Hot answers tagged selection
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First of all: why do you ask at all? Why not simply always send the gift card with the order? Who would object to getting more value than what they ordered? If you don't ask, you don't have your problem to begin with. Generally, asking fewer questions from the user results in higher conversion, so from that perspective, removing the whole question would be ...
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First things first; you're not really asking them to pick one plan out of 100 distinct options, you're asking them how many users they want. Make the form input reflect that. Technically on your end they are picking one from 100 distinct plans, but that's an implementation issue, don't make your users worry about it.
Sounds like what you really want is an ...
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One solution is to show a magnified version directly above where the user is currently hovering. Look at how YouTube deals with seeking long videos, for example:
This allows the user to select a rough time period they are interested in, then make a finer selection using the shorter-interval magnification.
The Music app on the iPhone/iPod has a feature ...
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A dropdown with 450+ values is extremely unusable on any device, including desktop. But you say that you're only looking for a solution for the basic mobile version, so let's stick to that.
Probably the best way to simplify this for the mobile is to have a first screen/popup display the alphabet, then as you tap a letter you drill down to the list of ...
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The short answer is no, don't use country flags.
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200604/indicating_language_choice_flags_text_both_neither/
The preferred method is to use the name of the language in the language itself (and watch out for diacriticals, language specific capitalization, etc).
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If you have a default that will be true in most cases, you should consider using it. Otherwise, I would avoid pre-selecting radio buttons. The prime reason being that you have no way of knowing whether someone actually wants it selected or they just missed it.
In addition to that, if your radio buttons are only a Yes/No question, then I would suggest using ...
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There is no recommended maximum number of items to put in a drop down list.
No-one can say the maximum is 7 or 12 or 200 or 10,000 and definitively say that for all scenarios, that is the maximum you should use.
There is a myth for drop down lists and menus that you should not use more than 7 +/- 2 because that's how your memory chunks things, but that's ...
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Having your cursor slanted would be a UX improvement over a permanently vertical cursor. Many word processors already do this. Here are some examples from MS Word:
It gives additional feedback to a user that the text they enter will be italic, and it is visually less confusing when selecting text. At the same time, I can't think of any reason that it ...
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Unless you have auto complete, a list with 450+ options is never very user friendly, and always hard to use, especially when you even allow multiple selections.
Given that the task to add books to the library is a very common one, that should be done fast, I would propose a more simpler backend-powered solution using two simple steps:
First the user is ...
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I can think of three approaches for this :
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With regards to letting the user know at which point the device is unsupported,I would suggest doing it at the earliest so that the customer agent doesn't spend a great deal of time trying to help and then in the end give the response that ...
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This sounds like a case of inline editing. We use inline editing across the app that we're developing. What it means is that the data is saved to the server via ajax without a page reload.
Since there is no page reload the user needs to get feedback to show him that he has triggered a save, which can be done by highlighting the saved field (our field ...
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Why not try something like what you get in the iOS Mail app.
A simple text input field
Drop down auto suggest (just like in Google Search)
When you have added a single item (like author in your case), you can type another one, by pushing the + button at the end of the input field (and previously entered items can be deleted ony by one.)
This solution ...
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I would have a fist checkbox called something more descriptive like "All permissions" or "Admin". I would then make the other checkboxes visible (or active) based on whether that checkbox was selected.
This should be fairly easy to implement, and should be visually clear and fast to scan.
Example mockup:
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Is the concern about implementation or UI clarity? I can't see why a "Select Full Row" option should be any harder to implement than the rest.
A sugesstion might be to somehow highlight the last column a bit differently than the rest since it performs a function somewhat larger than the rest too. I'd almost be tempted to make that "Select Full Row" a ...
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The Right Information
Firstly, make sure your displays show the information the user needs to make good decisions and input. The use of a color-coded matrix assumes that your user is trying to achieve a certain pattern of assignments, such as a certain number of people in each duty type per day (e.g., have adequate coverage when some are on vacation), or ...
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Does the application have a general undo function?
If no: why would you like to have an "undo selection" possibility? It does not make sense to have an undo option for a selection while at the same time you would not have an undo for things that are in fact irreversible, like for instance the actual firing of the employees itself. I admit that having to ...
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If not showing a submit button is a way of keeping your interface clean. You could also opt to show the submit only once the field is selected. When you submit or click anywhere else, the field is deselected and the submit is made invisible again.
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I like Erics answer, but would like to visually enhance it a little in order to show spacial relations. Because as far as I know this is important in chinese letters.
This post would be more appropiate as a comment to eric, but I dont know if you can put images in comments - Im new at SE.
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The language for this default option would be entirely dependent upon the context.
In general, however, the copy you do use should be unambiguous. It should clearly inform the user what the result of their non-selection will be upon the state of the system.
For example, eBay allows a seller to choose whether they would like to offer shipping insurance to ...
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If you use radio buttons for Yes and No without pre-selection, there are three states: yes, no, and undefined (null). Therefore, radio buttons are not the right choice. Use an unselected checkbox instead to reflect the two possible values yes and no.
[ ] I want a free gift card
is much clearer.
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There are some politically correct suggestions that we use ISO 639.1 language codes, but the reality is that to most people they mean very little. They are an engineering solution, not a UX solution.
If you go with country flags, there are some people that will not like the fact that you showed a US flag for English rather than for Navajo. The same way ...
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If the dropdown is your choice, why not try a enhanced version that offers more flexibility?
As an example, consider checking
http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen
You can see that the dropdown adds some styling (not a compelling feature) and adds a very useful searchbox inside.
The benefit of this solution is to provide an alternative (quicker?) way to ...
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The better option largely depends on:
How easily this can be undone without ill effect
How smart your choice is (does it have a reasonable default, like last used option?)
How often they're going to be running into this
From your question I'm assuming this can not easily be undone with no consequences, so #1 is moot. If it could easily be undone I'd be ...
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You could also use a list builder. (Take a look at "Designing Interfaces" by Jenifer Tidwell ad the UX Guidelines from Microsoft).
Someone created a live demo too...
You can add filters, search and groups to the list on the left, and thus make is easier to "select all" items from a certain group or search result...
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Do the objects have to be that small ?
For instance you can use lines instead of dots and show more information when hoover. The area of selection gets way bigger since it does not depend on Y and X axis but on X only.
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Ask your user :)
When you try to generalize a UI flow somebody will always "feel" it was unnecessary to do so. If you have a very clear market segment, put up a poll on your web site and let your clients to give you their thoughts. Without looking at the exact data you are looking to display in your column, or how that data will actually be utilized by your ...
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HTML5 has a type="time" input which in my Chrome Browser presents a spinbox field as below, but which doesn't let me enter seconds - or at least if I do and hit the up/down buttons, the seconds are removed.
However, this relies on the user having to think about the separator (a colon in this case, but periods are also valid in some locales), so if using ...
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Just as food for thought - and I have no idea if this will suit your situation, but you might try considering a completely different approach to the problem. You said this was to let the user choose world regions and countries - how about letting the user interact with more meaningful data like the mock-ups below.
The user simply selects one of 6 or 7 ...
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