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How to display "bookmark this page" message?
I create for a user a page with codes like yszsi-oeaaa-aaaaa-qac7a-cai in the name (these are principals of IC network). So, the user cannot remember the full URL and would lose it without bookmarking....
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Are there stats about height of browser windows worldwide / by industry?
I wonder because I'm working on the design of trade platform and found that a lot of moments need improvements due to the different viewports on different devices and so on. The platform does not need ...
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Can I omit landing page in favor of direct app access?
I am developing my own product idea, an web/mobile application for forming a long term relationship between two people. It's in the early stages, so I don't want to expose too much information yet. I ...
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Override browser shortcuts
The company that I work for is suggesting that we override browser shortcut CTRL + S in our single page app to apply changes (save). It's a complex editor so autosave would not work for this ...
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Why do some websites hijack "open in new tab"?
Just came across this annoyance reading an article at time.com. Unfortunately, this was not the first time I experience this, and I have a strong feeling it won't be the last.
Leaving aside ...
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Modal content UX
I have a situation where I need to display a table with multiple rows of data. Row count can be from 1 to 99. Is a scrollable modal the correct UX, or should I display this info on its own page?
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what is a actual user experience for web apps functionality "add to your home screen"? [closed]
Good day all.
I'm researching this topic for a while and I'm a bit confused, the question is:
is there a "standard" user experience for a web app that has to e saved into the user phone?
what I mean:
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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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What behaviour is acceptable for checking data back in when a browser window is closed?
I am designing a tool within a webpage where users can check out a dataset, make changes to it, then check the data back in so that another user can work on it. I have covered the eventualities of ...
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Why is it ok that apps don't respond to device orientation but webpages are expected to?
There are plenty of mobile apps that only work in a single orientation. Landscape (Garageband, lots of games), Portrait (Settings, Phone, Remote, App Store, Twitter, Facebook, lots of games)
What ...
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How to tell to the user that a web app is optimized for a specific browser?
My web app is voluntary optimized for Chrome. It works on IE and Firefox but the user can find some design issues with old browsers like IE 8. It's a professional app' on an intranet and a some users ...
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Is it worth it to re-implement the browser's find feature?
I'm working on a web application in which users will occasionally have to search for various information in a log file. So users would go to this app, kick off a batch script, and wait for it to ...
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Automatically clear cache from scripts
I received a request to implement browser clear cache automatically when a user starts a session. This is the first time I encounter such a odd request.
Is clear browser cache for a web application ...
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On a click, show a stub or not?
Consider a click event that would cause a significant change of view (e.g. going from a list of items to a detail view of a single item). What is a better experience:
Switch to a stub view which ...
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Loading Times / Breaking points
We all know that a user is not going to wait forever for a website to load. Given there are certain factors and circumstances that can apply to this, is there a breakdown of users stages/breaking ...
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When given the choice on a website; are people more likely to download the app or keep using the browser?
When you go to Zappos.com on an iOS device you're greeted with a splash screen saying "We made an App!" and it gives you the choice to "Download Now" or "No Thanks, I'll just use the browser."
I was ...
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Should tabs changes in a web app be part of the browser history?
I've implemented a JavaScript plugin that tracks tab changes in through the browser history. Here's a brief overview of how it works:
Once tab is clicked, the URL hashtag (the part that looks like #...
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