Questions tagged [usability]
The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.
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How to present two filters when one depend on the other?
I have two filters in a filter bar that are like supplier and product number. Each supplier has a list of products. Some products might have the same product number. Right now I have a typeahead for ...
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Card sorting exercise for a complex platform that is more focused on actions than information
I am working on a platform that has very repetitive information but very different actions in different modules.
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So there are multiple modules with similar clients but different actions module-...
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Should an app remember its last state after re-opening from background by push notification?
Imagine this scenario:
There's a mobile app. The user navigates between different app pages. The last page the user visits is the Edit profile form. Then the user goes to the iPhone home screen, which ...
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What is best approach for radio button where "none" is acceptable?
I am designing a section where a user configures account details and profile preferences, including adding and editing phone numbers.
Within the phone number section, the user must also allocate one ...
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How do I solve the two column layout challenge for question and answer sections?
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We have a platform where students can take an online assessment anytime and anywhere. We offer this online assessment mainly for English, Science, and Math subjects.
The students need to ...
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Hiding or showing upcoming functionalities
We are developing a data-heavy site and I was wondering, how should we present (or hide) upcoming functionalities. Let's say in a form an option which will only be available later. Or a button that ...
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Having the same form fields in two different places
I'm working on a project for an educational technology platform. Essentially, there's a set of 3 settings that are required to make an assignment a "common assessment":
1.) "Is this ...
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How to design a UI to reduce eye fatigue?
I am an operator for a large piece of industrial equipment that has a new digital interface, but operating that equipment requires staring at a computer screen for several hours to ensure that ...
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Should you use skeleton loading when you can't promise content?
For example, we have a search where users will be searching from a finite amount of content that they have generated. If they search for something too specific and get 0 results there would be no ...
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How to get insights from a usability test?
I am new in the UX world, as practice I have conducted a usability test, but I am having problems when identifying insights.
I have used an Affinity Diagram to organize my observations and come un ...
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Can I use an Infield Top-aligned label text field for a mobile number?
Is it appropriate to use an Infield Top-aligned (IFTA) label text field for mobile numbers where the country code can be changed
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Is the charging port in Apple's Magic mouse a design failure?
I have seen people bashing Apple Computer for the charging port in Magic mouse.
The purpose of asking this question is:
If this is design failure, Apple being such a huge company and credited for ...
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How to interpret a qualitative user testing feedback?
I recently did a virtual shop-along on an e-commerce site. I observed users using the site and asked questions along the way. I was able to gather a lot of good insights.
All seemed good, except for ...
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Reviewing the UI design to see if there is anything forgotten
I wonder if there is a some kind of guideline and/or a detailed analysis of an application to be sure everything works fine and help me to see what I have forgotten to design? The guideline/analysis I ...
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What would be a good UI element to give user ability to enter arbitrary text, or one of several special values?
Specific example is that we have a form which allows searching of issue tickets. One of the fields we want to allow search on is the assignee, currently this is a simple textbox.
We also want to give ...
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Braille input alternatives for people with less than three fingers per hand
I would like to know what braille input alternatives exist for blind users who do not have all of their fingers. I am interested in both software and hardware methods implemented in assistive ...
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Back button fatigue
Let's say I have two pages, a list of products "Product List" and the "Product Page" itself.
When I click on a product (e.g. a phone) I'd like to explore its variations (e.g. ...
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Sentence Link UI
Trying to include links in sentence form to remove "learn more" links. Should the whole sentence be the link or just the "view all" part in the sentence?
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Can a collapsible card have move/drag functionality?
While working on a sidebar panel of an application, I have encountered a unique problem. A user needs to create steps (think in terms of creating an online course via a builder). One can add as many ...
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Different onboarding experiences for different personas?
I want to design the onboarding experience of a project management platform that is similar to Asana or Monday for example. I want to leave an optional guide for users on how to start creating certain ...
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Editing information displayed in page header
I have a page header which looks like this example from Ant Design:
I need a way to edit the information displayed in the header.
Initially I thought of having an Edit button in the header for that ...
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Date range and predefined values, tips for userfriendly and productivity
I need to add a date range to a filter.
I would like fields being quick and userfriendly and I've thought in a combination of predefined ranges and manual input.
I mean something like the image below....
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Where should I redirect after filling a "creation" form?
HI hope y'all doing well
I have an app where users need to create different items.
There's a page that displays all the items created that as a "Create new..." button.
The user's path:
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Handling stacked item pages - Mobile
I've been currently redesigning a mobile app that handles online shopping. Stumbled onto a problem that might not be a problem, but it feels inefficient and I'm looking for maybe some different ...
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Why in some Dribble UI's User Avatar (user settings) are kept in bottom left?
Just curious, I saw in some of the dribble shots are designed with the User Avatar in the bottom left of the screens and also noticed on BitBucket UI.
Is there any usability factor for keeping it at ...
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Adding and accepting score
I'm working on a app where tennis players can add score. When a player starts playing he is starting the streaming service and invites the other player. After the game a "post session page" ...
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What is the best practice to invite user to access the web application?
Currently, I am planning a web app that will be something like Google Forms, though with a different model. I'd really appreciate any opinions you have regarding better UX and a more sensible approach....
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Fixed desktop navigation at the bottom
Navigation at the bottom on mobile is quite popular. However, it hasn't been adopted on desktops much. Is there a reason other than users know to look at the top?
Obviously, for a government or big ...
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Should data tables be sorted up or down first?
We have a table with performance data in our application with some identifier columns such as id and name and some metric columns such as revenue and cost. A user can click on a column to sort based ...
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Select value A, value B, or both [duplicate]
i'm having this form on a mobile app where i need users to select either: value A, value B or both.
it's bit of a and/or selection issue.
For now I think of the very basic solution, but wondered ...
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Table with one column that has a lot of text
I am trying to improve the UI of a design of a table that has three columns. The first two columns have one or two words and the third column has a fairly long list of items.
My first solution was to ...
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Login required after filling out a big form
Sometimes a user starts filling out a lengthy form but doesn't complete it before the session expires.
When the user returns (let's say after 2 hours), the website redirects to the login page and the ...
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Displaying 2 lines row/result in a List view and UX
I am seeing that when showing results based in 2 lines, the perception from end-users is not good or as intuitive that in a single line result (even having a slightly different background color)
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Asking users how did you hear about us - influenced my marketing
This is a step that has been influenced by marketing people.
The step is now in the middle of the user's task, interrupting them from getting a service quote straight away.
Now, because I'm trying to ...
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Placing Destructive Action next to Save option in Mac OS
Some apps (Not all) in mac OS have the menu option Save and Close presented together in the File menu. In Windows, they are (Not all apps) placed far from each other, which makes sense to prevent the ...
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Wich one do you think is a better solution for the product card of a grocery app
Which of the options do you think to have better usability for the product cards for a grocery app (Shoppers)
The problem: I need to give to shoppers a better visualization of the basic products ...
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Why is Amazon using Text Fields instead of Radio Buttons for mutually exclusive options?
I have been trying to return an item on Amazon, and this window popped up asking me to fill in the bank details. Although they have used Radio Buttons in the first line for Yes/No question, Account ...
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Is it acceptable to use the same arrow icon style for two different functions on the same web page?
In this scenario I am using a chevron type icon for left/right navigation in a carousel to move through content. At the same time I am also using the same chevron inside buttons alongside text to ...
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What was the inspiration and logic behind the Ipod click-wheel, and why did it die out
Maybe some of you have been lucky enough to use the early versions of the iPod, where we use a circular gesture with the click wheel to perform some functions, from navigating songs, to changing the ...
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Seeking a better find and incremental replace navigation UI
I'm working on a custom text editing application for a line of business app, and as part of this, I need to implement Find and Replace, and, in particular, Incremental Replace. By this I mean the ...
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Show conditional elements?
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I am designing an application with different login options.
In the settings of the application, you can turn on/off each of the logins options.
50% of the logins options require additional ...
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Table (in the modal window) with actions which require another step
I have a modal window with a table of items. Items have different statuses and the user can change the status. For example, from Not shipped to Backordered.
The problem is when yo have the item ...
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Settings check box functionality
I'm working on adding a small piece of functionality to a part of an app that contains 4 settings check boxes. I'd like to make some small tweaks to improve the UX of these checkboxes. There isn't ...
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Visually hidden labels, usability, accessibility and WCAG 2.1 compliance
I'm trying to understand how visually hidden labels fit within the accessibility and the WCAG 2.1 spec. It seems to me that as long as an input has a programatically associated label (whether that be ...
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Shall I set an expiration mechanism for a dismissible info banner?
I'm adding a new data column to a table on a back office page (the interface is desktop only) and I want to highlight this new feature by displaying an info banner on top of said table that spans the ...
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Improve the current UI library or build a new one?
I recently joined a company with a small team but not a startup. I'm working on a CRM SaaS product, which has a few years, but it's not very sophisticated (UX and UI wise).
When they started to build ...
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Offering same functionality on browse and details page?
I’ve two pages: browse (parent) and details (child).
Browse has a list of items, displaying the name and some other meta data (description, owner, upload date, etc.). Clicking on an item opens the ...
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Dropdown with - progressive disclosure with accordions vs chevrons
What is the best UX for the user? Expanding the field in the same dropdown or opening a new dropdown?
The first image presents an accordion option when the user is able to preview the content in the ...
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What's the best practice for placement of settings menu in a webapp or website?
I was wondering is there any reason behind placing "settings" alongside other menu items and placing it inside profile or some other menu? Can anyone tell me what's the difference?
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Are global gateway splash screens still a UX best practice?
I was reading about Global Gateway ui/ux design and I've found out that there are two kinds: the "Global Gateway Splash Screen" and the "Permanent Global Gateway". A Global ...
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