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1answer
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Predefined phone number on а mobile form
User fills out a form on mobile site (not app).
Is it possible to predefine his mobile phone number in the form?
31
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5answers
3k views
Default gender, “Male” or “Female”
Should our default gender when selecting male/female on the dropdown list be based on the local sex ratio (if a country have more female than male then female is the default value)?
21
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4answers
570 views
Bathrooms near elevators
Some office buildings have communal bathrooms (British English: lavatories). By this I mean bathrooms for use by the tenants and guests of all the offices on that floor, as opposed to bathrooms under ...
2
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9answers
186 views
Intuitive text to “go to” or “navigate to” an item
I have an application that has many "lists" of data. For example, lists of appointments, billable accounts, patients etc. At the top of each section page, there are action links: "Create patient", ...
12
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3answers
245 views
Can I optimize this command-line interface?
I am designing a command-line interface for users and administrators to interact with an online radio system. One of the administrator tasks is assigning songs and albums to various genres. This is ...
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0answers
117 views
Why do people get confuse about the “U” universe? [closed]
On this article http://boxed.hu/en/articles/ui-and-ux/ we have a great definition about UX and UI. Like the author says "There are huge differences between the two, but the most important is probably ...
6
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2answers
599 views
What should an ideal Interaction Design Portfolio Include
I am preparing my Interaction Design portfolio. I would like to as what should my portfolio include. What all deliverables should be included in the portfolio?
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3answers
1k views
Are floating headers and footers good?
I'm making a website. I need to put in social media tools - facebook 'like' button and so on. It's been suggested to me that I use a floating, fixed position header or footer for this purpose.
For ...
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2answers
2k views
Ways to visualise a user journey
I would like some opinions on user journeys and how to present them, specifically to the client. What do you think is the best way to present them and what tools would you use to create them?
Do you ...
2
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3answers
220 views
Icons for clearing / canceling / deleting? [closed]
I have to design set of icons for 'clear search results', 'delete', 'close' and 'cancel' that due to specifics of the app might be sitting on the same toolbar side by side. Also the size is 16x16px ...
12
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7answers
577 views
Greater Than > or Plus +
I want to convey a requirement that has a minimum but no maximum to my users.
For instance 8.
Which is more understandable?
Participants: >8
or
Participants: 8+
?
From layouts point of view >8 is ...
4
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6answers
325 views
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 ...
4
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3answers
1k views
What is the purpose of a website's homepage?
The title says it all really.
While I realize the answer to this question is somewhat dependent on the visitors you're targeting, I'm wondering if there are any specific guidelines to follow.
It's ...
6
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2answers
244 views
Best way to give user two controls (expand and select) on a single object
We're working on an organizational tree visualization, for each node (circle) in the tree the user has two options - expand the node to see its children OR select the node
In general, the primary ...
5
votes
5answers
1k views
The colors hurt my eyes
I've built this BBC feed which people find nicely styled (please ignore the animation glitch - I'm working on it!). However, people have been telling me (and I've felt it also) that the colors hurt ...
5
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5answers
242 views
Use of 'read more' on teaser copy on index pages - is it necessary?
I have noticed that on a lot of news web sites that they no longer tend to use a 'click here' or a 'read more' link at the end of teaser text as a call to action. They tend to rely on the Article ...
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2answers
140 views
Designing a webpage news reader as an overlay
Suppose on a webpage (accessed through a desktop browser) one has a list of news items displayed as headlines. When a user clicks on one of the headlines the full news text is shown in a lightbox-like ...
3
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3answers
201 views
When are you giving the user too many options to choose from?
I have many screens in an app I am working on with a Date Range selection as part of a filter for some data (graphs, etc.).
Currently the most typical options are "Previous Month", "Current Month", ...
0
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4answers
180 views
What is the most usable way to implement a “save” feature on a single-page web application?
I have a web application which users fill out profile information, and then upload a series of files.
It basically looks like this:
Name: ____
Website: ___
Hobbies: ___
[save button]
...
0
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2answers
239 views
What term should I use for removing characters from user input (Bank ATM consoles)?
We are developing the UI for a banking ATM console where many of our customers are not aware of computers common GUI terminology.
So what term should I use for removing entered characters if someone ...
3
votes
1answer
563 views
Why do Automated Teller machines (ATMs) have speeches all the way along?
I do not understand the necessity of ATMs having audio feedback of "You have inserted a card", "Please type in your password", etc. I can just find them on the screen, and I just find the speeches ...
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4answers
80 views
Breaking down everything on a single error, or just break down that part? [closed]
In PHP, if a module of your site has a problem, you can turn off error messages, so that only that module won't be displayed. This means for example, if you have a weblog based on PHP, and archive ...
0
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1answer
653 views
Pattern Library vs Style Guide - what are the differences?
I work in a small team of designers and we've been slowly making our own Pattern Library. At the same time, the brand and marketing people have been collaborating with a visual design studio to ...
1
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3answers
478 views
Enter your email below and we will contact you
My client wants a page in which the following text appears:
"Enter your email below and We will contact you"
It's then followed by a textfield (to write the email address) and a button to submit ...
0
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2answers
812 views
Multi-pane layout tabs confusion?
I'm curious what people think about android < 3.0 tabs in the action bar, specifically for tablets.
In the picture I uploaded, the tabs are on the left side, but I want them to be associated with ...
5
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6answers
164 views
Should tabs changes in a web app be part of the browser history?
I've implemented a JavaScript plugin that tracks tab changes in through the browser history. Here's a brief overview of how it works:
Once tab is clicked, the URL hashtag (the part that looks like ...
3
votes
4answers
250 views
Is there a better solution to interact with multiple pathways that have the same endpoint, than using multiple breadcrumbs inside tabs or a dropdown?
I need to convert data of a structure similar to this:
into an interactive, HTML widget.
This widget will allow users to start from the end node (which I'm calling 'shirley' here) and work back ...
3
votes
2answers
278 views
Points in game dynamics / gamification
I'm working on an e-learning application that uses game dynamics, which include points (like Stack Exchange). There are two aspects to the application that we want to encourage. Actions that benefit ...
0
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3answers
214 views
Icon for “title” and “subtitle” [closed]
I am creating a template for TV programme details. For each programme, I have a title and a subtitle. Instead of writing "Title" and "Subtitle" in full, I was thinking of using an icon.
What icon ...
3
votes
5answers
463 views
Sign up Process on Mobile
We are doing a Mobile App only sign up as we are not launching the web application immediately.
We need to capture as much information of the user to give them a personalized service
We had planned ...
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8answers
2k views
Responsive web design Vs Separate website for Mobile
Responsive Web design is buzzword these days. which means to create a same website and optimized for all devices.
There are also some website which convert the desktop websites into Mobile website
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1answer
115 views
Suggestions for icons for windows applications [closed]
I would appreciate if anybody could give me suggestion to create icons for Preview, Advisor, Settings, Reports, Report a Problem.
Please keep in mind all these icons are for a print application for ...
2
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4answers
570 views
Icon for ascending-descending sort [closed]
I'm trying to come up with two icons to represent ascending-descending sort order which would allow the user to sort the members ('bars') of a chart/visualization.
The control will be a toggle ...
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5answers
436 views
What makes people vote?
What drives people to upvote or downvote content? I'm looking for the je-ne-sais-quoi quality on successful voting systems and I just can't put my finger on. Let's look at three examples:
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3answers
331 views
What are best icons to identify/distinguish TCP and UDP connections [closed]
I have a desktop application that serves as a smart, software-based router. Each of multiple nodes in the GUI can be either a UDP or TCP connection. We have the following status icons for the node:
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3
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3answers
126 views
Form auto completion and button placement
I have a form which represents a book, the user enters the title, authors, publication year, etc... We have a feature which will auto-complete the entire book if the user enters enough info for us to ...
4
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4answers
209 views
How do social communities sort users to display / encourage uploading profile pictures?
For a relatively new social networking community, not many users have uploaded their profile pictures yet. We think having an image will cultivate a sense of trust and encourage participation, so we ...
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6answers
467 views
How do approaches for UX differ between intranets and normal websites?
I have been asked to offer advice for the development of an intranet for a large international company.
The client will be developing the intranet in Sharepoint and is keen to use a user-centric ...
6
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3answers
366 views
Quantitative methods for analysing vast Intranet IA
I have been asked to analyse and better group pages under a section of a large government website. The number of pages runs into the thousands.
The problems I have is that metadata rules have not ...
4
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3answers
559 views
Too many navigation levels?
Do you thing the user workflow is too "busy" on the screenshot below?
The idea is to bring a user through all the the tabs. The workflow would be:
Use the main tabs (vertical or horizontal..not ...
6
votes
2answers
1k views
What is a scamp, UX? [closed]
My Googling powers are failing me. Does anyone have an an example or definition of a scamp? It appears to be some kind of wireframe, but careless?
2
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3answers
313 views
Behaviour of save function on modal window
I have a modal window in which are three tabbed forms:
[caveat This began life as a sliding div a la twitter, but for whatever reason I have been asked to consider a modal window]
The user uses ...
1
vote
3answers
213 views
Mutiple or single hyperlinks within a carousel slide?
Each slide in our new carousel will have:
- A text Heading
- A text Tagline
- An image
- An hyperlink(s)
This carousel is part of a CMS and will soon become available to content owners and because ...
3
votes
4answers
262 views
Suggestions to display large amounts of flight prices?
I have an app that I wrote as a hobby project (when I was learning F#) that collects price data for flights for a given route. I now want to open this up on the web but the major stumbling block I ...
5
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3answers
277 views
Why doesn't YouTube append the video title to the video URL?
How come YouTube doesn't append the video title to the video URL?
I know they are owned by Google so good SEO isn't exactly necessary, but from a user experience stand point it makes much more sense. ...
5
votes
5answers
2k views
Easiest to read fonts
Has there been studies to determine what fonts make it easiest to read? I'm interested in the font type, but also size and color. For example, is dark gray better than pitch black?
Also of interest ...
3
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2answers
363 views
How complex is too complex for modals?
We're in the process of developing an application that makes use of modals to provide the user with extra functionality without having to go to a separate page. I have two questions related to this:
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4
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5answers
299 views
Sorting photos in mobile app
We're currently developing an app for posting classified ads where the user is able to upload up to 10 photos per ad (from camera or library). The app will be available for Android and iOS (with ...
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2answers
366 views
Is there a repository of UX Discovery Questions?
I was wondering if there is a site or repository of standard UX questions used in the Discovery phase of Website/Portal/Collaboration site.
4
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4answers
254 views
Would you consider this a button? [closed]
I am working on a web interface and I want to emphasize a portion of it and make it attractive for people to click on it, which will show additional content (with a 3d css flip animation).
The first ...
