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May
20
awarded  Good Question
May
19
asked Accessible way to override tab key in textarea
May
14
comment What good is this moving captcha from Apple
Someday: xkcd.com/810
May
13
comment Forms: Sample description- for label or field? what should be the placement?
Who are your users that they don't know how an email address is formatted?
May
2
comment red checkmark vs. a red “X”
@JohnGB, ok, I took it to mean that you were saying that the overall alert column was redundant to the serious violation column.
May
2
comment red checkmark vs. a red “X”
How is "overall alert" redundant when rows that are not serious violations also have alerts?
Apr
19
comment Is it a bad idea to use grey buttons?
The buttons still look clickable. For the disabled state, the buttons should turn flat, and the text color should change as well.
Apr
11
comment Help menu - “?” or “Help”?
The shortcut for help is, and should always be F1.
Apr
3
comment Should progress bars show percentage
you could label the top as 100 so that users are cued in to the idea that the number shown is X out of 100.
Mar
29
comment Humor on the deathbed
@AustinHenley, I think this one's more to the point.
Mar
26
comment Should offensive/vulgar usernames be banned?
@Kaz, yes, but it has "swears" in it twice!
Mar
26
comment Should offensive/vulgar usernames be banned?
suddenly I want the username assassin...
Mar
11
awarded  Nice Answer
Mar
7
comment How many users must be tested when doing usability, and why?
While the article is good, it's quite possible that it will disappear with link rot, so it would be good to highlight the key points of the article in your answer. As it stands, this is a comment, not an answer.
Mar
6
awarded  Nice Answer
Mar
6
revised Avoiding designing by committee
pleasures has an undesirable connotation
Mar
6
suggested suggested edit on Avoiding designing by committee
Mar
5
comment How to better name modal buttons “Cancel Request” (submit), “Cancel” (cancel)?
@Lothar_K, to be fair, this was asked months ago, whereas the linked one was asked yesterday.
Mar
4
comment What to call “Cancel” when “Cancel” is already the default action?
+1 for the second example.
Mar
4
revised Showing progress for a long many-step process with a discrete progress bar?
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