Questions tagged [user-expectation]
The attitude that the user develops as a result of previous experience with similar products/service or previous experience with the product/service in question that evolves over time. Tag must be used only when there's a change or shift in an otherwise common user expectation.
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Is combining filter and search a good idea?
I’ve been struggling to design a history log. My goal is to include a search button for quickly finding specific entries and a filter option to narrow down data based on specific criteria. My main ...
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Is a 'Back' Button Necessary on the Login Page after Navigating from the Landing Page?
I am designing a user journey that includes the following flow:
Users start on the Partner's Website.
They can navigate to a section that mimics the Landing Page, which contains a button linking to ...
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Notify contributors of a commitee terms changes
I'm designing a rotating savings feature where the admin inputs a monthly contribution amount and invites a set number of contributors, who can then choose to accept or decline within a set timeframe ...
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How to Design a Space-Efficient Upload Component for Multiple Document Types with Click and Drag-and-Drop Options?
I'm working on a form that requires users to upload multiple documents of different types. Currently, our upload component is taking up a lot of space, and I'm looking for suggestions on how to design ...
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When editing information, should the previous input data be shown again?
Let's say I have a list of personal data the user has entered such as a full name with an 'edit' pencil icon beside it. When tapping to edit this info, should they be shown with blank fields to enter ...
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Newspaper-inspired website content get aged over time everyday
I've came up with a concept for my newspaper-inspired website: the idea is for the site to appear fresh and pristine at midnight, then gradually look more aged, dimmed, and worn-out as the day ...
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How to show progress in surveys with both required and optional questions?
I’m designing a mobile survey platform that includes both required and optional questions. It's very simple with a scrolling format, so all of the questions are available at once- I don't think I can ...
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What should happen when a user tries to access a page number that doesn't exist in a paginated view
If a user tries to access a page number that doesn't exist when viewing the results on a table, what should happen?
I'm referring to change the page in the url, example:
www.website.com/products?page=...
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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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When editing info, should the edit page have a back arrow or close tag?
My thinking is the close tag makes more sense, since it minimises the chance of a user accidentally going back and losing progress.
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Double expansion option for a single card
I'm trying to work on a data card and its expanded version.
I want a user to access more details of a card body by expanding
There are children entity on a card where I also want user to access ...
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Is there any difference to how users perceive tabs and buttons (button groups) meant to act as tabs?
I don't seem to be able to find adequate guidelines on how and when tabs should be used. Take these variations for example:
a) horizontal tabs:
b) vertical tabs (left sidebar):
I have been ...
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"Not finding what you're looking for" UI component on every page - where should I position it?
I'd like to add a "Not finding what you're looking for" section to each page on a commercial web site, with guidance what the user should do, if they had not found whatever the had been ...
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Can we transfer insights about user expectations from physical world UIs to online UIs?
Are insights about user expectations (regarding visual consistency and visual hierarchy) in physical world UIs congruent with online UIs' user expectations?
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Indicating scrollable overflowing content - dark ui
As one can't indicate that an overflowing container is scrollable with a (dark) shadow gradient at the bottom of the element, what are desirable options to do so?
We are looking for options without ...
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Nav Menu - Navigation & features exposure - which is it?
I have worked on both Webapps and application software for last few years now. Whenever I look up to strategize the menu for the application, there is a subtle difference and a confusion that I see ...
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Need help on quick filters design
I need help/suggestions on quick filter design. In the design shared below, there can be at max 8 filters however the things fit correctly for larger screens. But for smaller screen resolutions things ...
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Button Placement Confusions - Need perspectives?
I am currently involved in designing an application that has initial 3 steps to drive the rest of the application UI.
We have decided to follow a positions of the CTAs as left to right direction ...
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Assessing whether a feature is needed via a survey or unmoderated test
A product manager dreamt up and designed a feature. They want me to quickly find out whether users actually need it by running a quick unmoderated test.
The feature is a contextual search in a music ...
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Displaying smoothed ETA prediction or not?
I'm working on displaying the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) for an item delivery using a predictive model that evolves over time. The issue I'm facing involves smoothing the transition between ...
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Is it better to auto open a dialog/sidepanel when redirecting from an email link?
We have a situation where our application sends an email with an activation link to the users. This link redirects to the activation page of our application where they need to enter some additional ...
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Back button changes from cancel to save and exit
I'm working on a campaign management tool, and the user can create a new campaign which takes them to the creation page (a full page takeover). This full page takeover has a save and exit button on ...
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Is scrolling inside a modal bad when it doesn't look like there is more information to view?
I am currently dealing with lots of modals that contains a lot of forms. One problem I am facing is how to organize the forms, and I have implemented a mostly single column form, unless the forms are ...
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How to make text look *not* clickable
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I am currently building a textbook exchange website as pictured below. During beta testing users kept trying to click the three snippets of text under the logo ("6 books listed," &...
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Should users be able to invite and set different types of permission for each invitee?
I noticed that in Google Drive, if you were to invite more than one person, you're only able to set one type of permission (Viewer, Commenter, or Editor) for everyone.
So if you had different sets of ...
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Is this a good login/register flow?
I'm currently reviewing the design for the registration (signup) flow on a website. I've heard that it's considered a highly favorable UX, but I'm not entirely convinced. So I'd like to gather more ...
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What do you think of pop up/full screen search box?
So I am trying to design a nice header. At first, I wanted to make an expendable search box but that is beyond my knowledge. But now I think a pop-up search box wouldn't be so bad. I know that there ...
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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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Updating config settings for an individual item vs a group config update. When should i change 1 item vs all items?
Lets say we have a group of devices (A, B, C). These devices have the group config settings:
location: USA
color: blue
Now I take device B and individually change its location to Canada. Now I go back ...
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Should each month tick be at the first day of month, or every 30 days?
I am making a chart with a time axis. This axis can have yearly, monthly, dayly, or hourly ticks, depending on how big the timespan is.
For monthly ticks, I'm in doubt as to where should the ticks be ...
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Are there any guidelines for using the auto focus (programmatic focus) on a webpage by WCAG 2.0?
Regarding ADA compliance and web accessibility guidelines like WCAG and WAI-ARIA, is there a specific requirement recommending the auto-focusing of input fields after service failure error (not a ...
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How can i indicate which row was edited in a "preview changes" page?
I currently have a data table that the user can make changes to. None of this data has a key indicator since they can all be the same. My actual product uses lots of various objects/values and can get ...
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Payment method pre-selection
Here's a quick summary of the problem: the app I'm working on can have multiple payment methods added (saved) by the user. They can use them for making trips and purchases in the app. I'm not sure how ...
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Should toggle buttons be same size or dependent on text size?
I have multiple toggle buttons each with around 3-5 values. The problem lies in the text, where some buttons are much longer than others. Is it better practice to make all buttons the same size ...
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Best practice for app integrations
We have an app that allows you to integrate with Zoom. So basically, from our app, when the user adds Zoom, it will ask them to login in to their Zoom account which would then install our app in Zoom.
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Order of "female" and "male" in survey form
In a survey form, which options would be the best (user friendly)?
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When is the best moment to show an input error on a multi-tab configuration menu?
I have a configuration menu with multiple menu, tabs, and some required options. I have asked a similar question regarding this issue, but I have a more specific question. At what point should I show ...
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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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CTA in the search icon or separated search button?
The search field of this page has a text insertion, search icon, and search button. My working process is as follows: place the text and click on the most immediate graphic object, the search icon. ...
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How to present a race for the lowest score
We have an energy dashboard in a STEM elementary school. One of the pages is a competition for the most efficient building which starts at 8:00 AM Monday and completes 2:45 Friday.
We are currently ...
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Show short background processes outcome on UI?
I have a workflow where when opening the workflow, a background user authentication is done to know if user has proper rights to execute the workflow. Now the check is usually very quick (<2 ...
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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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Laymen's description of "modals" to clients
Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. ...
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Make Optional Buttons More Clickable
I currently have a UI where I have three optional buttons. By clicking on a button, it will go to another user flow and the button is "completed". Unclicked buttons are considered "...
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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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Spinbox direction hints and time relation
I'm trying to write an input widget that allows to set a timer, having visually defined sections for seconds, minutes, hours and, possibly, days.
Right now it fundamentally is a personal project for ...
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Should I redirect the user if there's only one search result, or still show the results list?
If a search results in only one item on the search results page, should I save the user’s time by immediately redirecting him/her to the searched item, or let the user see the list before moving on?
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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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Offering downloadable marketing content as the final steps in an analytics console
I'm a UX intern working for a startup and i'm building an analytics platform that offers analytics driven marketing.
The current flow essentially moves the user through analytics from high level 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 ...
