Michael Lai

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Previous+Current (professional) lives: - Scientist - Restaurant manager - Marriage celebrant/officiant - Justice of Peace - UX/infographic designer - Technical writer

	888 reputation	bio	website	vizify.com/michael-lai-1	visits	member for	2 months
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1d	answered	Time entry that doesn't allow overlaps
1d	comment	Benefits and drawbacks of modal windows Regardless of whether you use modal windows or not, the key is to provide a consistent and positive user experience. Think about it in terms of how often users have to perform the tasks, if it is going to take longer if it is done in one way versus the other, and you'll go a long way towards answering those questions in the context of your own application.
1d	comment	Adopting sidebars in iOS apps The standard tab bar is generally used when there are a small number of items, and when they give direct access to a function or feature. The side navigation provides a little bit of flexible, but every design has a trade-off. I don't necessarily think Android and iOS versions need to look the same, because depending on the user interface design it may be best to customize the individually. I don't think the sidebar navigation alone would decide this - it's the overall look and feel.
2d	asked	Difference between UI and Visual Design/Style Guide?
2d	comment	Alternative to a columns of checkboxes in a table So reversing the original design so that there is a list of Accounts and letting them select from a list of services will not work?
2d	asked	Comparing the WAMMI and SUS scales
2d	answered	Where can I find existing System Usability Scale (SUS) results to compare against?
2d	answered	Can SUS scores be used for comparison between different systems?
2d	answered	Adopting sidebars in iOS apps
May 14	comment	Mobile Menu with 150+ links What is the reason for having so many links. Will these all be on the same page or distributed in different sections of the website? If you have to have such a large number of links, what will be the method for prioritizing the order of display? If you don't work it out, then the user will definitely not make an effort either.
May 14	asked	Usability of transparency in navigation menu
May 14	comment	What are some unusual job titles for UX designers It is probably just as useful as a previous post: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8173/…
May 14	asked	What are some unusual job titles for UX designers
May 14	comment	How to analyse the result of a focus group which has given highly diverse opinions Do you have any personas defined for the site? How well do the people in the focus group fit into these? I think there are probably more details about the users that you can use to put their request in content of their needs and goals. You also need to have some views about how well these fit within the business/technology goals and objectives, rather than be swayed by user opinions along. Perhaps you might even consider a second round of focus group?
May 14	answered	How to visualize sentiment analysis of social media (ex: tweets)?
May 13	awarded	Quorum
May 12	answered	Horizontal and vertical menus in web applications
May 12	comment	Research on scrolling within modal (web)? pros/cons? It may not be avoidable especially if you take into account of mobile devices. There will undoubtedly be a specific case where you need to deal with more content than can be displayed.
May 10	comment	When is it okay to give a form inconsistent label placements? If you think about the nature of the label and the input, it makes sense that there are not consistent because it works better with the flow of the form. If you reword the last two labels then apply the same format as the rest of the form would make sense.
May 10	comment	How best to display multiple choices for multiple fields? I think a possible approach is to use a combination of sorting and filtering functions to create different 'views' of the dataset. And because of the complex relationships it is not practical to work with individual combinations. So I suggest allowing the user to create views that are based on a combination of filtering functions (e.g. status = unassigned, breakfast = Cereal, lunch = PBJ, Dinner = Any). Combine this with a column in the table that allows you to select all value and also to individually check/uncheck rows then it should make the UI more user friendly.