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Mixing autosave and drafted updated in webapp
I developed an LMS web application for which I decided to go with an autosave-based user experience: there are several different editable resources in the application (quizzes, lessons, exams, ...
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Save functionality with multi-datatype inputs [closed]
I apologize if the question title seems unclear. I have a business application with multiple input/data types on the same screen:
A couple "basic" text input and dropdown menus. These fields are
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Questions regarding Auto Save feature
I have added an autosave feature to my web app, but I couldn't think of whether it's toggle place or default value on page load. I'm thinking of remembering it's state with localStorage when the user ...
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What are the best practices, or guidelines, to having a web form auto-save and manually save? [duplicate]
There are many ways in which a web form is made to auto-save and manually save; I'm wondering what would be the best practices to do so.
Form is a web application form, and I want to save user values ...
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How to clarify ambiguity in "Save" behaviour on web based applications for users
I noticed on Office 365 applications and the Office 2016 applications that there is an Autosave feature (which I believe was started in OneNote).
The official explanation of how the feature works (or ...
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When to save settings that span multiple pages?
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I have a mobile app that employs both "multi-page" template and "single page" template. Specifically there is a “My Profile” functionality that is split across multiple ...
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Save, Publish, Save and Publish
I have a question about the UX solution for saving and publishing a new version on the platform.
What is it about?
I created a new document and it becomes the "latest" version.
I can edit that ...
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Best practice when saving settings to backend on Android
In my app, I have a settings page with a number of options that all need to be saved on our backend. The call to the backend may fail for connectivity reasons and I'm not sure what's the best way to ...
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Best way to indicate that progress autosaves with local memory?
I'm building an app that allows users to take small self-assessments (more or less a quiz). The app doesn't require login credentials or a signup, as user progress is auto-saved (almost ...
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Save an item before the user wants to, without annoying them
In my application the user will describe a case, a case will typically have a title, description, date and some other attributes. The user will also be able to add attachments to a case.
The case ...
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Should you autosave when app is minimized?
I'm developing an Android app that allows users to fill out different types of forms (input types = text, numbers, and sliders for certain numbers).
The save button is in the top-right corner, in the ...
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Explicit vs Implicit save. Differences between Android and iOS expectations
Our app makes use of a 'Shopping Cart' type metaphor, in which users can select from a variety of items, and then confirm or remove all these items at once. We'll call this explicit save.
The ...
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Austosave causing clearing of input data [closed]
We have a web application that includes two internal tabs (within the webpage). One of which the user writes down comments, and the other where they only view content. There are times where they have ...
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Restoring a user's unsaved work on a webpage
TL;DR The user edits data without saving. On the next visit, (how) should the unsaved changes be made available?
Background information. I have a website that presents user created textual content (...
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How do you allow users to undo actions when the application supports autosave
Many web applications adopt the 'autosave' design pattern for a number of different reasons. One of them is so that changes are not lost when users have completed a number of tasks or actions and ...
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