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How to visually and interactively represent deeply nested physical objects?
I'm in the process of trying to represent storage of physical items in potentially complex, deeply nested locations, let's say up to 5 levels deep.
We want to do this in a visual way that approximates ...
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Visualizing Data Hierarchy and Inheritance in a Multi-Layered System
We are working on functionality with three layers of data hierarchy, where data and settings are inherited or 'inherited' from higher to lower layers. This indicates a parent-child relationship within ...
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Favorites or Recents? Which should be more prior?
In an airlines app, when you're choosing Departure(From) and Arrival(To) destinations, ports are shown under different categories such as:
Nearby (Only when choosing Departure[From])
Favorites
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TriState treeview with checkboxes
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I have a use case that asks for something like a tree view with checkboxes, but somehow it is one step more complex.
I have a tree structure where for each node, the user can chose one of ...
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How to deal with recursive hierarchical tableviews?
There's a great function from the web that I want to reproduce in iOS and Android. I'm calling it a recursive tableview because I can't think of any other descriptive name.
For example, in a shopping ...
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Root Node design for a hierarchy/treeview in the user interface
I want to display hierarchical data in the user interface in a treeview control.
The question is should the user has the freedom to define its first root node itself.
I do not care wether a tree has ...
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What are the Benefits/Risks of Unobtrusive Global Search until active pattern (Facebook, Apple)?
Apple and Facebook recently implemented a darkening of their global search inputs until focused. Apple's default short input width - widening on focus is also interesting.
My first assumption is ...
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UI paradigm for nested layout editor
I have an application that with a layout editor, somewhat similar to the WinForms editor in Visual Studio -- with drag-and-drop widget placement, a property panel, etc.
I'm adding the option to have ...
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Designing modern Site Maps
In my opinion, the Site Map is possibly the most important deliverable for any IA or User Experience project. The structure of the website needs to be pinned down before anything else can be started.
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