Questions tagged [browser]
A browser is software to present content on a web site.
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msedge - get feedback for horizontal tab groups
Vertical tabs in browser edge
Currently microsoft-edge has vertical tabs
Proposal for horizontal tabs
I would love to have the groups as normal horizontal tabs. Each Group would render one tab. ...
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Why do browsers clear address bar when server could not be reached?
Why do browsers clear the address bar if the navigation was canceled while connecting?
When I enter an address into a browser and press enter, and then cancel (ESC) while the server is still being ...
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Why don't browsers show a dialog when closing a tab?
Is there a specific reason why browsers don't inquire whether users want to close a tab or not? This feature is enabled in some browsers (possibly all, though not certain), but only for multiple tabs, ...
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Why do browsers allow users to open more tabs than it is possible to manage for a good user experience?
It is not unusual these days to see someone on a browser application with so many tabs open that you can't even see the favicon. I remember when bookmarks were provided to help manage a large number ...
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Is it bad practice to disable (replace) the context menu?
I'm working on a web platform where users can select/highlight text and perform selection-specific actions on the highlighted text. The current implementation shows a custom context menu on selection (...
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Statistical breakdown of use of naked vs www and http vs https when users type URLs?
When users type URLs into the browser (i.e. in order to visit a web page), of the 6 possible permutations, what is the percent of the time that each permutation is entered?
example.com
http://example....
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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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Best practice for scroll bars in a browser on iPad
We have a web application which will be used also on iPads.
In some parts content is long and users need to scroll.
On a pc it looks good, however on iPad scroll bars disappear after a few seconds. (...
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The meaning of the Home button in browsers
I'm not talking about the Home on the website or an app but the home on the browser itself.
First of all, I saw no use for that button eversince I first touched a browser. Maybe it made no sense to ...
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How to deal with browser navigation in multi step form with validation
I am not a designer nor UX person. I am implementing an application which has multi-step form. Imagine that in this form some steps (screens) need to be validated before person can proceed to next ...
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How aware are typical users of browser zoom functionality?
Ideally I'm looking for quantitative research on this, if it exists, but I'd also be interested in anecdotal evidence from observing user behavior.
To what extent is the average user aware of, and ...
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What percentage of average users know about Find (ctrl or cmd + f), and Find and Replace, native to applications? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble finding recent data on what percentage of average users use, or even know about, the Find feature native to most applications.
I recently found a mention of a white collar worker ...
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Why does the space bar do page down in browsers
Why is the space bar doing a page down in some viewer apps, especially browsers and PDF readers?
For me this seems to be a bit counter-intuitive, and also this behaviour affects games and other ...
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Why do people forget to reset their browser zoom level?
I have come along this behavior quite a few times. A friend shows me something on her computer and I notice that the website looks odd because she forgot that she set the browser zoom to more than 100%...
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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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Best way to suggest enabling cross-site cookies with Brave
For technical reasons (OIDC library uses CORS requests to renew API access tokens), our application requires that when using the Brave browser, the security shields built into Brave be either disabled ...
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Is it good UX to prompt users before closing the browser window on mobile
i'm designing a mobile web based e-commerce solution. If the user closes the browser window, items in their cart will be lost (assuming they rejected the initial cookie request) when they return. To ...
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Do users know what "browse" and/or "browser" mean?
A long time ago I saw a show on TV where they asked random people on the street if they knew what a "browser" was (they didn't). I thought there was more information about that and about the term "...
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Live/interactive elements in browser tab bars
I saw another interesting example of an interactive/live UI element in browser tab bars recently, this time it is a %scrolled value for a page.
A very popular and common example I have seen ...
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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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Why does backspace go back a page? This behavior is so frustrating!
When using a browser, like Firefox, I appreciate that I can easily navigate my tab history with Alt+← (for back) and Alt+→ (for forward.) That makes perfectly good sense to me, and I've used that ...
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Can web analytic tools track user's behavior across tabs?
I'm curious about logging user actions across multiple tabs; is a user's actions across multiple tabs within a browser trackable? So from user's point of view is there an additional element of privacy ...
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Is there ever a good reason to force opening a new browser window?
As a power web user, I know how to use my browser and it drives me nuts when web sites force me to open a new page. My mother, by contrast, just gets confused when this happens. At the end of a web ...
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Should non editable text have the default cursor on hover?
I'm seeing more and more website adding a global CSS body {cursor: default} for the cursor to be default when hovering non editable text.
I'm guessing the goal is to make a difference between ...
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Why Google Chrome does not have a GoTo link button like other browsers? [closed]
Why google chrome does not provide a GoTo Link button like in IE, Firefox, etc.?
And if this is because of the simple & modern design concept than why does other browsers still have GoTo Button?
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The fragmentation of the page status introduced by multiple design patterns - best practice for page loading?
In one of the recent updates to Google Chrome, we have seen yet another method of dealing with page loading status with the introduction of the loading animation in the favicon area of the browser tab ...
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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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Are there any stats on browser widths as opposed to monitor size?
Our analytics across several sites are all showing a marked increase in 1440px+ monitor size, but has anyone seen any stats about what browser size people with large screen tend to use?
Do people ...
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Do good UX guidelines exist against little JS windows inside the browser
I encounter a lot of web applications that essentially implement a small windowing system inside the browser. On you web page there exist a number of little boxes that look like windows, which can be ...
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Is a good idea to mute a video on scroll/tab change?
Lately, I see a lot this behavior and I hate it with all my strength.
Say I'm watching a video (e.g. on Twitter) but the only thing that interests me is the audio. I keep going with my twitter (or ...
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What is the best way to tell users to scroll down in browsers?
what is the best way to tell users to scroll down in browsers?
Tests showed, that users do not scroll to the original message (which they need to answer questions):
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Do HTML5 browsers have to be able to properly process HTML4 tags when the tags appear in HTML5 pages? [closed]
According to the post here, the HTML5 specification requires HTML5 browsers to be able to properly process HTML4 tags when they are in HTML5 pages.
Unfortunately, the post doesn't very well ...
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Has an optional "browser upgrade" message ever worked?
From time to time, we feel the urge to encourage users to upgrade their browser, especially IE. And from time to time, we've rolled out features that attempt to send this message to users, usually "...
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How to drive users to allow pop ups on browsers
We're having issues with Popup blockers; preventing some paying clients from seeing the expected dialog.
To combat this issue we either want to add a small line of text near the checkout button that ...
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Do *ALL* mobile/touch browsers have “invisible” scrollbars in scrollable areas?
Usually in browsers in touch devices, in scrollable areas, a scrollbar only appears when a user touches it and starts scrolling by moving their finger (in some it never appears at all).
Is this ...
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Why YouTube looks different on Safari [closed]
I am a Mac user and Chrome is my default browser.
I think to give Safari a try and after using for some time I realise that YouTube looks different on safari compare to Chrome.
Here is a small ...
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Are zoom in/out buttons necessary anymore?
Zoom buttons still exist in almost all desktop applications as well as applications on the web (SAAS). It seems like these buttons would be gone by now (with pinch and mouse scroll wheel) but they are ...
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Why do web browsers keep showing the old page when they load a new page [closed]
I was wondering why web browsers keep showing old content once a user has clicked a link. It's confusing if one doesn't look at the loader(which is generally at one corner and thus can easily be ...
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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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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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How many users use browser's text search within a page?
Do any significant number of users Ctrl + f windows or ⌘ + f macOS to activate browsers' text search?
I'm trying to find some usage numbers, but I can't find anything.
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I'm working on a ...
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Why people open a lot of tabs in their browser if they don't really use them?
Many people open tons of tabs. In most cases they never go back to those tabs and close them in bulk at the end of the session. Why people do this? What can we learn form this behavior? What are the ...
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What would make screen readers better at browsing the web?
I recently built a browser extension like Vimium that lets you browse the web with just your keyboard shortcuts. While building it, I came to realize that it has great potential for helping the ...
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Why incognito mode on web browsers dark theme? [closed]
Incognito window being one of the most used feature across the web browser. I wonder why they possess a dark theme?
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The purpose of two search bars in browsers
I have noticed that Firefox is using two search bars in new tab - address bar and additional search bar on the start page. Is there an actual purpose of doing that in web UI/UX (maybe because people ...
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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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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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Browser Tab Labeling Best Practices?
Are there any Best Practices for Browser Tab labeling?
In our software, for a user to get to a screen they: Open a Menu then pick a Module, for example "Student". Under the Student Module there maybe ...
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Why is audio not treated like other browser permissions?
Web browsers have lots of per-domain permissions, like using location, access to camera and microphone, and notifications.
Why don't browsers have a permission for audio? Audio is especially ...
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Detect if User has pop ups enabled. Best way to do it
I'm facing a problem where I need to check if the user has pop ups enabled when they try to view a pdf file in their browser and for this I would need to open a tab and close it real quick, there's no ...
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