Tag Info

New answers tagged

4

Two things are possible: Do not force the application to gain focus. Show the message and keep waiting till user switches to the application. Implement blinking notifications. This is OS dependent. May or may not be feasible in other OS but in Windows operating system, there is system tray (systray in short). Application can be coded in such a way that if ...


3

My view is prevent applications being 'arrogant' and demanding immediate attention. A well mannered application will wait it's time whilst somehow making you aware it's there. On macs this is done by bouncing the application icon. Too many applications assume they have your full and undivided attention when, increasingly, we're bouncing beween multiple ...


0

Text opacity is a weird thing. We (UX and visual designers) love to do it because it reduces the "noise" on the page and lets us focus the user's attention on what we want. Thing is, it requires the user to physically move their mouse over the object they are interested in reading. This is true of blinds, rollovers, and any other type of reveal. You're ...


1

Like 3nafish pointed out, the testimonial should be highlighted rather than de-emphasized. But, if you are bound by someone/thing to keep it de-emphasized, you can use animation to suggest the user that the opacity of the testimonial changes. When the page loads, keep the testimonial highlighted for a couple seconds and then let it fade it, this should at ...


1

This may be a case of tailoring your content and page to show the correct visual hierarchy. If having a testimonial isn’t the most important piece of content on the page and not what you want the user to focus on, you might consider moving it to the right column with the other content and putting it at the bottom. You will also want to give it the least ...


0

I think you are trying to make two different design strategy work together, and it might not give you the best user experience. If the intent is to not let testimonials obstruct the main content, then just have a link that you can click on and have the content pop up. Otherwise, make the testimonials clear but maybe use progressive disclosure to just show ...



Top 50 recent answers are included