Questions tagged [counter]
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Should a "selected counter" be updated when the list it counts is filtered?
Situation:
I have a list where a user can turn items on or off using a switch. I added a super above the label of the list to show how many items in the list are turned on.
Now the user can also ...
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What exactly do you count when filtering items in multiple filtering menus that all interact to filter a dataset
Example
Let's say I have some tabular data. This is a contrived short example, but imagine thousands of rows and a dozen columns.
Type
Value
A
Foo
A
Bar
B
Foo
B
Bar
And you can filter this table ...
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what number should a shopping cart icon display
This icon shows how many items a user has added to the cart. In this case items A, B, C, E and F. Now let's imagine that the user adds two more units for item C.
So the updated cart is:
A - 1 unit
B - ...
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To use or not use a stepper
I'm designing an app where users can go to buy artworks. The catch is a user can only "purchase one artwork at a time". Is including an inactive stepper showing 1 count good for user ...
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Displaying page views for a Recipe website?
I just wanted some opinions on displaying the number of views a recipe has (based on GA page views) with the objective to increase click-throughs.
My hypothesis is displaying the page counter in the ...
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How to present a character counter for a byte restricted text input?
I have a text input which restricts input of characters when a certain byte limit has been met. I want to indicate this using a character counter which increases or fills up (in case of a progress bar ...
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Best Representation of Countdown Timers like "Deal Expires in MM SS"
UI cards in my application expire after 3 days of creation. I indicate this in a badge as shown in the image.
The different states of the element are:-
The live countdown timer starts once it ...
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How to count retries? Should I count how many has been COMPLETED or how many has been STARTED?
I have an interface showing requests being sent to an external server, they are visualized in a table. There are configurable rules that determines how many retries the request is allowed to do before ...
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Does anyone know of any examples of the use of character counter on an input field?
I am working on a project that allows users to edit objects named by clicking on it using something similar to the HTML 5 Content-editable attribute.
Update:
The character limit is 30 not three.
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In a tabbed interface, where should I put the record count
I have an interface for an order which has many different relationships. We have a section with tabs for each of the relationship types and I want to put the record count of each tab in the tab title. ...
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Why does facebook like button have the text "Like"?
I am wondering what is the need for Facebook for showing the text "Like" when they most popular hand symbol to show the like button.
My main concern is that we have a platform for note book sharing ...
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Why are visitor counters for websites not used any more?
I remember in the early days of the Internet one of the most prominent things on a website was the visitor counter, and a lot of effort sometimes went into making them aesthetically pleasing to view ...
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The use of false counters/statistics on webpages
We've all seen it. The use of false statistics and 'second by second' counters that seem to hold zero relevance to the actual business' statistics and are clearly forged (to an approximate value).
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Filtered sub-folders counts
How would you show "unread" count on sub-folders after filtering an entity? Do you know any commonly used examples of such?
Think of it as a mailbox that has 100 unread email. Then we have 4 ...
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Music Duration counter view
I 'm working on a android application, this app may list your songs.
so the developers put the default counter as singular digit like ""0:4:0 ""
is it better to display it as a double digit format ...
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iPhone: Tab bar item badge count overflow
I want to display the unread-message count on a tab bar item.
What should be the max badge count?
What should be displayed when the count exceeds that max?
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Which of those two design best symbolizes emptiness and makes you want to fill it?
I'm working on a service with limited credits and designing a counter displaying how much is left. I came across two approaches (below) and even if the first one looks simpler I feel like the second ...
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What is the reason to show animated numbers counting towards the final number?
In some apps, when navigating to a page that has number showing one or more different numbers it will animate from zero to the final number in about 0.5 seconds, counting upwards. Till example if the ...
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Counting to Infinity - Are counters usable?
As the web gets older and bigger the numbers in a lot of counters will tend to increase more and more.
I'm very curious about the implications in usability and user experience:
Are these big numbers ...
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