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Does it make sense to visually differentiate between native select vs custom select/dropdown component?
I am a junior product designer (previously a frontend dev) at a startup so I still have a lot to learn. I'm the sole designer working on a SAAS after multiple other designers have worked on it. I'm in ...
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What are some good alternatives for using a lot of icons in software?
This is my first time posting here.
The company I work for uses A LOT of icons (100+) in every color to specify the meaning of a specific table row. See the image below for clarification:
I've been ...
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Why google material design has Import icon which is used as export in other design system?
When my teammate and myself were discussing the Import option for our application which adopts Material design Icons & Components.
We founded that there is a slight variant of the Import Icon is ...
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Should the "open new window" icon ever be the only way to click a link?
I have a request from a user to remove the link from the text and ONLY have the "open new window" icon be what is clickable for that link.
The reason is that the text is something he wants ...
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How many Options / Icons / Actions on a screen/list/bar
I face a hard decision when designing an interface for a windows fat client.
Do you have any good articles or answers to the following question:
When having a lot of options for a certain context - ...
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Alternative way to represent to open or close a dropdown?
I'm doing some animation icons for a recent product and I'm playing with some alternative to the standard dropdown toggle. Typically, it's a arrow pointing either down or up...
Is there any reason ...
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Tri-state icon convention?
I have to design a report with validated information about the data entered. In some fields I have a typical triple state.
Imagine a file. That file belongs to a report model file. When uploading it, ...
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Designing/ Using Icons for people over the age of 40
How does someone in the industry use the right icons and text together in order for age > 40 people to understand the functionality of the feature that they are clicking on. I have come up with a few ...
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The best icon for settings, wrench or gear? [closed]
While we were discussing UX at work, we stumbled across this question. Which icon is the best icon for settings, wrench or gear? We simply just need to figure out which icon is the best for settings ...
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Pencil icon for create vs edit - Is there a correct answer?
I recently faced this scenario where I had to use 3 icons, for create, edit and add, respectively. The idea is that users will be able to create documents, add sections within the document and edit ...
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What does an folded corner (earmarked page) represent to a user?
I'm designing a user interface where the user will be editing letter templates. I'm wondering what a folder corner (earmarked page) represents in UX design. Thanks!
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Defined used for the icon: three vertical dots
Is there a defined use(s) for the icon
I have seen various uses for it, but I would like to know if there is a standard purpose for it - or if it can be used as a shortcut for any function needed ...
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Most intuitive accordion action icon
There's a lot of buzz and fuzz about the icon usage for an accordion header (state changing button).
After a short research, I came to the conclusion to use up and down arrows and I was wondering if ...
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Is an edit button necessary for a row of data?
If we have a data table, each row is clickable to see more details (and is editable from there).
But for affordance purposes, should we explicitly include an edit icon / button for each row even ...
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Another word for "History/Comments"
We have an application that shows the routing history (for a workflow) of a document, as well as comments that a user might have made at any point of that documents workflow.
For example, a workflow ...
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Why was the "Airport" icon chosen to mean: "radio emissions on your device are disabled"?
I am amused as I drive around nowadays and see "Airport" icons on blue informational signs and I have cause to think: "Well, no WiFi or Bluetooth there!" That is probably what children are thinking. ...
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Removing an item from a list: Trashcan Icon vs X [duplicate]
Below I have an example image of a list with two separate icons. I am curious which one conveys the best action of removal from the list, either a trash icon or a closing x.
Specifically, this is ...
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Shouldn't there be a standardised icon for notifications?
Why isn't there a very common icon for messages which activates notifications window? I mean wouldn't it be better to place a bell icon as it better associated with notifications?
For example, ...
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Why do app icons on force touch popups not appear consistently in the same left or right spot
On the iOS home screen, if I force touch on the second icon the popup icon stays on the left side of label. If I force touch on the fourth icon the popup icon stays on the right side of label.
Why ...
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Hiding a form element behind an icon
So Inbox, by Google, hides checkboxes for multi-select behind a message icon:
I am personally not a fan of this approach, since I find it a stretch for a user to try and discover if images or icons ...
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Do users like icons on an input field?
Icons on input field
Input field without icons
Do icons really matter on an input field? Do they encourage users signing up?
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How do users like social media information displayed?
I've noticed there are three main types of social media information: text, circle and square.
Text
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Circle
http://www.rollingpinbakehouse.com/
Square
https://www....
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Icon Visual Alternative for "Keep Open" functionality [closed]
I know it's a bit of a stretch considering it's ultimately opinion (but most UX is) but I'm coming up blank on a visual concept I could use to "iconify" the functionality of "Keep Open" to the user.
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What are the best select all / deselect all icons [closed]
I tried google image search, and i see that there are many different icons for this, some are more or less customized based on the context they are in.
In your experience, which icon is most likely ...
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Which accordion Identifiers work best?
which accordion identifiers make more sense?
plus and minus
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up & down arrow chevrons
I'd be very interested to see if anyone has any analytics or proofs on these concepts. As always, ...
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Delete vs Deactivate ICONs
We are currently testing a product with two consoles: An 'op' console and an admin console.
The op console uses trash can icon symbol to delete something and the admin console uses same trash can ...
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How to indicate a control's value is pending submission
In the application that I'm currently working on, the user is allowed to make changes to a subset of data from an external data source. Changes are made using basic or custom controls such as Toggle ...
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Battery - what percentage range to use for each color?
I need to display battery with 3 colors: green, orange (or yellow?) and red.
This device's battery (like iPad, iPhone etc..) with a battery life of up to two days.
What percentage range to use for ...
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Use up or down arrow to represent "sort ascending" at table header
To represent "sort ascending" (a -> b -> c -> ...) , my first sense told me that, I should use ↓ to represent it. This is because if I lay my data
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It seems like thing is moving naturally ...
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