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Mandatory icons on the Windows desktop?
I manage IT for a medium-sized VA hospital.
My users seem unable to use the Win 7 program groups effectively. Despite the fact that they need dozens of applications to do their jobs, there is a ...
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Monochrome or Colorful Icons for the Toolbar of a Desktop Application?
I'm going to create a new icon theme for Libreoffice (a word processing application that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux), but I still need to make some decisions regarding the style of the icons. The ...
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How do I display two notifications types on same icon?
What is the best way to display two notification statuses on one icon. Business has requested need to view escalated items as well as new items on first glance.
I would like to know is if its proper ...
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Too many text-only buttons
I support a rich client line-of-business Windows application. Several of my forms have started to get bogged down with an array of buttons specific to that form. These buttons have historically been ...
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Icon-only navigation bar for a desktop application?
I am working on a groupware application running as a desktop application (not in the browser). I wanted to keep the interface really simple and minimalistic so my users will not get distracted by a ...
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Is it better to use generic icons for 3rd party branded software or system specific icons?
I am developing a program that saves Word documents.
We develop on Mac OSX (in a Virtual Machine) and as such the Word Icon we have used is the Mac-specific word icon (which makes no sense when ...
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Appropriate Icon for "Load" Button? [closed]
I'm tasked with redoing part of the UI in one of our desktop applications. I've specifically been asked to replace a "Load" button with an icon. Are there any conventions for this style of icon? ...
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In a desktop application, what are best practise methods to provide a menu of functions
I have a .NET Winforms application that hosts controls to provide different areas of functionality.
My normal method in providing a menu to switch between these controls has been a TreeView or a List ...
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