Questions tagged [enterprise]
Enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization (user groups) rather than individual users.
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Do complex mobile apps need to have all the same functions as the desktop version?
This is more a philosophical question, and it's been hard phrasing it right to get an answer, so apologies if this has been asked before.
We currently have a desktop app that's a textbook definition ...
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Button interaction inside table
I'm working on a table redesign and when it was first created they didn't have the design and experience in mind.
Right now, the table is a listing of products and there's a button inside the table ...
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pagination vs "load more" for a business applicaiton
I'm looking for usability studies that show the efficacy of Pagination vs Load More specifically for a table/list of data in a business/enterprise application, like a Software as a service (SAAS) app.
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Font size for enterprise applications
Are there rules about what standard font size to use for enterprise applications? While websites use 16 pixels as the most readable for the user, many desktop applications use 12 to 14 pixels. What ...
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Too many expanding panels, not enough room
The scenario: An enterprise software platform uses a collapsible left panel for its navigation and a collapsible right panel to show customer info. The customer info panel would be used side-by-side ...
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Is infinite scroll intuitive in enterprise applications?
I know infinite scroll is all the rage in social media applications because it keeps me scrolling for longer than I should, but in terms of functionality are there any pros/cons to using infinite ...
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Inconsistency with a UI framework that changes its visual design - when and how to move away from it in the Enterprise?
I design internal web tools for a company, and we use Vue and Vuetify on the front-end. I use a material design plugin with Sketch and have created our own beginnings of a design system/style guide ...
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Work with a consequent mobile app [closed]
I'm a developer and I have to participate in the creation of screens/mockup for our new mobile app.
We have an ERP which manages a lot of activities of a company. For example: human resources, ...
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Where to put an "Activity Log" affordance on a page with fairly high info density?
Hey!
I'm designing a rule builder tool and trying to figure out where to put an "Activity Log" affordance - basically a place where the user can click and see a complete list of the edits that have ...
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Placement of multiple destructive actions
In the current project I am working on, I have came across the below scenario where I have to display 3 destructive actions. It's inside of a card view and those cards will appear as a result of a ...
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Why are design systems by many companies publicly available?
Why do many companies like IBM, GE, VMWare, etc make their design systems publicly available? Designers find it useful, but how is is helpful to those companies and why do they do it?
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Good read (blogs, books, articles) regards enterprise desktop application Design? [closed]
We are moving from web application to Window based Desktop application, for enterprise use.
ANy recommendation for reads around enterprise application design (Not web)?
Thanks,
Iris--
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SSO registration different ways to ask for account name
I'm creating a user portal to manage Dongle Licenses with Single Sign-on for a niche 3D Cad software.
We have both single users "B2C" and companies "B2B"
Business rules cannot ...
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Is this a usable pattern? (Enterprise application UI)
I'm working on an application that requires a user to assign a year or two to a list of users (there are two year options available. One user can be assigned to one or both years.) And one user per ...
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How to best name enterprise tools or portals?
If you have worked within a large organisation you would have most probably operated in highly siloed environments with a lot of legacy systems and third party software. I have worked in a number of ...
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How do you prototype systems that are normally connected to Active Directory or other complex external systems?
I am working on a product that has a quite typical setup when it comes to enterprise software: it is usually connected to the Active Directory of the origanization and authenticates its users against ...
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Should reset button also refresh the pre-loaded results in data table along with its selected parameters
I'm working with large enterprise application, I've many different search parameters on top of the grid to search, and I've Reset and Search buttons below that,when user searches with certain fields, ...
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UX process to take over a internal application
I am currently in the process of taking responsibility for a larger application. It is an internal application that will have about 200 users when it goes live.
It has been in development for two ...
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Enterprise / Platform User Testing & Experience Mapping
I am part of a small team of UX designers assigned to a identify and implement positive change to an integrated suite of 12 products.
I am looking for an online tool that would allow me to enter user ...
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Task vs object focused IA and navigation
I'm thinking about the best way to structure UIs for enterprise management tools and dashboards. Often, one could either choose a UI structure that is around the tasks of the users, or then one that ...
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Affect of a Slow System to User Productivity
I am a consultant working with a company that has a user workflow that involves waiting about 12 minutes for the system to churn some data. That is, when a user needs to accomplish work item XYZ, the ...
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Should I spread my enterprise application across multiple browser tabs?
I am building an enterprise application using an MVC framework (Laravel). My users are often going to want to open a record, and leave it open so they can come back to it later. These records may ...
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Tabbed navigation in search result templates: Can users appreciate it?
Google.com has tabbed navigation in their main search result template (although they don't style the tabs as such). However, my UX colleagues believe these tabs are not in much use, and they believe ...
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Can a Warning message consist of multiple messages within it?
Background: I am currently evaluating a medical enterprise application. This application enables certain tasks through the hardware ( medical device) for the patients.
As I redesign the User ...
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Multilevel menu for Enterprise level
I am creating a web app for an accounting firm where the navigation is as follows:
Level 1 +
Level 1.1 +
Level 1.1.1
Level 1.1.2
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Level 1.2.1
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Should we disable an action in our system because we don't have a use case for it?
I work on a complex and heavily data-backed app (essentially an ERP) that has a number of different objects in the system that track real objects in the world. Users can create objects which later ...
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Enterprise UX Certification
Is there any certification for Enterprise UX out there?
I've been working in Enterprise UX for the last 2 years but I've been wondering if it's out there any certification about it, I've been looking ...
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In-page actions in an enterprise with general Save button
we are building an enterprise where the user can register/edit customers. Each customer has a lot of information which is separated in multiple tabs (up to 10).
The enterprise has a general save/...
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My users keep naming things with special characters to thwart alphabetization
In my application, there's a long list of user-created objects in a master-detail setup. All we show in the master list is the name of the object, and the list is alphabetized. I've noticed that my ...
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How do I use a do a data-entry dialog within a complex dialog
I have a question regarding UX design for an enterprise / content management system, about the best way to display nested functions without losing sight of the earlier levels.
The context is this: ...
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Stacked Master-Detail tables for related lists
I have a use case in which we need to support an analyst to 'peek' into a particular record to see all the related records and entities associated with it. This is within an CRM enterprise space, ...
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How do you stand up for the admin user experience in enterprise software applications?
I've noticed in the enterprise application space, people use 'admin' user or a trained user as an excuse for building poor quality admin experience.
For ex, when problems such as 'The steps taken to ...
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What are significant UX KPIs for an enterprise product?
Most KPI lists I have found (like Google's HEART/GSM model) assume a free user - one that can show up to use your product, and then choose to stay or go based on how pleasant the experience is, and ...
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Automatic pop-up (modal window)
We are designing a flow where the user is expected to enter some additional mandatory data after entering some other data. For example, the user enters amount in a field and does a TAB-OUT. We want ...
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Do you need to display a logo for an enterprise applications?
I'm working on a redesign of an enterprise application right now. It's a back-end platform that allows clients to edit and modify information and create reports.
The current UI doesn't display the ...
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How can I measure the value of improving user experience on internal apps?
We've been asked to justify a potential internal app by projecting its benefits quantitatively.
When I research measuring user experience, there's usually the opportunity to utilize conversion rates, ...
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Editing and Deleting smart folders
The web app allows users to create smart folder based on which files are displayed. See wireframe below
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
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Label Actions Using Technical terms or "Plain Word" terms
I am working with an organization that is redesigning software created roughly 15 years ago. At the time the software was very technical, with form labels that exactly match database column titles (ex:...
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should a button be disabled under offline situation or clickable with a notification of offline afterwards
Recently, I encountered a dilemma when designing a button on a mobile app.
Here is the case. On the screen where I place the button, the user is required to fill in some information (but not all ...
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OAuth Login for Enterprise
I am designing the architecture for an Enterprise SaaS application and wanted to know if there is a disadvantage to only providing an OAuth type of login. This is not a third party authentication ...
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Material Design for enterprise apps [closed]
I'm about to start a redesign project for an enterprise web application that's used in call centres, and we're planning to use Material Design for the project.
If you have done (or are currently ...
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Elevating user experience issues
Once you have identified and logged user experience issues, addressing them can be challenging due to other competing priorities, especially with enterprise software.
What strategies can we use to ...
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How do you deal with personal information during usability testing?
I'm wondering what do other UX professionals do when they need to see personal information for a test? Like home address or salary? Especially if conducted at the company you work for?
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Best Way to Time Users Performing Physical Activities With Mobile Application?
I work in enterprise UX and need to measure metrics for how the usability of our future application will have improved work performance among users. The system the users use today does not record a ...
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Analytic KPIs for Enterprise Mobile Applications
We are in process of creating a Mobile KPI framework - which would cater to needs of all in-house developed Mobile Apps. What we are looking at is:
Executive Dashboard
Dashboard for Customer of Apps
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Wizard - Enterprise Application - Number of Steps
We are Redesigning an Enterprise Application (Desktop Web App) where the User needs to Create Configuration (for Video Streams (Live), Storage, On-Demand Streams, etc.,). These configurations require ...
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How to demonstrate to stakeholders that redesigning an enterprise solution requires substantial initial investigation
I'm trying to explain the value of proper research for a large enterprise application redesign.
There is some pressure to deliver mockups "to get ahead of development" but the reality of the ...
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machine-readable and human-readable text representation of a recurring schedule
We're working on an "import from Excel" feature to speed up bulk data entry, especially when moving data from another B2B system into ours.
Of the 20-ish fields we'll be importing, only one of them ...
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How do I know if my site is not using material design? [closed]
I checked on google's design site, but couldn't find a comprehensive spec on this. There are only goals, principals and guidelines. In fact, in most websites I had searched there are only do's of ...
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How much computer literacy user should be expected to have for using an ERP?
For an emerging economy where a user could be a first time
computer/tablet user and has no experience of using a system before
May not be a graduate or even pre-graduate and doesn't have high levels ...
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