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Tagged with user-expectation usability
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What is the use of Google’s "Google Search" Button?
I'm sure whenever we used to type a keyword in the search bar of Google, the Google changes its search bar UI and the search button become useless in the home page.
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Why do most microwaves open from the right to the left?
Why do all of the microwaves that are used in our houses opening from the right side to left side? I've never seen any that do the opposite. I called LG company and asked them why and I got an answer ...
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Is it safe to assume everyone uses / has mouse wheels?
Is it safe to assume all users are aware of using the mouse wheel to scroll and that all users have a mouse wheel on their mouse?
I'm hoping to implement a scrollbar which stays hidden even when you ...
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What text should be used for an insertion button? "Create", "New" or "Add"?
Whenever I have been designing interfaces, I always wonder if I should name the button Create, New or Add. I have never decided and stuck with one and would like to get an explanation on what use ...
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What's the rationale behind Google's "no save" approach?
Before anything, this is something I'm seeing on several sites, not only Google, but I think it started with Google, and it's obviously the most known case. There are several UX aspects quite arguable ...
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Facial recognition - Given the context, should the user be made aware of the process?
We are designing an application for iPads that are stationed in tech support areas. We have implemented a facial recognition capability, so that when you tap a button it begins analysing your face and ...
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Display an overdue task on task list
I currently have a task list (displayed below) that I want to convey a way to represent that it is overdue. I don't want to add too many icons such as warnings etc, so I figured the best way may be to ...
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Google UX flaw? switching placement of Videos and Images
Google offers the possibility to search for several different types of media/information: Web, Images, Video, Maps, etc.
Lately I noticed that these choices for other types of information is being ...
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Text Field Validation vs Prevention
I've been having a debate (mostly with myself) over the best approach to deal with invalid input in text fields -- validation versus prevention.
Taking a numeric text field as an example, is it ...
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Another way to show a sub-row in a table?
I'm trying to determine a way that shows sub-rows for a table. Typically the indentation of the row means that it is a sub-row of the parent.
The table can have a single row of children from the ...
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Should I specify type of downloadable document?
On my personal website I have an "About" page. At the top of it there is a "Download CV" link.
Should I put the type of the document in the brackets like "Download CV (PDF)"? Does the lack of ...
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Why does the cursor type vary?
All applications in Mac OS and their web interfaces on iCloud vary with their cursor type. My question is for the same apps, why does the cursor type vary between the OS and Web?
Please refer the ...
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Evidence for using "Do not show again" on modal/popup advertisements
We have a modal/popup advertisement that appears whenever the user logins to their account and currently I added a "Do not show again" checkbox next to the ad so that it won't appear every ...
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In a large list, should the filter and search be combined or separated?
I am dealing with a large list of items which can be filtered as well as searched. For the user, I think it would be better for the user if search was a global search for every list item, but I am not ...
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Double click to edit the row in a table or edit icon
I have a dashboard with a few tasks in a laboratory application, and each task has a large number of data displayed in the data grid. I need to implement the edit functionality of a record. What is ...
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Minimum Maximum slider - Usability best practice
I'm developing an iOS mobile app for slowing down/speeding up videos.
After some research and intuition I've decided to choose a Slider as the responsible UI component for the video speed change. The ...
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Default filtering behavior: Everything displayed or everything hidden?
We have a selection field on our website. And today we had a discussion at the office about our filter options when the user is facing the filter options for the first time.
Option A
No filters are ...
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How to improve the user experience of an illustrated map?
Are there any recommended suggestions to improve the interaction cost for an illustrated map? More precisely, any time a user clicks on a "point of interest" and then goes back to the map, all items ...
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Is it bad practice to disable (replace) the context menu?
I'm working on a web platform where users can select/highlight text and perform selection-specific actions on the highlighted text. The current implementation shows a custom context menu on selection (...
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'More Info' button vs. Making the entire table row a link
I have a large table (14 columns) on my site. I want each row to link to a different page. What is the best way to let a user know that clicking a row will take them to a page related to that row?
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How to force user to select a location and not simply type it?
Let's suppose this simple form:
So, the user is expected to enter the keywords of the meeting's full address.
While typing, suggestions are displayed (autocomplete feature).
Here's an example: ...
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Should marking a chat message as spam automatically ignore the user?
Two typical features of chat rooms are, the ability to ignore another user (hide all of their messages) and to mark a particular message as spam.
Should marking a user's message as spam automatically ...
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Branding and Red color
I making a web service prototype and design, this service designed for internal use (something like CRM). Main branding color of our company is Red (like #d50000). But red is almost always used for ...
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What is the logic behind delete other-end chat?
I am design a social network site. One of the most important feature of site is chatting.
But I have no idea that should I give feature to delete messages including other end too. (Eg: If A send a ...
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Graphs - Contrast b/w colors are eye soothing colors
I have recently had a chance to work on graphs and charts, and I'm facing a problem when there are a lot of bars in a chart or stacked bars in a graph.
Should we consider going with eye soothing ...
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How to design a rating scale for only positive entries?
Would love to get some thoughts on this: I am working on an app that will allow users to rate their entries, e.g., on a scale from 1 to 5. The UX challenge, however, is that all entries are positive (...
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OTP Verification - Which approach will lead to better and consistent UX? (Screenshot included)
I'm designing a screen for OTP verification. The design looks similar to this. Taken from here
My questions are,
Should I auto-verify the OTP when the user has entered all the 6 digits or Should ...
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Are shoelaces replaceable by more usable alternatives? If so why are they still so common?
Compared to alternatives like velcro (which have been around for quite some time) or mechanisms that allow you to tighten shoes with a twisting mechanism (as seen on some of the football boots), ...
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Is it better to mix 'km' and 'm', or just stick to km and one way of displaying data
I have a list of distances in a dropdown, as in the examples below.
Is it better to stick to km across the board, eg:
0.1km
0.5km
1km
3km
5km
10km
50km
100km
200km
or to use m for the smaller ...
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Linking a parent section link straight to child section
I have a parent section titled "Campaigns" with two children sections titled "Rules" and "Results". When the parent section is clicked in the drop down on the right (please forgive the rough ...
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Maximum size of a summary?
Situation
I am making a website which purpose is to sum up (including all spoils) books, video games, series etc ... The goal is for people to catch up with the story if :
They didn't play the last ...
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How to distinguish Time-bound vs One time events in a timeline
I'm working on a 'Timeline' component, where there are two kind of events that need to be represented:
Time-bound events: An event that has a fixed start and end time
(for example a meeting)
One ...
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How to deal with superfluous numbers in input text fields?
I'm working on input textfields for lab assistants, e.g. a textfield to enter a temperature value (in a custom designed UI, not a web-site). Users don't have to enter the Celsius or Fahrenheit unit, ...
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Should external link open in same tab or new tab? [duplicate]
What is best case scenario for external link to open in new tab or same tab? and Why?
When do we use external link? Is it when the data is linking to some external page other than your existing page.
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What would be a reason to scramble posts' dates during copy-and-paste (as Facebook recently started doing)?
As a UX engineer, I try to stay current with best practices.
I noticed that Facebook recently changed their HTML to be scrambled for the datetime of a post.
I'm wondering why that would be a good ...
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Full screen modal vs normal modal?
What are the advantages of using full screen vs normal modal? I've seen sites like Airbnb & Slack use white full-screen overlay. How does it impact usability? Are there any advantages for using ...
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Are websites that scroll up good UX?
I was surprised to see a website that scrolls up. AiMEN website has scrolling from the bottom to top.
When I first visited it I scrolled down and nothing happened, I didn't know it scrolls up and ...
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Anything I could do to improve my sign up form?
So I think that I'm finally at a point where I can say that my sign up form for desktop users is pretty much done.
I've tried to make it user friendly at first sight by keeping it as short as ...
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Show/hide actions when the user doesn't have permission
I'm working on an App where users can see or edit an image.
My question is about user permissions and what to show to the user.
Users can have view only or view and edit permissions.
I have 3 options ...
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Using pop up or modal for mobile/tablet a good practice? If yes, why? If no, what are alternative options? [duplicate]
In what cases should pop up and modal should be used? What are the best and worst case scenario of using pop up and modal?
In mobile/ipad version which option is most suitable option & why?
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Whats a good way to show that a user gets a free coffee in a loyalty app?
I am designing a loyalty card iOS app where users would get a "Stamp" for each coffee and bread purchase. Once the user has 6 stamps, shown with darker filled icons, the seventh would be for free. In ...
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"Inclusive/Additive" vs. "Exclusive/Reductive" filtering - How to differentiate?
I'm working on an HR application where admins can define the scope of a user's role based on their location and organization. So as in the example below, a role may be limited to the "Los Angeles" ...
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Top-down hamburger menu / is it a cool experience regarding my application?
I own an application managing some meetings (conceptual example).
Of course, my website is responsive so that it's fully usable on mobile devices.
Before showing some screenshots of my navigation ...
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Is a low priority higher or lower than no priority?
Let's say you can assign priority to a list of items where the priority can be either of: 'High', 'Medium', 'Low' and no priority set
Would you consider 'low' priority higher or lower than no ...
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Amazon's Website Search Bar
Before
After
Did you notice the change in the results being shown in the drop-down?
In the first image, only last words are highlighted in bold but in case of the second image the moment user keys ...
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With link and button side by side, and the link is the more important action, how can I SHOW that it's the more important and frequent action?
In this question I asked about the appropriate label for viewing/editing an item in a list.
I settled on a different solution than any there given - that of using a link for the viewing/editing, and ...
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Is it a weird user experience to add parameters to a url just for internal tracking?
I have an internal request to add parameters to the url like ?from=productPage&searchTerm=[term] so that pages can be tracked for analytics. This feels like a weird smell to me, especially as the ...
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Which is a a better Date Format "1991-11-01" OR "1991-Nov-01" i.e. "YYYY-MM-DD" OR "YYYY-MMM-DD"
In my application, I am showing dates to users in different ways:
Option 1: In a table format, where user scans the table to see the when certain activities were done.
Option 2: As customer's ...
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How to declutter a mobile app home screen with a floating “Create Video” component?
I am developing a mobile app focused on encouraging users to create videos. To keep the “create video” option always visible, I have implemented a floating “Create Video” component above the home ...
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How to best filter data with multiple toggle buttons?
We have a web app that displays a list of items as tiles. Each item can have zero to many 'tags' which can be used to filter items using a row of toggle-able buttons at the top of the page. There will ...
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