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Disable combobox with one entry?
Imagine an arbitrary list of items. To execute a command, the user has to select one of these items in a combobox (if there are no items, the combobox is not shown at all). Should the combobox be ...
3
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4answers
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Positive connotation Icon for number of errors
We have a game where we need to count number of errors as performance criteria. We are looking for a way to positively note the scores. One idea was to make an association to golfing by naming it ...
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3answers
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OpenID login takes a second, how do I make it feel quicker?
Users on my site log in via OpenID. This is what loggin in looks like:
Click the login link in the header
Click one of 6 OpenID providers
(wait one second)
If they're there for the first time: Log ...
2
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1answer
522 views
iPhone button on screen with table view: last row or outside table?
I have a table view that's showing attributes of a record, very much like Edit Info screen in the iOS Contacts app.
Also like that screen, I'd like to show a "Delete Record" button at the bottom.
It ...
8
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3answers
697 views
Is it good to leave Select dropdown with default style for better UX and Accessibility?
When I design websites. many time I try make the select drop-down more attractive.
example
By default select drop-down looks slightly different in almost each Desktop and Mobile browser
but ...
3
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2answers
88 views
How to mark cells in a spreadsheet that are meant to be edited?
I just put together a spreadsheet to demonstrate how some calculations work. Three of the cells act as inputs. The values in those cells kick off a cascade of calculations in other cells containing ...
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6answers
446 views
How easy should I make it to delete content?
We want to make it easy for people to perform task in an application, but we also want to prevent them from accidentally deleting something. Where is the middle ground between these two opposing ...
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2answers
321 views
Where can I find existing System Usability Scale (SUS) results to compare against?
I'm looking for a resource of existing System Usability Scale (SUS) study results to compare against.
I've read in a few papers/webpages that plenty of such data is available, unfortunately I can't ...
1
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5answers
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What could be a single term (for use in a website) to refer to a community that encompasses students groups, academic institutes & recruiters?
I need a simple term that I could use in website's main navigation bar to refer to community encompassing academic groups, academic institutes & recruiters.
The target page is supposed to contain ...
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7answers
724 views
How to measure self reported computer proficiency? Ideally with one item
For a usability test, I'd like to have a simple measure for computer proficiency, to be able to see, whether it has an impact on successfully handling the tasks.
How can we best measure that?
A ...
14
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6answers
601 views
With 'OK' button, 'Cancel' should appear as secondary button or link?
When I make web application designs, every time I style form or overlay boxes with OK and Cancel button. I think of making them different. But is it a good practice?
Some people recommend primary and ...
8
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3answers
576 views
Design recommendation for a button
I have a form in which the user requests a report to the system by clicking the Send Report Request button. The system then produces scheduled reports according to the interval the user selected ...
3
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2answers
109 views
Decreasing the display size of posts on the home page, depending on the amount of content
I am developing a RSS news feeder. I want to keep it minimal and just to the point, that is the posts.
Some bloggers that post news mainly, sometimes they just write content like "You have to look at ...
4
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2answers
91 views
Can SUS scores be used for comparison between different systems?
The System Usability Scale (SUS) resulted score seem to me as somewhat subjective. What ever score yields from a questionnaire for System A may just solely be just for System A, and is difficult to ...
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6answers
2k views
Hierarchical multi-state tree check box selection
I'm searching for a good/alternative solution to handle multi-state selections in a check box tree. A normal check box tree is mostly doable, because it has three different states.
It might not be ...
2
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4answers
79 views
Wording suggestions for “unhidden”, esp given translations
I am looking for wording suggestions.
There is a panel on my webpage that can be removed by the user.
If a user removes it, a message appears at the top of the screen that says:
The "How it Works" ...
6
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5answers
221 views
Two-level menus: Why? and When?
Two level menus: should they be used? Why are they important?
I never found any resource explaining this.
Should I avoid them and only use them when you really have too much stuff to present?
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2answers
41 views
Hiding the bottom half of a table [closed]
I have a view in a webapp which looks like this, though generally with many more rows:
Currently, all rows with a Status of 'Deprecated' are sorted to the bottom. I want to update this view to ...
22
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6answers
1k views
red checkmark vs. a red “X”
I am currently designing a panel in my business application that shows a table of data to a user. The data in the table is the company's percentage (this is equated by many different values), whether ...
2
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2answers
53 views
Two Distinct User Types (buyers/sellers) best approach
I am designing a site that has two, distinct user types: buyers and vendors from a specific industry.
A buyer will log on and make a note of what service they want. Then, a potential vendor will ...
1
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1answer
40 views
How can I direct the user to add a home screen widget after configuring it?
I have an Android app which includes a home screen widget with complicated configuration options. To make it easier to configure a widget, I've made it possible to set up a widget configuration in an ...
4
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1answer
44 views
What is a good method for organizing internal team tools and public comments?
I'm creating a mobile web application for debates. There is a public discussion between two people displayed on a "card", with buttons to tell the other person they made a good point, and to add a new ...
3
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2answers
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Menu tray + Back button on mobile: any reason why this shouldn't work?
I am trying to understand if there is any issue linked to the presence on the same interface of a menu-tray icon (top nav-bar) and a back button.
This design will affect both iPad and iPhone.
Is ...
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5answers
93 views
Is it okay to have a login requiring users to first select from multiple services?
We have two services with logins on a page, the question is "should" we consider having a single login box which asks users to select which service they want to login to before hitting the login ...
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6answers
369 views
Method of showing that a row has been edited and will be changed upon “Save”
What paradigms exist for denoting that a row of data has been modified and that a Save action on the view will change them in the data store? Which paradigms are recommended?
A few that we've ...
4
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2answers
84 views
How to make users expect app-like features on a website?
I have a website with some app-like features like drag and drop. I use the standard indicators for these features, but testers don't discover them in user tests. When these features are pointed out, ...
5
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4answers
180 views
Live preview - alternative to split screen
I am working on a playground for designers and front end developers. One of the features it has is the live preview. This means that while you are changing your html or css code you can preview the ...
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0answers
52 views
Are users more likely to sign up with social login? [duplicate]
These days social login (via Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc.) is becoming more and more popular. But it has problems: some users are reluctant to link their accounts on different sites to each other, ...
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4answers
440 views
What is the best way to indicate success to user without a message box?
I've read in books and a website that discussed great UI design that you shouldn't "bother" the user with too much feedback or message boxes and pop ups. I also think that as a user, I'd like to know ...
7
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4answers
229 views
How should email threads be ordered?
I thought I had the answer to this question. If you view raw email, you can see that the most recent email is at the top, with the rest below in reverse chronological order. I think it's fair to say ...
2
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2answers
79 views
Using icons as checkboxes?
How unusable is it to use icons as checkboxes?
It's a cool concept when it is implemented, however I am worried that it is not obvious that the icon is clickable. What are people's opinions about a) ...
6
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2answers
193 views
How high should a top floating menu be?
More and more websites are getting top menus that always stay when you scroll.
Examples:
https://9gag.com/
http://www.ign.com/
http://phpmaster.com/
Personally I don't like them ...
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16answers
1k views
How long should a page take to load?
Back in 1997 Jacob Nielsen was suggesting:
Currently, the minimum goal for response times should therefore be to get pages to users in no more than ten seconds
Obviously expectations have sped ...
2
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4answers
118 views
What is the best way to show Log Information of user actions
I am trying to find an intuitive way to show the Log/History information of the users actions on the application. The actions may include the following:
Type | Date & Time | ...
3
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1answer
74 views
Tree manage in ribbon UI
I'm implementing ribbon UI in one of my application. It manages some trees so I move all the options to the ribbon (contextual tabs) but it just doesn't look fluent.
Is placing tree options ...
6
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5answers
221 views
Help panels inside application
Are there good UX reasons for not putting a "help panel" within a web application? (one that can be shown or hidden).
Most applications open help in a different browser tab. I'm thinking of just ...
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3answers
98 views
Are there any commonly used icons that don't internationalize well? [closed]
I am a UX designer for a software company, and our product has been translated for the following:
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Romanian
Japanese
Chinese
Are there any icons that are commonly used ...
4
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3answers
124 views
Usability of transparency in navigation menu
I have seen a couple of websites using some css properties to make the navigation menu semi-transparent. I assume this has to do with giving the user a more continuous feel to the page scroll, but it ...
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2answers
140 views
Combination of text and drag and drop search
I am designing a filter function for a software application (not a web site) which contains multiple input controllers. A text input is used in combination with a drop zone for files (for drag and ...
3
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1answer
71 views
Multiple items in one basket that get processed at different rates on completion of checkout
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to solve the problem of having multiple products in one order (basket) that are processed at different rates once the user completes their purchase?
An example ...
4
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3answers
144 views
Cameras for Paper Prototyping
I help manage a small usability lab. One of the things we're trying to is to record paper prototyping sessions - with a user sitting at a table and a camera directly overhead (from a height of about ...
2
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1answer
85 views
Is there a disconnect between the fields of neuroscience and user experience on the topic of horizontal-bias?
Jakob Nielsen says that: Horizontal Attention Leans Left
While evidence from neuroscience, as described by Jeremy Tunnell (Product Manager for Stack Exchange) suggests that "the brain’s visual system ...
4
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3answers
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Normal select box vs autocomplete widget UX wise
Was wondering is anyone had experience dealing with autocomplete widget vs using a select box when you got 100-200-300 items in the select box.
I think the general consensus is that the autocomplete ...
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2answers
109 views
When should a select be replaced with a combobox?
I'm working with a site that is currently making heavy use of comboboxes. In fact, every select in the whole application is automatically turned into a combobox on page load.
My first inclination is ...
6
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3answers
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Form prompts inside form fields always wrong?
I've noticed in the edit-profile form on UX Stack Exchange a weird prompt with an important message - the date format.
Personally I would consider it terribly wrong (force to memorize data format, ...
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4answers
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Is it bad to post an app update to only show ads?
So, I have made an app and it's getting it's fair share of action on the Play Store. It is free and currently contains no adverts.
I am nearing completion of integration with Flurry Ads. I am also ...
3
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2answers
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“Important” Items Box versus Pinned Items
I am designing an application which has panel with a list of items. The items in the list can be re-ordered by drag and drop:
The number of items in the list has the potential to be very large.
In ...
6
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4answers
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How to paginate alphabetically grouped items?
I am in the process of creating an interface for browsing contacts in a CRM. I have the contacts displayed in alphabetical groups. like so:
A------------------------------
Andrew Bloggs
...
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5answers
335 views
Should we worry about dial up users?
I am looking to design a site which is going to be fairly image heavy and a question came up about what should we do if the users access it through a a dial up or a really low speed internet ...
3
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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 ...
