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Is “Never tell your password to anyone” message in chat really necessary?
In almost every chat window I open, there's this fairly obvious statement:
Never tell your [password/credit card/social security/etc] to anyone.
Are there some standards for chat functionality that ...
7
votes
4answers
420 views
What is the name of this combined button/popupbutton?
This button is in the new Firefox, but what is the name of it?
6
votes
4answers
121 views
Should autocorrect include swear words out of the box?
Let's not hide it - it is just common language. Many people do call their friends "b * * * * * s" or "m * * * * rf * * * * rs", and there is no negative context to it.
The iOS autocorrect feature ...
3
votes
1answer
30 views
Accessible way to override tab key in textarea
I'd like to create a textarea for code which would allow the user to press Tab and Shift + Tab to indent and outdent the content respectively, however I'm worried that overriding the Tab key would ...
2
votes
1answer
32 views
Does the UX of Obama's donate form demonstrate “phased obligation”?
I caught this term at a UX workshop recently, and jotted it down. A couple of weeks later, I can't find a reference for it - and I'm wondering if I misheard (miswrote?).
"Phased obligation", as I ...
3
votes
2answers
83 views
Is remembering and using user ID when logged out a bad thing?
I'm developing a website for a group of people who play a game online. (It's for a mmorpg guild). I'm creating it all myself rather than using an existing system mostly to learn website skills as I'm ...
2
votes
3answers
57 views
Show file size of (inline) linked downloads?
Should we show the file size of downloads linked on a web page?
For download sites (e.g. file hosting services), the answer is obviously yes. But what about websites that offer downloads only ...
9
votes
4answers
111 views
Best Approach for Responsive Linked Images from Desktop to Mobile?
I am redesigning a website from the early 90's and trying to make it more "responsive". An issue came up that involves two images on the homepage when viewed on mobile devices. These images are linked ...
12
votes
2answers
377 views
Why aren't Gmail-like “on-page” dialogs more popular UI solutions?
A few months ago, Gmail gave us the choice to switch to a new UI, with many new features (...) including an "on-page-docked" window. I personally find this piece of UI very useful as it allows users ...
8
votes
3answers
260 views
Using Dropdowns AND Radio Buttons to avoid confusion
For you reference I wanted to point out that this is a Video project.
I am designing a menu in which the user can choose 1 of 4 formats for SD (standard definition) and two options for HD (high ...
1
vote
2answers
29 views
Clarifying unfamiliar tools in a toolbox
If you use Adobe Photoshop to edit your images, there's this toolbox, from which you can select the tool you want to use.
I'm designing a similar program than manipulates blueprints instead of ...
3
votes
3answers
51 views
What is the best approach to design registration page
I have seen users (including me) who get frustrating registration page and eventually decide to quit the site. (To be frank few of my friends left registration due to annoying captca verification) As ...
3
votes
3answers
38 views
Approaches for setting a time period
In a GUI application I have a setting for a time interval. In this case, it's a refresh period, but the same issue comes up when you set how early you want a calendar reminder, how long to snooze an ...
25
votes
11answers
2k views
How important is the search box?
I've had this nagging feeling for quite some time that much web development time is wasted in designing and developing search boxes that are never used beyond the developers and testers.
With ...
1
vote
1answer
36 views
Insight on Number of Subtabs
Anyone know of usability studies that indicate how to deal with a design that comes your way and has a lot of subtabs? By subtabs I mean tabs within tabs on the same page. So, there might be a row of ...
6
votes
5answers
86 views
Responsive Breakpoints?
Twitter Bootstrap uses these break points for responsive design:
Large Display: 1200px
Default: 980px
Tablet: 768px
Mobile: 480px
A client said they are using 1280px for their Large Display ...
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0answers
31 views
how to solve different url forward to same page in web robot application [closed]
i have a problem about web robot application.
url a:http://www.domain.com/path?id=1
url b:http://www.domain.com/path?id=1&sessionid=XXXXXX
there two urls and forward to the same page.robot ...
8
votes
3answers
118 views
Why is adding a clock seen as a good UX addition in so many varying situations?
When was it decided that adding a clock was good UX for everything? Sitting here in my office, I can see a clock on my desktop, a clock on my iPod, a clock on my phone, and an actual clockwork clock ...
4
votes
2answers
45 views
What makes OpenID so difficult to use by persons with no technical background?
According to adrianh in his comment to an answer:
Every single time I have /tested/ openid with "normal" users as opposed to technical folk it's caused more problems than it's solved. Every. ...
2
votes
2answers
86 views
Adopting sidebars in iOS apps
It looks like several known apps for iOS (Foursquare, Spotify) now adopt the sidebar that already was present in Facebook app (screenshot is from Spotify for iPhone):
AFAIK, this is not a standard ...
1
vote
2answers
42 views
Hiearchichal Selection for Grouping (ie Teams)
Say I have a page where I want to be able to select what people are on what team.
Each team can have up to 3 participants(so height shouldn't be an issue) but the same people can appear on multiple ...
124
votes
17answers
8k views
Save icon, is the floppy disk icon dead?
This Twitter post sparked me to ask the question:
totally! RT @damienguard: Dear UI
designers everywhere. Stop using
floppy disk icons for save. Too many
people have no idea what it is now.
...
35
votes
6answers
2k views
Infinite scroll vs Pagination in E-commerce websites
Infinite scroll has been around for a while now, however I have not seen infinite scroll being implemented on any successful or well known e-commerce sites.
Does anyone know of any e-commerce sites ...
5
votes
2answers
42 views
Visualization of event occurrences over time
I have a short time range tstart – tend ( ≈ 90 seconds) and a list of points in time which represent events that occurred at that point. I'm looking for a concise visualization of these ...
1
vote
1answer
36 views
windows phone different patterns for wi-fi and cellular connection
There are mobile internet settings and wi-fi settings in Windows Phone:
In first case, we have a combobox containing 2 options. In second case we have a checkbox. Why?
There is no third case in ...
1
vote
2answers
40 views
What is the best way to indicate when fields are empty in read-only mode?
I am working with a data-intensive application that displays many tabs and inside those tabs are different panels with related content. It is form-oriented, so the panels have a read mode and edit ...
1
vote
0answers
35 views
What is a good design for moving entities from the current role/place to another?
I need to create from an html page the following functionality:
I will simplify the domain problem. Assume that I have a person e.g. a teacher that goes to a specific building to work i.e a school.
So ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
hero headlines and other marketing terms [closed]
http://www.apple.com/iphone/why-iphone/
The image directly under the "There's iPhone. And then there's everything else" is named hero.jpg. I've heard the term "hero headline" used in marketing speak ...
2
votes
1answer
371 views
Master details form in Android
I have an activity that is used a lot, that requires a lot of input fields and it can be updated when the user wants, although it won't be very common.
In this moment, I have something like this:
...
134
votes
12answers
11k views
Are carousels effective?
Go to just about any eCommerce site and the homepage is nearly guaranteed to feature a carousel - an auto-rotating panel, usually with some sort of small navigation, usually highlighting new product ...
1
vote
1answer
12 views
Not defined variables display
So here is an issue:
We have a pretty large CMS for fleets and sometimes people leave some optional input fields as blank, displaying that information on the screen really doesn't help anyone, and ...
0
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0answers
17 views
how to manage big web based projects [closed]
How can I manage big web base application?
I'm using PHP to design a link sharing website, and need some experience about how to manage it.
Something that i need to know :
How can i develop it
what ...
3
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0answers
28 views
How can I learn A/B testing independently? [closed]
I'm looking for an independent project to learn A/B testing on, and I'm trying to figure out which A/B testing tools are commonly used for:
Mobile
Games
Web
And I'm also aware that the common ...
3
votes
1answer
36 views
What are best practices when setting session expiration for a site's login?
We recently did a survey for our website, and one of the main complaints we received is that our customers are getting logged out and need to log back in.
We have a 15 minute expiration set currently ...
4
votes
3answers
62 views
Limiting user input - beneficial or user annoyance?
I am coming up with my project's validation framework, including preventative error handling. I have been debating as to whether I should limit user input to prevent errors in cases such as prices or ...
31
votes
6answers
2k views
Should “Like us on Facebook” be a required field on a form?
I came across a Facebook app/tab for a brand that required that the person Like the brand before being able to submit the form. I'm used to normal "like-gates" in which a splash screen is shown saying ...
0
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0answers
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Best practices for attracting users to a new social media based site [closed]
Hi guys I was wondering if you can share with us, some tips on how to get traction to a new social media website which is only attractive when it has a lot of users that share content?
Making a beta ...
1
vote
2answers
56 views
List data segmentation
The interaction is like this:
The user is trying to find an employee's name in a very long list sorted alphabetically. He/she only knows the employee's name starts with an "F". How to design the ...
5
votes
2answers
105 views
Benefits and drawbacks of modal windows
I'm working on a web application and am a little stuck trying to figure out how I should implement signup forms, login forms, contact forms, and payment forms. I can implement all these in either:
...
3
votes
3answers
160 views
Are mega footers good UX? [duplicate]
I've noticed that several websites — especially universities and web development sites — have recently started placing mega-menus in their footers.
Here are some examples of what I ...
2
votes
1answer
58 views
What is a good way to allow a user to enter in many rows of data?
I am working on a request system for overtime. The first 4 fields are required, the Dept, Project and Job field are normally optional, but are there to allow the person to enter values as needed, ...
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votes
0answers
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Anyone know a free version of .NET tools like Infragistics? [closed]
I work with Infragistics in a .NET environment, but as we get more employees, we may want something with less licensing restrictions. can anyone please suggest some alternatives
Thanks in advance
128
votes
11answers
32k views
Why do users click randomly and rapidly when an application hangs?
This question came to me when I witnessed a collegue's behaviour on an application freezing due to a large operation. And it's something I've certainly done myself.
An app freezes for more than a ...
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0answers
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I'm building a food/lodging website [closed]
The website EatNap.com should facilitate searches for both hotels and food
Specifically for the front page,
what is the best way for the user to see it?
i have mixed optinions and suggestions, such ...
27
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6answers
4k views
Why is Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” button still next to the search bar?
I'm sure that Google must put a lot of thought into the display of its homepage. With such a minimalistic design, every element matters.
So what's up with the "I'm feeling lucky" button? Why is ...
5
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4answers
67 views
Should the selection of a Radio button control the display of two different forms?
I am working on a reporting form for an electronic healthcare record application used by physicians to generate reports on usage. There are two different report types.
Only one type of report can be ...
62
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7answers
5k views
To use or not to use “Zebra Stripes”, or Alternating Row Colors for Tables
Is there any research out there showing whether or not alternating the row colors for a table increases/impedes the time it takes to parse information? An example can be found at the following ...
2
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4answers
75 views
How to show prices that are not yet included?
In our cart we have optional products (like gift wrapping) that the user can add. We also have options for selected items that might impact the cost (like choosing a hardback book vs a paperback).
...
0
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0answers
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What is the best way to display info from a table that has 20+ fields? [duplicate]
I have a giant table that has more than 20 columns and 10 pages with 15 rows each!
How can I display this data in a way that's readable and understandable for the user?
What alternatives exist?
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vote
2answers
55 views
UX for encouraging naming of an auto-saved item
I’m working on a web application where users can generate results after answers questions in a workflow. Over time, they will use this workflow to generate additional, different results. Our goals ...
