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Default sort order of a product list
Looking over a few ecommerce projects, I noticed that the default sorting order for any product list ends up being the order that the products were entered into the database. This seems rather random ...
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1answer
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Encouraging users to invite team members
We're currently rebuilding our on-boarding process...
Our tool is a team solution and the user only sees the real benefit when their team is connected to our product.
What are some good methods to ...
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2answers
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What are the key elements for clarity and simplicity of a web application GUI?
We work on a web application. We have spend more than two month to simplify every process and workflow. Now, we would like to make the User Interface looking more simplier and clear, working only ...
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2answers
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How to distribute selected listitem through a table (days of week)
What 's the best way to do the following :
I want to distribute my employees among the specific periods in the week
My current UI is like that
on The right side :
The list box of employees
and ...
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3answers
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How many primary colours should my web page design have? [closed]
Is there any possible number of colours that I am forced not to exceed according to ux principles? for example : am I able to use 3 or 4 primary colours in w web page design?
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1answer
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Asking for “User ID” when ID is always an email
I tend to have one username that I use for most of the sites that require it (and thankfully it is almost always available). There are a number of sites where the user ID is an email (this post was ...
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Set operations on two search result sets
I have this fairly typical search/filter page that the user can use to view a specific set of customer objects. I would like to be able to perform "set operations" (union, intersection, difference, ...
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1answer
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What is the reason of delayed file download on some software sites? [duplicate]
On many sites being software repositories often when I click "download" I am redirected to another page, when there is a countdown (eg. 5 seconds) to download. But I can click "direct link" (in case ...
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3answers
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Are new app designs deviating from conventional (better?) Interaction designs?
I am on the 3rd chapter of Joshua Clark's Tapworthy : Designing great iPhone apps
And I was really taken aback by the first few pages. In these first few pages Joshua Discusses the "thumb hotspot" ...
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1answer
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Menu Label to Combine Contact & Subscribe Page Links
I a looking for a naming suggestion for a menu label that will drop down links to two separate pages: Contact & Subscribe.
The Contact link goes to a form, the Subscribe link goes to a ...
3
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1answer
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Hotkeys and localization?
The app runs on a basic handscanner- tiny screen, physical keyboard with English letters and numbers.
For 95% of user interactions, the flow is standard happy-path, no keyboard or screen interaction ...
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0answers
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Does Web Accessibility has a future? [closed]
I'm doing my PhD in the 'Web Accessibility' domain. However, this morning I asked myself this question: where am I going to work after I graduate?
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2answers
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Best date formatting for post times on forums as far as UX is concerned?
This question is spawned out of a discussion on the meta forums for Discourse, a modern take on forum software being developed by our very own Jeff Atwood.
Which date/time formatting provides the ...
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2answers
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Vertical Rhythm - How important is it
I'm working on vertical rhythm right now for my website. It's hard / impossible with images of unknown size.
There's a javascript plugin that helps with keeping vertical rhythm by resizing the ...
4
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1answer
81 views
“We use cookies” notice on websites
Every website I visit now seems to display a warning such as "We use cookies to improve your experience. By your continued use of this site you accept such use. To change your settings please see our ...
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1answer
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.COM vs .ORG Preferred for Conversions? | Product that is very community oriented
Our company offers a CMS software package much like WordPress. We allow users to register a subdomain (yourdomain.example.com) for free. This is not entirely non-profit, as we offer the choice to ...
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0answers
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How to render the footer on a layout which contains data or nothing sometimes
Our design contains a standard header and a footer.
Page A renders a table with 10 rows sandwiched between header and footer.
For a certain search condition, Page A renders a table with 3 rows ...
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1answer
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I bought lean ux and ux for lean startups. The diagrams in both books are similar. What is the software used to generate the diagrams? [closed]
I bought Lean UX and UX for Lean Startups.
I noticed that both books are using the same type of software to generate their diagrams.
This one is from UX for Lean Startups.
This one is from Lean ...
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2answers
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how to implement a style guide for a team of 2-4
I am reading Lean UX right now, and there is an idea inside I have never read before.
It is about style guide.
I would like to implement that but with as small a foot print as possible for the ...
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2answers
72 views
Tooltip for a User-Set URL
I'm dealing with a situation where we have a place for a user-entered URL/hostname after entering and re-entering their password. I've attached an image of what we're considering below. What I'm ...
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1answer
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Do I need a 'sign post' page?
My company has a product marketing site for our web app. The web app and marketing site have 2 audiences: students/parents and college financial aid admins. The students/parents apply for financial ...
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0answers
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What's wrong with the following window? [closed]
I am developing an open source database management application, and regardless that I have several iterations of the application, I still feel the UI lacks some user friendliness (mainly due to the ...
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2answers
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Why are the Google Translate dropdown options all in English? [closed]
In the Google Translate dropdown on my site, all of the language options are displayed in English. So let's say someone who only speaks Arabic gets to my site and wants to choose his language.. how is ...
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1answer
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Zooming in on Ecom Product Images
One semi-standard feature of e-commerce sites is the auto-zoom of a product image once you're on the product details page. I've always felt this feature to be clumsy and annoying whenever I am ...
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3answers
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When is the best time to deploy operating system updates?
Related to this question, it was proposed in the comments that it frustrates the user even more when when they go to shutdown their workstation and it takes forever to install updates. However, it's a ...
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Rollovers on touch screen [closed]
Has anyone come up with a method to simulate a rollover on a touch screen using jQuery?
I am trying to determine if there is a way to have a popup object that appears when your finger enters the ...
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0answers
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Expert Review content
Expert reviews is a very broad term and each one is different.
I have somewhat of a dilemma at work where my job title is "UX strategist" and my clients often demand/expect strategic solutions to ...
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1answer
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What is an effective way to present System Update Progress to a user that also lowers frustration?
I am working on an app that starts installing any pending updates when a user logs off the (Windows) workstation. The finished app will look like this (minus 'button1'):
Our branding is in the ...
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1answer
448 views
Model photo choice for better conversion rate : is same sex more appealing than opposite sex?
I am creating a landing page targeted to men of age 18 to 45 years.
It's supposed to promote a nationwide recruitment effort of temporary workers needed in production plants.
The photo of a smiling ...
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2answers
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Field focused tooltip vs. clickable information icon
I'm building a public website and I need to display helpful information to guide the user when filling in forms. The forms may contain text inputs, dropdown lists, sliders... The site will be mobile ...
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Why do Cozy Coupés have a huge compartment that gathers rain-water? [closed]
The Cozy Coupé is a classic ride-on toy car- I'm sure almost everyone is familiar with them. According to its wikipedia page, they have been manufactured for 34 years and have sold well over 6 million ...
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3answers
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Consistent UI with different actions
I've got a bit of a dilemma and was wondering if you could help.
In a checkout flow the user has a choice between collection of tickets at the store, or from a kiosk in a complex.
The store select ...
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1answer
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Why has web annotation so far been a failure?
It seems that through the use of browser extensions, web annotation could provide an awesome way to 'add more channels' of data to an existing web resource. Given the limited technical challenges, and ...
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3answers
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Is fixed, persistent navigation now considered good UX?
I've noticed a massive trend with sites making their navigation menus persistent (always visible when the user scrolls), and am considering doing it on a site I'm working on (it may likely have fairly ...
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3answers
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Infinite growing item collection
We have a webapp that lets users to create their own tags and assign them data rows for identification purposes.
Currently design looks something like this like this:
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Created ...
8
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2answers
368 views
What do you call websites that make heavy use of vertical scrolling?
This question is similar to Why did scrolling vertically became a pattern?
I see a lot of modern websites moving to larger, singular pages with more content and more vertical scrolling. This is often ...
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3answers
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Dialog Button Orientation
I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, I spent about 5 minutes searching to find a topic on this, but was unable to.
I've been trying to come up with a standard for my application dialog ...
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1answer
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Where to put element controls?
I have the following:
I think it's less than ideal because the edit/delete buttons are requiring me to waste a bunch of vertical whitespace within the element.
Options that I can think of:
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0answers
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Should I use javascript cookies in lieu of autofill where autofill is unreliable?
Autofill is a good option for users who don't have an account. But it seems that how browsers determine how they'll implement autofill information varies. I'm not surprised of course. In Chrome, it's ...
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Best Way to display action buttons for android Jelly Bean
A) I have a case like this in Android, an input screen(a series of text fields) with a "Next" button at the bottom. On user tapping next it would take to a screen where it would list down whatever ...
2
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1answer
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Best way to display base, premium, ultra-premium prices
Our site offers discount travel packages that are redeemable only on specific dates. We are able to offer these deals because of the pre-purchase guarantee we offer to our partners.
We are ...
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10answers
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Does the average user understand the median?
I have a bunch of statistical data and I want to present a short summary to the user (non-technical consumer). Now I want to show an average and need to decide between arithmetic mean and median. From ...
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2answers
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Is making an important action harder to find an effective practice, when trying to discourage its use?
The recent Android Gmail App is a perfect example of what I'm talking about (see screenshot below). When you open an email to view, Google has moved the Delete action into the sub-menu. In previous ...
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0answers
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How to give a site a mockup look? [migrated]
My boss's boss decided that I have to show the current stage of my work to my stakeholders, so they can get a feeling for the web application I am developing for them. It is a greenfield development, ...
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4answers
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Which gender should I write to
In my language (Hebrew) verbs can be appointed to either male or female, written in a bit different form. (there is no form referring to both).
Which gender should I write "to" (what form of verbs ...
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4answers
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What is the universal symbol used to import data?
I was wondering what was the universal symbol of "import data" when I noticed that Google Drive is using the up arrow for "upload" from your desktop which means to "import" in Google Drive.
Actually ...
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2answers
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How can I check my UI mockups on my iphone without emailing myself the files? [closed]
How can I check my UI mockups on my iphone without emailing myself the files? I found a great app called "Live View" which is a remote screen viewing application, but it requires having a mac ...
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2answers
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Usability vs performance vs Look and feel - 2D vs 3D Interfaces
I read an article about 3D capabilities increasing but UIs getting flatter. Also something similar is suggested here. I am not talking in terms of any particular company , OS or platform, but in ...
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1answer
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Are users really more comfortable with mobile-friendly web-app versions?
I'm trying to better evaluate the added value my users will receive from a web-app and would like to hear from your experiences and researches in the field.
Currently, although the application ...
