Questions tagged [design]
Design is a plan for making an object. Anything that will ever be built usually has a design up front before production of the object. A design can be a wire frame, a prototype, a schema, an image or a drawing.
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What UI component should I use to display API error or backend error?
What UI component should I use to display API error or backend error? Any best practice and what kind of UI element can I use to display it. I don't want to display it inside a form, but a sort of ...
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How to deal with many subpages in an Android app?
I'm currently developing an Android app which has already plenty of pages in its navigation, so I don't want to add much more to it.
Now I have a page, let's call it marketplace. The marketplace had ...
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Is it OK to let the user use colored tags to associate data sets or keywords?
I am debating with my boss regarding whether tags should be coloured or not. I feel that colouring tags will just work as fun for the user. A user won't remember what colour he has assigned to a ...
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How to properly expand/collapse the top level of a side navbar while using the second level nav bar?
so I am designing a device manager with a two-level side navbar, where the second level is constantly showing while the top level is hidden. I am having trouble deciding on how to design the expand/...
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Component Library
I'm a UX Designer and want to know at what point in my project should I start building my component library? Before I wireframe, during or after.
I think it would be easier to start whilst I'm ...
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How do you manage creation of a heavy and complex Information Architecture?
Please share your techniques If you have ever been working on a design or redesign of a bigger website or an app that has a complex Information Architecture. While drafting it all manually (and ...
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Two hamburger Menu Bars
The issue is having two hamburger menu bars.
Would burger menu combined with tabs be better suited for this menu section.
Menu bar #1 appears when user logs in.
Menu bar #2 is for all customers (...
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Using videos in a personal web-site, how good of an UX is that?
I've had this idea for my personal web-site that I'm really wondering what the experts of UX and design feel here think about
I really enjoy the high-end web-sites that have a video playing on the ...
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Check box and radio button - hover and focus states
I'm currently defining the hover and focus states for my Design System and looking at the major DSs (carbon, material, spectrum, eg) out there I see that the focus and hover definitions for these are ...
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Are radio buttons considered old-school?
I'll try not to make this a general opinion question, which is against the community guidelines.
I've noticed that when I put forth an answer with radio buttons in it, there is almost always a strong ...
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Material - List item with main and secondary expand action
I am having some trouble deciding on where to place two actions in one list item.
This is how the list item looks like.
So this design is V2, and in previous version the item only had one function ...
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How do you use the 4px grid in a mobile screen for iPhone 11 Pro that is 375px?
How do you use the 4px grid in a mobile screen for iPhone 11 Pro that is 375px?
Margin 16px / gutter 16px? Then it requires to be four columns with a width of 74px however, one of them should be 73px.
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Can we create Empathy Map without creating Persona?
I am new to this UX industry. I have a task with a brief to create an Audiobook app experience & to map out and simply describe what will be your end-to-end design process to tackle this problem.
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What is the design system of gumroad?
I am learning web development, and in the process of taking inspiration for UI online, I came across gumroad.com. Its design is bright, colorful, blocky, doodly, etc.
I want to learn about this design,...
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Tradeoffs in buy-in/uptake, retention, usability and engagement when splitting an app in two (or more)
I'm designing an app that, due to its nature, has 3-4 absolutely distinct but interacting role-types. However, importantly, a single person can be tagged with any combination of these roles. One ...
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UI Approach to Question/Reply Table
I got Project of One table which needs to be designed as per latest Design Standards, Old Table has a data of Question, Question's date & time, Reply and Reply Date & Time, UX perspective this ...
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Is the charging port in Apple's Magic mouse a design failure?
I have seen people bashing Apple Computer for the charging port in Magic mouse.
The purpose of asking this question is:
If this is design failure, Apple being such a huge company and credited for ...
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Design System rules
I would like to get your input and experiences with styleguides. Some of the designers I work with insist that the design system should have rules to be followed to the T.
Some sample rules are:
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What is this component called? It looks like a table but each row has different types of data
Looking for a way to distinguish this from a table component but not sure what to call it
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Is a higher priority a smaller number?
If I tell you drinking coffee is "priority one" for me; I am reasonably sure you will assume that is it very important for me to drink coffee. But is it logical to think of a low number as a high ...
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How would I go about designing a home screen whose sole purpose is navigating to other [5] pages?
The homescreen really only needs 5 buttons that navigate to other screens. there isn't much more to show in this page since they are static screens.
This is what the homepage looks like:
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Is it right to use horizontal scroll to show information related to the same content in details page
I have a Mobile app for recipes, the user can click on recipe to see its details, in details page we have image, title, tags, ingredients, and steps for preparation.
So my question is, is it right to ...
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Graph to Represent How Influences Impact Fixed Related Factors in a Measure
What is the best way to represent the following formula as a graph?
Overall Score =
70% × [
50% × Sub-factor A +
20% × Sub-factor B +
5% × Sub-factor C +
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Best way to present and document long screens
Currently I am using tools like Word, Powerpoint and Keynote to present concepts and specs to stakeholders.
What is the best – or optimal – way to present and document long screens for stakeholders?
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How to display complex pricing for mentorship platform
I have an issue with my UI. I run a mentorship platform that charges $19.99/month and then users can book calls with mentors. Some mentors do not charge an additional fee so the cost is $0/call. ...
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Problem statement in design thinking
I am new to learning the design thinking approach and currently, I gathered insights from the empathy map and want to set a problem statement but the thing is I found out that I have 4 main problems ...
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How do I conduct a content inventory/audit for a site that doesn't yet exist?
so long story short: I'm working my way through a side project and am at the stage of considering the information architecture of the site.
From what I've learned, information architecture ought to be ...
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Difference between Notice and Info messages?
I designed a program that is used to send data through the socket. In each program action, I display a message about process state.
I'm confused by when to display a Notice message or Info message. ...
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Are there guidelines or best practices for notifications or prompts for how to use your app?
I have even seen this in high-end professional 3d applications, where they will always show you messages, notifications, or prompts for how to perform the most basic tasks such as selecting things, ...
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Usability testing of design system components and patterns
This is my first post here, and what I am searching for has not been found yet, so I must be very innovative (jokes aside). I have gotten a mission at my current company from the C-level to test ...
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Displaying two column data grid
In my recent application I have to design and implement a data grid which will be having only two columns. This actually use as matrix for reference purposes.
User behavior is like
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How to design a list of super sets (alternating exercises)
I've been working on a fitness journal app and have been trying to come up with a design to show your sets in a summary view.
The sets are displayed in chronological order. A super set is when you ...
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Is a slight icon inconsistency ok if the icons are clear?
So I am designing something that will tell the user whether something is online or offline. The problem is, I cant decide on a final design for my icons. The various designs look better on different ...
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Flipping word animation effect
I sometimes sees some effects on websites that allows you to flip the text, for instance
We are a word company.
Where word would flip around a few adjectives like dynamics or smth like that.
Can ...
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Different tooltips problem
So I am having kind of a issue, the client NEEDS to have 2 tooltips, as shown in the image below:
But one is on the title of the section and the other one is inside the table. My question is if I ...
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What's the reason behind UX/UI Design to use (9+) and not showing exact amount instead?
I was presenting some design work for our teams new bookmark system where you can effectively bookmark your favorite games and in the design we show (9+) if the user has bookmarked more than 9 items ...
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Is the 8pt grid a meaningful tool?
In figuring out how well-known companies apply spacing in designing interfaces, I looked at a couple of mobile websites. Virtually none of them seem to apply a consistent grid system.
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Double grid approach to display related data
This is my problem: when the user selects a record from the first table, all parameters relevant to the selected h2h column must be displayed below the table. When the user selects the second row from ...
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What is this type of button/element called?
What is this button called? The example provided here is from AirBnB's web and is also used on mobile. It looks like an accordion, but does not expand, and instead acts like a true button.
I really ...
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How to downscale the scope of startup who assumes full product as a MVP
I'm working as a hybrid designer with this company. I do UX/UI/IA/Research etc. Of course, it's too much for one person but they don't need more than one cook at the kitchen while they're setting up ...
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whats the best way to approach multiple optional forms
so I am designing a form that has multiple optional forms, where users will very rare use all of the options. I have so far thought about two different ways I could go about this.
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Hierarchical structure design and usability
I created a website for learning languages with flashcard method. The website itself is http://www.vocableman.com
The problem I have run into is that users are complaining that they have problems ...
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Full-width H1 vs "normal" size [duplicate]
Is there any best practice as to what to prefer from a UX perspective between a full width header title such as this and a more normal header size?
I have a consumer facing brand and it's important to ...
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Why are messages on the road printed in reverse?
After reading this question, something occurred to me that I've always wondered - but never thought to ask.
Why are road messages/signs printed in reverse?
(source https://xkcd.com/781/)
Anytime I ...
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What are some good examples of announcing new features within a mobile app?
I'm designing a new feature for my company's mobile app, and I want to make a splash with a brief announcement explaining what the feature is and how to use it. This announcement would appear in the ...
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Is there a better pattern for 'nested' UI select controls [Users can use THEESE or THIS]
Is there a good UI pattern for this sort of specific select case?
There is a search field for labels/tags. The user has 3 options they can select from to refine their search. These options are grouped ...
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What is the name for component of menu board in front of home slider app
What's the name / the called for the component of menus board in front of home slider app. Usually it's contains of several feature services/action of the app. I mark with red frame on this image ...
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A good design of adding lots of numbers?
I am breaking down a large number such as 1022056271142522954 into adding the individual digits, and want to show the process of adding the digits. What I have now is this, which overflows onto ...
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What is the name of this control that looks like a floating toolbar called?
Google Forms uses a nice context control that looks like a toolbar, but floats towards the selected element (question):
It behaves similarly to a context menu (activated when clicking on a certain ...
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Is there a difference between Experience Design(XD) and UX design
Going through various sources, I am getting that UX designing is a perspective limited to designing services and products as per audience and Experience design holds more artistic temperament for ...
