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 to show selected items in a paginated table?
A user selects 3 three items on page 1, then the first four on the second page, how do we show this? How is my previous selection tracked?
Selecting all items is another challenge when you have a ...
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Display hierarchical dataset in a digestible format
I have a dataset that uses has the hierarchy and breakdown of categories, sub-categories, and labels that each have a value:
Category 1:
Sub-Category 1:
Label 1: 4
Label 2: 3
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Open source projects UX designers can join? [closed]
I am willing to contribute my free time to open source projects but most projects on Github require software engineers.
Who could point me to a couple of open source projects on Github where I can ...
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Alternative to right-click on mobile
I'm working on a web app that is a recreation of a talent builder for a mobile game. It's a typical game talent tree, where you click to assign/remove points in a node, rinse and repeat to build out ...
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Voice Interface prototyping without the need to “click” or “hold” a microphone button [closed]
I want to do prototype a voice interface. Adobe XD would be the perfect fit because you can use specific phrases to trigger elements and also play speech really easy. Unfortunately you need to hold ...
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VUI Interfaces - it is learning, personalized AI?
Good day,
In reference to recent experience and check for possible affordances in scope of Voice interfaces in practise, several questions appeared that may define the quality of the service provided ...
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How to display products from various menu's in a smart way?
for an application in the restaurant business I am thinking of a smart way to display ALL menu items, both foods and drinks, from various menus. Now a restaurant may have several menu cards, so a ...
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User interface of car's entertainment systems / GPS
Being a muscle car fan, I have almost always driven older cars; I have never really paid attention to the entertainment systems when sitting in the newer ones, etc.
Recently, I'm driving a new rental ...
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Search - multiple search terms
I'm working on a mobile app that allows users to search for events around the UK. The issue I'm having is that the system allows a user to search for events in multiple locations. On the search page, ...
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Creating a “6 finger” guitar - reference request on how to create a UI for a guitar that supports more than 5 degrees of freedom
There have been a lot of developments in guitar to stretch the capabilities of the instrument from amps, pedals, multi-string approaches, fretless microtonal varieties, etc...
Fundamentally it seems ...
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Interface for users that need to fill in data for thousands of items
The problem I encounter is that I have thousands of items a day (e.g. transactions of toys that have been purchased in a store). My goal is to provide the users with an interface to fill in manually ...
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Interface examples for handling “page notes” and highlighted text comments?
I'm working on a collections-based interface (think Pinterest or Dropbox), and we're implementing a feature that allows users to add Notes/Comments to various elements (folders/boards, files/pages, ...
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Comparison table for subelements
Can you please help me determine which comparison design is better for UX?
I have documents with elements. Every element has 5 attributes. I need to compare those attributes across 3 to 5 documents. ...
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Is there a name for circles that show progress through form?
Interfaces that guide users through several steps with one per screen per step often have little circles at the bottom of the page, with each circle representing a step/screen in the sequence. The ...
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How to group the delivery slots in the checkout?
I'm working on the online grocery shop, flexible delivery option is one of its key strengths. This interaction happens as the step of the checkout process.
I'm thinking of 2 options.
A. The buttons ...
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Symbol for current, ongoing event [closed]
In my app I need to display an icon for an event which is currently ongoing. It's a forecast app for forecasters, where they can issue a forecast in certain time window (event). I'm currently using a ...
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Home or back button as first item in navigation bar?
A bit of background:
I'm in a project where we're building an android system service (meaning it will work regardless of which app is currently in the foreground) for an action bar that will overlay ...
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Is it bad UX for a form to be presented in different formats (either in a modal or separate page), depending on context?
I'm designing an internal tool in which a user, at certain points, will need to fill out a fairly detailed form in order to add a piece of content to our user-facing platform.
However, the challenge ...
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Does OS security equals “perceived” security for users?
While this question originated primarily in MacOS Catalina and its new security features, I want to know how security measures are leveled with UX options so poor in the user's vision.
Catalina's ...
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On a product list page, how far should the items be?
I have the product list page below defined and I'm having trouble figuring out what information should be associated with what.
For example:
Should the filtering group on the left be closer to the ...
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Promo code applied UI
I'm currently working on the UX/UI for a flight app. The promo has to be applied before searching as only certain flights are on promotion. Once the Promo is applied I am having trouble displaying to ...
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Library of terms for interface (interactions and designs)
I'm studying interaction design (via a Swedish uni) so am having some difficulty finding English terms for different interactions and interface designs. Terms like lightbox popup and modal overlays.
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Why do most interfaces rely on sticky top bars instead of sidebars?
Most web interfaces have the classic sticky topbar + 2-3 columns layout (just like StackExchange).
Some but few websites use a different approach and, instead, have a collapsable sidebar (i.e. ...
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When to use the gestalt principle of common region?
The image below, which can be seen on this medium article uses lines to separate various graphics, but could also use different backgrounds, which is something pretty common when designing dashboards....
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How to design interface for backups that users can restore to
I am currently working on a system for our application where users can restore to backups done previously. The current setup is that the system backups everyday when automatic backups are on. Now our ...
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Is there any term for an interface in which an application runs another application?
Is there any term for an interface in which an application runs another application? For example, one website rendering UI from other website within its frame.
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Show option is both required and previously used in dropdown list
I realize this is probably not the best way to handle the problem, but I need to shoehorn in a solution to a previously existing design - and a dropdown list was used.
In this situation there are a ...
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Why often exists a divider line between between a sign up and a login form?
Why is it needed a divider line between these two forms? Isn't proximity enough to group each individual form elements and make each a group? Or is it needed because, since they are sharing the same ...
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How can I best display a three-way toggle (show, show all, and hide)?
I'm creating a filter for a search and I am wondering how to best approach this interface.
I have a bunch of events in a database and my website displays certain events based on the user's criteria. ...
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Why most footers have a background color as a divider of section?
Why most footers have a background color as a division from the other content of the page? Wouldn't it be enough if they just used enough whitespace to separate? For example nielsen norman group:
It ...
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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 ...
