution… with a twist.
Most people see the pros of responsive design being one codebase with a variable visual layer via CSS media queries, and the pros of an adaptive, mobile specific site being able to use a mobile ...
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Is there a unified font size metric across all applications?
This is not precisely UX related, but very important to user interface design in general. In summary, across applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) and platforms (Browsers, .NET, Mac, ...
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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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Best way to display whether someone is the right age for a match on an online dating site?
When I visit another person's dating profile, I'd like to see a visual indicator that communicates something about a person's age so I can determine whether they might be a good match for me--without ...
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Autocomplete Search takes you directly to product
A user enters text in a search box and a list of autocomplete options appear. The user clicks on one of these suggestions.
Should they be sent straight to that product's page, or should they be sent ...
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Links inside a dropdown
I'm wondering if links inside a dropdown provides a valid user experience, if it isn't part of the main navigation of the site.
For a news website I'm trying to come up with a nice way for the ...
