Questions tagged [interface]
An interface is the point of communication between user and system, allowing for input to the system and feedback to the user.
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How can I promote a child website?
We have 2 websites - let's call them website A and B.
Website A is about event management and website B is about sustainable events, so they are very similar, albeit with slightly different themes/...
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How to take rules as inputs from user?
I am creating an automation tool which helps users in automating various tasks such as sending top-performing products, outlets, etc. I am stuck in the planning phase as what kind of user interface I ...
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Differentiating pages/views which contain similar data
Consider profile information views for different user/item* groups.
These profile information views all contain and display similar data and the aim is to keep a consistent layout between different ...
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Best way to let user select something underneath another an object
For an application I'm developing I've been thinking about an aspect of the UI. Imagine I have an application that lets me draw shapes. I can select drawn shapes by clicking inside of them. But there'...
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monthly payment and single payment in the same place
Good morning, I'm doing a payment area, where the user can buy a monthly product and a single purchase product, the project owner demands that the payment be the same for both forms, it can be on ...
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What is the best user interface widget for ternary data?
In a form design, wizard people can define mark fields and then state how important there are. Some fields will always be in the form (for other purposes). However, for one such field a person can ...
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How can I represent something good for user and bad for the business in a graphical way?
I have this interface which is a stepper that asks user for several medical conditions. Based on the results, we have 2 final options:
if result are bad, user will benefit from the business' service
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Suitable header for search quicklinks
I'm working on a design for a site that helps users calculate how much tax they will have to pay for a given salary. I've included some quick links underneath the salary input, but I'm struggling to ...
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Groups vs notebooks
I'm working on a note taking app. One of the feature is that you can group the notes in a folder like manner in which one can create. subgroups inside groups and more subgroups and put notes/notebooks ...
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Is it ok to allow Steppers or incremental buttons to remove items?
I read sometime ago that it is bad UX if the system allows the user to remove an item (for example, form their cart) if he uses numeric steppers down to 0. Should the system allow this or stop at 1 as ...
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Should I use SVG or PNG for Xamarin Forms for iOS and Android? [closed]
If we use PNG - for iOS we will use @x1 @x2 @x3 size per image (which is just a click a way in zeplin/sketch). Android - around 5 image sizes, meaning we have to maintain 8 PNG images per graphic ...
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customer selection: find or create
I'm working on a form to create offers for our customers. Sales is currently creating loads of duplicates because the search performance is poor and they are rather hitting the create button than look ...
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What are pros and cons of showing header in login/register pages?
As far as i remmeber, i have seen header(contains logo and site menu) in login page/register page. Sometimes i haven't seen them. On what facts it is done?
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How to add other info to main page of mobile app?
This is what our app looks like:
For each row I would like to add the amenities for the particular gas station (ie. "parking", "bathroom", etc). For example, "Rocket Fuel" has parking, bathroom, and ...
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I am developing a food applcation for hungry and needy people please suggest me name for application [closed]
Please suggest me names that shows application is for hungry people food.
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Preview of an widget setting in a modal
I got this problem with setting up the modal for a widget preview.
Lets say I want to edit a widget and Im opening modal with the widget settings.
The problem is, the preview makes the whole modal ...
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Why can't you copy and paste files in FTP software?
This is something always bothered me, and a simple search on Google shows millions of results on the subject, so it seems to be a real issue: why can't you do simple file operations such as copy+paste ...
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Why is there a small gap between the usb port and laptop skin? [closed]
I've noticed a small gap between the point the USB port starts (metal part) and the external surface of the laptop or PC. You can clearly see it in the picture. . Thanks
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How to design navigation/interface for multiple input dashboard
I'm working on an update to an app with a dashboard. The dashboard has three "inputs", if you will:
a location (defaults to the root location for the app) from a
predefined set;
a specific year of ...
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Best compact way to indicate a range of possible results determined by dice rolls?
I'm currently adapting a board game into a video game. In the original rules, dice rolls are indicated as # + #. The first number indicating the number of dice to roll and the second indicating what ...
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Is “UI Event logs” a thing?
working on a "Google/AWS Cloud management console" style web-app where I need to "make UI better".
I recently noticed a pattern in zocdoc app where if you click the arrow on date selector 5 times, ...
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Type of screen/UI pattern?
What is the common name for this type of marketplace browsing landing page?
I'm looking for inspiration for the UI (and interactions patterns) for this type of screen - a marketplace landing page ...
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Does the quality of a web interface generally degrade with the growth of market share of the business behind the web site?
I have this observation of mine, that good (usable) user interfaces on the web are usually at their best upon the launch of the web site and some time after that, and then, as soon as the business ...
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Walkthrough to explain unusual information
I am designing a medical application related to physical rehabilitation and I have hit a wall.
I have several screens in which the user will do several physical exercises - their rehab training. The ...
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Telling the user what to do in specific step of the form
I have a form in steps, The user should fill the required data in each step to be able to go to the next step and this is working fine.
But there is a step that some users don't know what to do in ...
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How to display a user’s score overview when values often tend towards the maximum?
At the end of the day, my users get a score ranging from 0 to 100 depending on how healthy their meals were. 100 being the perfect score, most users following a healthy diet get more than 80 every day....
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Does changing colors to visualize different categories make sense?
In order to show more information in as little space as possible I thought of changing the gradient that's underneath depending on the category of the ad. Purple to pink gradients show services and ...
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How to design simulation of a user interface for UX/UI evaluation? [closed]
I want to design to a simulation of a User Interface for usability testing, e.g. the User Interface of the Car showing speed, rpm, and other indications. I may want to stop the simulation after a set ...
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Need an interface for rapid selection without losing focus on primary task
In my application, the user needs to listen to a transcript of a conversation while taking notes. But the user ALSO needs to be able to indicate in some way when the speaker changes.
I have the note ...
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Keyboard Shortcut For “Delay”
I'm currently building a web application which does task management.
A very common function is to "delay" the current task, which means it will be postponed until some point in the future. There's ...
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Displaying Opening Hours
I'm designing a website for a client that has some irregular trading hours. Some days they remain open until 2am, others they close at 10pm.
They want these hours displayed on their landing page, so ...
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How do I call this type of UI widget?
I designed this but what would be a proper name? Data-table, info bar, list?
When you click on each item of the list, it displays information on the right side. Programming wise it was not done as a ...
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How to make an inheritance relationship understandable?
In my educational game application, there are teams and the players on those teams. Historically, players could play any game they want (classic mode), but now I'm implementing a feature to limit the ...
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How to facilitate multiple options whilst emphasizing 1 option in particular?
In this screen we have six options which can be toggled to suit the users preferences. All of these preference options are necessary to the product.
However, in 90% of use cases the users will only ...
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What is the name of this control?
Can anyone suggest a name for this control?
It's designed to display nested hierarchical data, in the same manner as a TreeView control. However, unlike a tree, it can only expand one "branch" at a ...
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What would be the reverse of 'Read more' on an expandable/collapsable block of text?
I'm currently working on a page which features a block of text. This block of text can differ in length, depending on the users search term. On mobile I've decided to truncate the text and include a '...
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Filters to show books including genres & excluding genres
Scenario:
A website has a list of ~10,000 books
A user would like to discover a book they might enjoy via genre (there are 15 to choose from)
He ticks a checkbox to show only books that include the ...
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Representing different level of interface in an app
I have one app which populate interface based on the choice of user. User has exactly three options to choose level of features/complexity/difficulty. My question is what would be the best approach to ...
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ERP system for staff admins - managing complex information tree
I'm re-creating an internal ERP tool to manage user license, sales and customer information for a desktop 3D cad software. So something similar as an admin portal for Autodesk employees to manage user ...
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Should add and remove actions have the same style?
I have a prototype with the following icons. Add button and remove button are different. Do you think that this is the best approach? Or would you use the same style for the buttons.
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Multiple filters for different reports
I am building a user control where the user can set a bunch of filters and then display a report based on those filters.
Example of reports:
sum of sales grouped by customer,
detailed list of ...
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Hide long text in table but keep access to it
I'm trying to cut a long text in a <td> but keep access to the data inside it. Maybe like on mobile by clicking and dragging inside the area.
I've done a post on stackoverflow for more details.
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Best way to organize search form interface?
I have tab in my application where users can search Accounts. Account table has two different type of accounts, User and Staff type. User type is one that have username, password, etc. Staff only ...
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Portfolio versus Archive
I'm redesigning a website for a client with a fairly large archive of metal work (staircases, railings, furniture) containing over 1,000 items. They want to be able to access the archive to help ...
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Converting from 2 year capture to 4 years without a 100 year?
Any tips on how to capture a full year age when converting from two years to a four year digit? Without asking for manual input?
The problem I think lands specifically for a 100 year age.
E.g. if ...
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Science/Evidence based guidelines on number of character for alert messages?
I'm designing a design system for multiple web-based app to manage customer license and account. I'm trying to set a character limit for these messages.
The company has culture of being verbose, and ...
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How to reduce ambiguity between the use of 'Remove' and 'Delete'?
This question came up while I was reviewing some UI design concepts. I was thinking about what the difference is between the word 'Remove' and 'Delete' in an application that is used for creating and ...
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What effect does interface change have on user behavior?
I drive past a gas station every day that displays its gas prices using cards. I don't know whether the attendant has to manually change the cards every time they change the price or whether they have ...
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How they are able to interact with virtual world without having to wear or hold any VR device in Mixed Reality? [closed]
I watched this video about an Interactive Mixed Reality game show and I would like to try out mixed reality in Unreal. I noticed they don't use any VR headset or using any handheld device to interact ...
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What are components more important in a Login interface - System?
I made a system web for administration information and my customer solicit me a interface elegant and professional and like he is a people older and he doest not knows a lot about how to workings ...
