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Best way to have users validate accuracy of AI authored text without it feeling too heavy handed?
Our MVP product will use OCR to scan patient records (e.g., handwritten, faxed, digital, etc.) and uses AI to write a patient summary for healthcare providers
There are key patient data points that we ...
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Why do virtual calculator UIs (especially desktop ones) have the numbers laid out when users typically use the keyboard instead
Just curious, why do virtual calculators on desktops even have the numbers and symbols added to the UI.
Here's an example of what I mean
Windows Calculator
macOSCalculator
On desktops, the primary ...
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Should a sidebar menu have a sliding animation?
Currently we have a sidebar menu with multiple parent and submenus. There is some debate on whether there should be a sliding animation or not. I think because it is not a step by step process, so the ...
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What's a good metaphor for a simple state machine?
This is a bit of a weird question so I'm not sure it fits here, let me know please. This is a question about UI design for a video game. The question is purely about user experience, but I'll have to ...
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How to Communicate a Delay in Drag-Start Interaction?
I want to visualize a drag start delay, it takes 1 second hold before drag starts, and I want the user to understand they should keep on holding the item. What is a good practice for a ui/ux ...
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Stepper - max. item count
I currently have an annoying discussion with one of the business guys as he wants to turn a freely configurable tool into a stepper. First of all the tool don't have mandatory steps, it's more like a ...
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Export all table data when filter is applied?
If filters are applied to a table, should an export button export all the content in the table or just the content resulted of filtering?
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How do I explicity tell the user that wi-fi is required for a feature to work?
So I am designing a product which will have a list of features that affect the mobile device. The features can be split into two categories, one category will work at all times, while the other will ...
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What is the minimum size for a profile picture when used somewhere other than the profile page?
I am creating an app and want to know the recommended minimum size for profile pictures when their picture is used to show that they are assigned to something. I wanted to do something similar to ...
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How to keep consistency between 2 cards when one of the items are optional?
I am creating somewhat of a reminders feature for my app and one of the features (time) is optional. When all options are selected, I have an ideal layout with one item in each corner of the card. ...
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Is it fine to show every detail on dashboard for an admin panel or after one click?
Well, I know the fact that we need to minimize the user click. But displaying too much information is also not good. So, as you can see from the image below, we have plans and a scrollable list of ...
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How to show two different ways to update the same router? (manual and automatic)
so I am designing a webui for a router and I am struggling with organizing the two different ways to update the router. Here is my mockup:
I don't like the way it looks with two different update ...
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Archiving. What are the best practices?
We are having a debate about a new feature we want to implement. Our system has a long list of items with five statuses (Public, staged, scheduled, draft, disabled). One of the users' main problems is ...
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UI for multiclass classification taxonomies and search results
I am confused about how to present multiclass classification taxonomies to the end user on a consumer app. If an item or even an entire subcategory can be classified under different parent categories, ...
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How to communicate that something can be long-pressed (mobile)?
Imagine I want to build something like Instagram profile pages, which show a gallery of pictures, and upon long-pressing, will zoom-in, focus on the picture, and display some secondary information (...
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Repeat password field necessary in a signup page? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Why should we ask the password twice during registration? When designing a new and simplified signup page I got into an argument with a colleague about the necessity of the "...
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Nested sidebar behavior
I have a nested sidebar that goes 3 levels deep. I would like the interaction to slide left/right:
So in this example, if you click on "Jobs" in (1), (2) would then slide in. My question is,...
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How do I express these instructions to a user in the most user-friendly way?
Here I have a screen which is intended for the user to search for and outline their yard with a set of tools in the toolbar (The pen and scissor tool is toggled when tapped).
I need to explain the ...
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How do you define functional continuity/unity regarding UX?
Lately, the issue of functional continuity keeps coming up at work. I'm interested in how other UX/UI designers think of continuity when they design.
The way I've seen it, the user needs to ...
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How to engage user if some API is taking time on website or app
What are the methods using which we can engage the user on website or mobile app page where some backend API take more time to provide the output.
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Is the result of canceling a payment in checkout a success or error?
There is a discussion right now in the Magento community about whether canceling a PayPal checkout modal should be communicated to the user as a success or failure. This same question could also apply ...
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UX/UI Solution for Having an edit on one component be reflected on all components? (Google Forms Study)
I'm currently building a form editor and I've been looking at different editors (Typeform, Google Forms) as inspiration and competitive analysis. There is a specific pain point I'm looking to address.
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How to understand the technical issues while designing?
For instance, I have two designs
Design A like miller columns: Better experience, clear view, no training needed, can play however users want.
Design B like stacked layer or tree view: Best ...
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Validation without an explicit confirmation
I am currently working on an app. This app has some features that the user can unlock by entering a numeric code.
I was considering putting an automatic validation as soon as the user types the last ...
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Standard style for text that opens hover tool tip?
Is there a standard style for text that opens a tool tip upon hover?
E.g. "Learn more" text where the user hovers over it and it opens a tool tip.
Someone on my team had mentioned displaying the "...
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How to show better hierarchy for inter dependent fields in a table?
[Might be an existing question, couldn't find a better match]
User scenario
I have a list view that shows column headers ( fetched from a separate table )
User has the following ability to do.
Can ...
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What are the best ways to redirect user from page 01 to page 02 and then redirecting them to screen 01? [closed]
I am working on a feature where I have some constraints. To perform an operation on screen 01 I can't use a modal and have to redirect users to screen 02 for performing operations (As it involves ...
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Where is the best place to put notifications?
Our app currently has a Notification Center that can be accessed through an icon on the upper-right hand corner of the page.
I'm in the process of designing a Dashboard, which it and of itself will ...
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How to show a "Yes" for a negative occurrence and "No" for a positive occurrence
I am working on an internal admin dashboard for a finance company and the PEP (Politically Exposed Person) section of a business is actually a negative thing because those are the people we do not ...
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Will requiring "Enable Location" negatively affect user perception?
I'm not a mobile phone poweruser, so please bear with me.
Let's say I'm developing an app whose sole purpose is to display the closest FloridaBestTacos restaurants to my current location of Florida. ...
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Reordering a list on mobile web that is larger than the screen height
In my app users can add items to lists and reorder the index of the listitems by whichever criteria they like. The users of this app are not tech savvy, and I would like to avoid any technical input ...
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Making the user pay attention to what's on the screen instead of having him press next next next
I work on a fitness and recovery app which has an on-boarding process which requires the user to position 2 sensors on his body and pay attention to some small tasks on the screen (like put the ...
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Is the user attention required or not?
We are developing 'Work Experience' module. You can see the screen as wireframe attached here.
Scenario:
The User entered information in 1st block.
After that, he clicked on '[+ Add Work Experience]'...
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Stack or use multiple notification toasts
I’ve seen it many times before where you’re on a website and you get a notification which comes in the form of a toast, if you perform the same action another toast will appear and it will push the ...
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User interaction for interdependent fields
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I'm working on a screen where a table will be rendered based on the user's choice of "Country" and "Organization". Both these fields are interdependent and the user needs to have the ...
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Expected User Interaction behaviour for selectable tabs laid vertically
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I'm working on a user preferences settings page where a user can choose between products and features for themselves. The "Product Settings" section below is where the user can select a ...
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Multiple steps each with a tasks vs one step with multiple tasks (for the user)
I am sketching the user flow for a new feature of a fitness/medical recovery application that is using hardware sensors to monitor the way the user is performing certain fitness exercises.
In order ...
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Progressive disclosure on multi-selection interaction
I have a screen where the user can select between 3 options. These are multi-selectable. However, each option has specific settings (minimum 3, maximum 8) for it. How should this be displayed?
I ...
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Prepare a user to perform an action before proceeding to the next step
I am designing an application that allows the users to train at home.
I have a step (let's call it step 1) in which the user must be in a position in order to "sync" (step 2) with the app for the ...
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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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How to consolidate multiple versions of a download page into one?
I currently am building a bulk download page for my application, and am running into some problems designing the predictability of the main workflow for an end user.
From this screen below (which ...
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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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Sidebar positioning on mobile - review form
I'm updating a review page where users are asked to leave feedback on their recent course purchase.
Students who purchase courses on our site don't instantly get access to their course.
Some users ...
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Should non-existant files in a recently used files list be deleted without user prompt?
Say, you have this common thing of "recently used files" or "frequently used files" in your application.
It may easily happen the user moves or deletes a file they had opened recently/frequently. So ...
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Is it more common, or best practice, to design several web pages to fill out user profile data or one page divided into sections? [closed]
I notice that a site like LinkedIn feels overwhelming and clumsy to me when I'm trying to update my profile. I would guess that LinkedIn would hire some of the best developers in the world, yet it ...
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Best solution for deleting records
I'm working on a UI that contains thousands of records organized into folders.
Users will have the ability to organize these folders - ie: Delete, Rename, Give Permissions to users, etc.
I'm ...
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Conveying relationship between form input fields
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I'm working on an audience selection workflow where a user can specify certain attributes to select their audience. For example, the user may want to create an audience of entirely male ...
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Studies on item selection behaviour? [closed]
I was wondering if there have been studies on the best practices for the behaviour of a card on selection. I'm in a disagreement with my frontend colleagues that on selection, a card should disappear ...
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An icon to tell users that a button opens a modal or popup
When a link on a page directs to an external link, we use an external link icon
Ref: Should we tell users that a link or button will open in a new tab or window & how to do so?
Is there a ...
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How to represent an initial unpopulated value?
What is considered a feasible representation of a value that has yet to be loaded? Would something such as the -- placeholder be sufficient or is there something else that is better suited / widely ...
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