User Matt Rockwell - User Experience Stack Exchange

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Why don't we auto-save for users instead of having them save manually?

mar 18 at 20:34 Chris Moschini 201

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Are round check boxes confusing or an accepted standard?

checkboxes standards radio-buttons

may 17 at 14:11 3nafish 3,617

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How to indicate right click functionality?

jul 7 '11 at 14:49 Matt Rockwell 7,593

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How do you go about convincing the stubborn “powers that be” to let you change a clumsy layout that users are used to?

layout user-behavior conventions selling-ux

may 27 '12 at 10:03 Daniel 173

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What's the best way to get reliable user feedback on a desktop application?

feedback desktop-application customer-support

jul 26 '11 at 11:04 Clinton 111

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What is the best practice for checking a series of checkboxes?

user-interaction gui-design checkboxes selection multi-selection

may 7 at 2:03 JohnGB 39.8k

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Are tri-state checkboxes too complicated?

controls checkboxes discovery intuition

jul 21 '11 at 19:15 Patrick McElhaney 8,007

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Which is more important, less mouse distance to travel or visual consistency?

layout design-process wizard mouse consistency

jun 24 '11 at 8:33 Stefan Fiott 91

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What is the value of interface layout and its impact on the overall user experience?

layout visual-design perception style aesthetics

jul 10 at 14:43 tamimat 392

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Is clicking here to stay?

conventions touch-screen click

aug 2 '11 at 12:58 Alex Feinman 3,786

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Which type of help system is best?

help documentation information tutorial

jul 7 '11 at 14:00 igor 1,537

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How and when to go about challenging a tried and true user behavior?

layout standards conventions changes

jul 5 '11 at 18:39 Matt Rockwell 7,593

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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work?

usability-testing user-behavior usability-study research ab-testing

jul 13 '11 at 12:43 PhillipW 4,186

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How many interface designs are necessary beyond the initial mockup phase?

design-patterns user-behavior wireframe mockup

may 27 '11 at 23:45 Rahul♦ 17.4k

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How familiar are users with the “Print to PDF” concept?

standards printing

oct 15 '11 at 7:52 Erion 994

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How important is the ability to change the color theme on a desktop application?

color customisation themes skinning color-scheme

jul 5 '11 at 17:57 Matt Rockwell 7,593

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What is a Modal Dialog Window?

jan 20 '12 at 16:31 Matt Rockwell 7,593

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Which is the best way to display priority in a large list of items?

list hierarchy affordance

aug 23 '11 at 13:35 Bart Gijssens 4,967

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In a site that offers a voting system, should there be extra criteria to “down vote”?

feedback voting question-answer

jul 7 '11 at 15:09 Matt Rockwell 7,593

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Disabling navigation links in a wizard style interface (but not visually), is this an accepted practice?

jun 7 '11 at 19:14 Tom R 721

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What is the best way to disclose hotkeys to my users?

web-app discovery keyboard-shortcuts

nov 14 at 17:51 Marcos Ciarrocchi 2,119

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How common is the phrase “context sensitive” outside of the computer science realm?

copywriting terminology

oct 11 '11 at 12:07 e100 274

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What are the benefits to software that has no installation wizard?

user-interaction desktop-application wizard installation

aug 23 at 13:37 Ben Brocka♦ 26.4k

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Is there a term for the “auto search” that Google Instant utilizes?

search terminology

nov 14 '11 at 14:02 Roger Attrill 36.3k

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What is the standard convention for ordering On/Off buttons?

design-patterns guidelines conventions

jun 30 '11 at 16:57 Dmitry Semenov 1,471

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When using a chevron should I use one or two?

toggle collapsing

aug 23 '11 at 19:05 Charlie Salazar 31

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