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“Clutter” equation
When trying to find the optimal size and placement for an element, I can model the utility using Fitt's law. Of course, using this law by itself will just tell me that everything should be massive and ...
8
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1answer
187 views
Should I allow users to select a valid but disqualifying option?
I'm working on an application form where a user must be 18 years or older to apply.
Should users be able to select years that would equate to them being younger than 18 or should I remove them from ...
6
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5answers
945 views
Replacement for long drop-down list
I'm currently working on a part of our application in which the user edits a document. Part of the application allows the user to input certain "parts." We've implemented this as a couple of drop ...
0
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1answer
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What does a user expect tapping album artwork to do?
I'm designing a music player app, which will play from a stream on the internet. In the app, I plan to show a navigation bar, a tab bar, and some info about the song that the user is listening to.
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2
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3answers
149 views
Wizard for a process that can be exited and re-entered?
We are redesigning a 5 step repetitive process for some web software. Normally for a step-by-step process I would like to use a wizard but to me it implies the process must be complete in one sitting ...
4
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5answers
381 views
What's a good UI for a “zoom” function?
I'm making a component for a webpage that will need zooming in and out at the location of the mouse cursor. The de-facto standard way I know of doing this is via Ctrl+Mousewheel... but I can't use ...
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2answers
338 views
How to indicate top level menu not clickable?
Working very test example here:
http://learntango.webfactional.com/
I am working to make my Argentine Tango website more friendly to new devices
mobile
touchpad
etc
I (the tango teacher) am ...
1
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3answers
77 views
Document-specific menu?
I'm making a kind of editor that have tool views (on sides of the main window) and documents being edited. In fact those documents are themselves "views" of a specific document, so you can have ...
0
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2answers
114 views
interface suggestions
I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at ...
3
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2answers
384 views
How to re-design an app's user interface?
I am new to the interaction design field, basically a student.
I have an assignment where I need to research into topic about Interaction Design of applications for smartphones / tablets when you ...
8
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4answers
250 views
Using a secondary set of colors to indicate which elements of the UI can be interacted with
I was reading this article about Metro UI designs, and I was struck by this statement:
Example, if you look under the hood of a new car, you will see areas
colored yellow whereas the rest is the ...
8
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13answers
568 views
What's a better way to refer to an Intranet site?
I've found most of our users are totally unaware of the term, though it's plastered on the front page of our Intranet site and the desktop icon they use to get to the site is labeled "(Company) ...
5
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1answer
303 views
empty cells in accessible html tables
For an html data table in which each row represents an item (such as an email) would screen-reader users prefer empty table cells to be empty or to have a placeholder like a dash?
In my brief ...
1
vote
1answer
47 views
Wondering if anyone has attended ConFab in Minneapolis, MN?
Here's a link to the one coming up:
http://confab2012.com/
I'm trying to track down a Midwest based conference that goes into more UI/UX detail than something that you'd find at say, a NN/Group or ...
3
votes
1answer
172 views
Are there any studies on which keyboard keys get pressed the most?
I am surprised about the trend to make arrow keys half-sized and crammed right next to each other in recent laptops:
These are the same keys that stand completely isolated on the conventional ...
11
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8answers
894 views
Any actual reason for complicated UIs? [closed]
We all know there are very good interfaces out there, some of which we use everyday:
And now and then some make our ...
2
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2answers
175 views
How to manage photo tagging on a modal dialog?
I am developing a bookmarking service allowing users to save an image into a specific folder.
Users can replace the original photo with a custom one from different sources (PC, Webcam, URL)
Once the ...
6
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3answers
245 views
Acceptable length of idle time before considering a user is away?
Regarding my previous question on user activity, how long is the ideal amount of time to allow the computer to sit idly before considering the user to be away?
In my current application of this ...
12
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9answers
4k views
How should large table columns be handled on a responsive design?
Related to This Question, I'm interested in what I should do with a responsive design theme where the users have control over the columns which are displayed in a tabular, data rich page. Users are ...
4
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3answers
598 views
Are there any advantages to matte interfaces over glossy interfaces (or vice versa)?
I'm curious about the usability of such interfaces for complex tasks, repetitive tasks. Are there any studies that focus on this comparison?
Note: My question is not just about phone interfaces but ...
4
votes
1answer
171 views
Perform bulk functionality in a grid
I'm trying to decide the best control and UI indicators to provide to users performing bulk functionality on a group of users in a grid.
I'm trying to approach this two different ways. The first is ...
3
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3answers
140 views
Get user Birth location
So i need to get the exact location of where a person was born.
Currently, I have two maps on a page and an input field. So you can basically use either one. Right now the top map is a view of the ...
0
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2answers
412 views
Android Apps UI/UX [closed]
I am learning to design for Android and looking forward to do some research to understand how other are developing UI for apps on Android. Please share the best UI/UX android apps you have come ...
8
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5answers
587 views
On mobile phones why is the green (call) button at the left and red (hang) button at the right side?
Some old mobile phones have switched position of green/red buttons.
Currently the green button is at the left and red button is at the right side on mobile phones.
Why? That is rationale? Which ...
1
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3answers
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Term (and other depiction) for 'abstract' and 'concrete' slot filters
It's for a timetabling application. There are two kinds of filters which determine placement of slots:
concrete filters: The teacher chooses specific hours in a work-week and decides to either ...
0
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1answer
1k views
When to use a UIPickerView instead of a UITableView?
When does a UIPickerView offer a better user experience than a UITableView? Does Apple's Human Interface Guidelines address this?
7
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8answers
410 views
Which to show first: login or register screen or both?
I have a site for which I am working to improve user onboarding.
What happens now is that when a user does some action that requires him to be logged in, I make a jQuery popup come up telling him to ...
2
votes
3answers
236 views
navigation menu for not an ordinary site content
Most of my past projects are rather simple in terms of navigation. A simple dropdown menu (Superfish, for instace) works with most of them.
Now I have a project that requires content to be separated ...
4
votes
6answers
311 views
Will users actually leave sites that they find “boring”?
I'm redesigning my web design portfolio. Here is a piece of the layout:
I showed it to some people. One of them said that it is "too boring" which made me wonder if users do leave sites that they ...
6
votes
2answers
625 views
Where can I find research about UI Design Across Form-Factors/ Devices (e.g. TVs & entertainment systems)?
Has there been marketable research in new UI design ideas that could work across form-factors (from desktop down to smartphones on the one end and to widescreen HD TV for games on the other)? So that ...
5
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4answers
459 views
One charger for all cell phones
I'm sure you all have experienced the same problem. The scenario is simple. You have forgotten to take your cell phone's charger with you, and your phone is going to be turned off, because it lacks ...
0
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3answers
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Best way to show and switch between metric and US customary units for distance (km/mi)
My site shows trails and currently shows distance in km and elevation in m.
US users don't like this and want to see things in miles and feet respectively.
Does anybody have any evidence for the best ...
6
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5answers
149 views
Choosing between a default option and an occasional alternative action
I have an Outlook macro at work which pops up a panel every time you send an email, asking whether you'd like to file that email into various public folders. This is useful and we use it all the time ...
2
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1answer
386 views
Better way to do drill-down selection in iOS?
I show a UIPickerView with a list of options:
Vegetables,
Fruits,
Greetings,
Shopping
When selecting any of the above options, will show another UIPickerView with options like (if we have ...
10
votes
4answers
277 views
How different should two colors be to appear distinct to the human eye?
I was having a look at the "Reputation" tab in Stackoverflow and it occurred to me that the yellow used to highlight the new entries doesn't stand out a lot from the white background. I really have to ...
8
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3answers
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What's the Best Placement for Save/Cancel Buttons on Very Long Forms?
I have a big project creation form having atleast having 30-40 fields where i have already grouped the relevant fields as a set(splitting into 3 columns) with proper headers, but still i have a long ...
12
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5answers
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Are Flat Buttons Unusable?
What is your experience with the usability of flat buttons? The common critique against those buttons is that people can't distinguish them, and they only look like headlines with a background. But ...
0
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2answers
543 views
How best to display top-down decomposition data (hierarchical) with in place-editing and child addition?
We have an HTML/CSS UI where there exists a top-most item (root) - you click that you get a text box to enter some content and save. It shows up as indented/styled child of the parent. Basically the ...
0
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4answers
775 views
What symbol(s) best represent the action of “connecting”? [closed]
What symbol(s) best represent the action of "connecting"? I need an icon that represents a "connection" - specifically, a connection between people.
Let's say there is a button to "connect" with ...
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3answers
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Is having a side nav and a top nav a bad idea? Why?
This is what I mean:
The idea is that one navigation is the main one and the other one a second level.
Is it a bad idea? If so, why?
Also, which navigation should be the main one?
I'm inclined to ...
5
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6answers
391 views
Text for email address validation!
When validating email address on sign-up/login page which is the right grammar?
"Please insert a valid email address."
OR
"Please enter a valid email address."
OR just
"Invalid email address." ...
7
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1answer
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During sign ups, how to best instill confidence that email addresses will be safe
Many sign up forms will ask you for an email address so that they can contact you.
Even the most minimal sign-up (other than no sign up) will need an email address to send you a validation email.
...
2
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2answers
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What is the best section divider for text emails?
We send out system email notifications for various things. I notice that the boilerplate text and the variable body text are a little hard to distinguish from each other. I want to add a divider to ...
0
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2answers
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Join beta/sign up as one form
I have a bit of a problem.
I'm working on an iPhone app landing page and was wondering what would be the best way to combine the "join beta" and "sign up form" as one.
Btw "Preferred Platform" has ...
6
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2answers
252 views
How do you handle long charts that span multiple pages?
I need to print several bar charts to PDF for some reporting requirements. One the of the issues I am certain to encounter is how to handle the display of very long charts that span multiple pages in ...
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votes
1answer
246 views
What is a good icon for sorting reddit links? [closed]
In a Reddit client for iOS I'm writing, the user must be able to sort links by popularity, creation date, score and controversial.
The user must tap a button to get to a sheet allowing him/her to ...
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3answers
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Icon for Active (open) document/record [closed]
I am working on creating an icon that depicts active/inactive state.
On this system the user will be working with a number of people records. There is a list with various peoples names and an ...
4
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4answers
975 views
Is Amazon's layout good or bad from a UX and conversion optimization POV? [closed]
I'm in the process of designing a theme for my company's online store that will (obviously) hopefully boost our conversion rate as much as possible.
It seems only logical when planning the theme to ...
3
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3answers
838 views
“Desktop”-like web application
We are a group designing a big project. Its main purpose is educational matters (we run an online quiz).
I have designed a desktop-like interface for the website with icons and a start menu. I just ...
0
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3answers
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Why two kind of links should be visually different in a site? [closed]
In a site we have different kind of links, some are pure user related, some are pure navigational. Some are linked headings (which are black).
Are we going too far away from best practices? Is there ...
