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Tagged with layout user-behavior
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Choosing between two UI variations
Assumption: I assume no user testing could be done, and implementation decisions should be made based on the logic and available data.
Let's assume there are two possible implementations of how UI ...
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Does the location of "main buttons" affect usability?
Here we have Meta Stack Exchange:
The "Ask Question" button is part of the "search results" group. Could this possible confuse users? Should site-wide "main" buttons always be placed on the header ...
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Confusing checkboxes and radio buttons
I have a problem building a certain UI for a website. I'm going to demonstrate the problem with a simple website for a restaurant chain:
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the website has many users and many restaurants. ...
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Showing order with thumbnail links
I'm putting together a little tutorial website, where tutorials should be read one by one, in a particular order. The tutorials are shown as thumbnails that can be clicked on, like this:
I want ...
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Trying to design an appropriate UI for holding 4,000 plus records
I'm new to UI design so basically I'm trying to make a simple application that displays the current population of a species and it's trend of going up or down from the previous year.
The trouble I'm ...
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Table Elements Placement
I have a web application where I need to show certain data in tabular format.I have certain queries from a UX perspective based on my diagram below :
What should be the ideal placement of elements ...
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Contest-List: Separate site or simply scroll down on homepage
My webapplication concept is all about some kinds of contests in which users can participate. Each contest has a minimal amount of information that will be displayed while viewing the list. As for now,...
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Best practice for dynamic form where user can split amount
I have a form in a web application where users may input bank operations. In this form, they have to put an amount, and they can, if they want to, split this amount into different "budgets". A budget ...
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Schedule time UX
What I am trying to solve from the above screen shot is scheduling update. With the new update "to" field is optional, and not required field and also the UI and wording is confusing as when Run Start ...
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iOS/ Android - Can we implement a popup over an other popup?
When a user is prompted with a popup to select a option, Whether we can invoke a second popup over this first popup or closing/hiding the first popup to showcase the second one??
Or any other good ...
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Should voting buttons on SE float down when scrolling?
SE is A/B testing a new solution where the voting buttons on an answer remain visible as you scroll down.
(I apologize for the running gif, it's super annoying, but it does the job).
Apparently the ...
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Multi shapes buttons damage User Experience / User Interface?
This is a question I have been thinking about in the past few days. I'm making a social app(Similar to Facebook or Instagram etc). As I started working on the design and I though of a question.
The ...
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Mobile post page - next post fly out vs. static next post
I am working on a heavy content site.
On desktop post page i have sticky sidebar that displays the next posts.
On mobile at the bottom of the page when the post is over, the read next stories are ...
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Gratuity (tips) interface for Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS)
here is our current design of Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) UI for the Gratuity (leaving tips if simple). MPOS is that device that you see mostly in supermarket when paying by card (small screen, card ...
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How to depict an OR and an AND graphically?
So currently I have this basic layout for my UI:
Where the '1' and '2' would be replaced by icons depicting a type of place (eg. supermarket/restaurant respectively).
When the user first visits this ...
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Need better UI representation of comparing two data source
Looking for good UI representation of showing differences in each ROW between two different two data source. One data source is Source Data and another is transformed data (destination) which is more ...
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Users keep missing an important page element
I run some user tests on a finished page (not the mockup you see below) and found that two thirds of the users (in a sample of about 10) miss the Back to previous page link at the top left of the page....
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Greyed-Out vs Invisible
What is a good criterion or rule-of-thumb for determining when a control should be greyed-out and when should it be completely invisible?
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Using a column based layout for text content
Text typically falls into a single column on the majority of websites - the user reading down the page. The only scroll motion therefore is downward.
I've been experimenting recently with the CSS3 ...
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Is there a disconnect between the fields of neuroscience and user experience on the topic of horizontal-bias?
Jakob Nielsen says that: Horizontal Attention Leans Left
While evidence from neuroscience, as described by Jeremy Tunnell (Product Manager for Stack Exchange) suggests that "the brain’s visual system ...
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What to do when a page's content doesn't fill up enough of a fixed area?
An application has a fixed size, i.e 800x600 px. However, a problem I often run in to is that the page's content isn't enough. It's simply too little content on a big area.
Consider the mockup below, ...
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What impacts the user's visual flow on geometrically non-traditional web layouts?
I'm interested in making pages that don't conform to the traditional layout of a rectangular grid, for example:
Using a grid of hexagons or triangles.
Placing the title in the center of the page ...
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Putting a one-page view of my website on other websites I do
When I do websites, most times I add a page dedicated only to my main website to serve as publicity and awareness..this is normally done after seeking the consent of the website owner.
The issues I'm ...
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Banner Blindness on Non-Profit Web Site With Zero Ads
I am currently considering a page structure that would include a video.
The context of the page is it is a kind of landing page meant to provide access to informational and educational materials ...
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At what point do you let users opt in to a redesign?
I'm doing a "refresh".. mainly we are going responsive so that users over 1366px width will see a large layout with bigger media objects, users below 1366px will see the same layout with a slightly ...
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"Here will be your logo" - any idea how to visually represent this to a client on a demo website?
"Here will be your logo" - any idea how to visually represent this to a client on a demo website?
We are a company offering free demo of client's website, before going for a deal.
Although, the ...
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How should the [Big Buy Now Button] in the right gutter be linked?
I'm redisigning my website and would like to know how the "Big Buy Now Button" in the right gutter should be linked. This button will be available on every page of the site.
I sell two software ...
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How do you go about convincing the stubborn "powers that be" to let you change a clumsy layout that users are used to?
How do you go about convincing the stubborn "powers that be" to let you change a clumsy layout that users are used to?
Say there was a layout in a previous version of software from years back and ...
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Does having a visually distinct header help the user get comfortable with the website?
We had an interesting but "un-resolved" discussion recently within the team regarding header design (logo + navigation links etc) for a web application. I would like to know if having a dark or ...
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