Questions tagged [ux-field]
Questions relating to the general UX field, such as career, academic aspects, its relation to other fields and disciplines, and other topics that relate to the field as a whole.
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checkout as a guest and delayed account creation
if a customer decided to create an account after a guest check out (Delayed account creation), would the order that they ordered at that time be saved in their account?
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Findability test and the length of time it takes for a user to find an icon
At a company I work for we want to find out how much time our users would need to find a specific icon in our UI. To accomplish this we plan to conduct a "Time to locate test" with users who ...
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How to incorporate a rating scale and an alert setting onto the same scale?
I am currently trying to design an app and part of the app is being able to monitor data and set alerts when the data reaches a certain point. There are 6 different metrics that are being tracked and ...
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How to account for an unknown number of profiles in an icon legend?
So im currently developing a to-do list of sorts which can be filtered by category. Both category and profiles have an unknown number since users can add as many as they want. This means the ...
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Using left, right, select buttons for up/down navigation?
I am currently designing a product which has an lcd screen and three physical buttons that allow for navigation: left, right and select. Currently, this lcd is VERY small so I have limited screen ...
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Which word is correct; Login or Log-in? [duplicate]
On which screen each of them can be used? I come across screens where it's written login in CTAs and in headers. After research I also came across screens where it was written as log-in/log in.
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Accounting too much for user error?
So I am redesigning a configuration page and I feel that our current flow is overcompensating for user error too much. Basically, when you want to make a change on a device there are four steps:
Make ...
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How to design for a table which has two different header options depending on the model
So I have a large table with lots of different column headers, lets say there are 10. Currently, under this table, there are two different model types, model A and model B. Model A uses all 10 column ...
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What's the difference between third-party surveys and follow-up questionnaires?
I know that if you want to use a follow-up questionnaire you need to use something like google forms, but I have seen in a video someone said if you want to use a third-party survyes use websites like ...
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Should UX researchers provide design recommendations?
I'm a fairly new UXR. Recently, I created a presentation deck with recommendations after testing a website. Before presenting I ran the deck by a friend who told me my recommendations might be too ...
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At which step UX writers must get involved to write UX copy for any product?
I am a UX writer and at times it gets difficult to write a UX copy in the UI design phase. I wanted to understand at which step we can be involved so that us and other tems don't face any difficulty.
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Better way to represent the text in the screen [closed]
Can someone suggest a better way to represent the text in the two screens in an Android and iOS app. It was designed by developer and I am sure we can do much better. Can we put the text inside the ...
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Should a feature be made available as a toggle button (related: Feature Flags)?
I'm designing a new feature.
It's been proposed that we make this feature a toggle that the merchant can turn on/off at their discretion.
I’m curious to know if features should be made as a toggle.
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UX Researcher Hiring Challenge Ideas
We are hiring a Senior UX Researcher to join our team and I have been given the task of coming up with a design challenge/task that the candidate will have to do at the third stage.
The idea is to ...
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Should lists of users in an organization include yourself?
We have a platform that allows access to multiple people. There are two types of roles - Admin and Member.
On the page where it displays the list of people, is it standard practice to include yourself ...
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UX of "ghost input" vs "Add" button
I've recently been noticing a pattern, in editors where you can create collections of objects (for example, in the editor for a multiple choice question when creating the possible answers), where ...
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What is best practice for sticky-navigation homepage logo; should it refresh the page or just scroll back to top?
I'm currently a fresh Chief Marketing Officer Assistant for a brand in my country. While assessing our website's performance I've come across with this problem. As you know whenever you are in the ...
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Assumptions related to PainPoints?
I am starting a simple service that helps with rent paperwork management. In this first phase of understanding the users, I bring the pertinent questions I should ask myself but also for the user.
I ...
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Did you ever had a feeling that two "Kebab" menu icons could not be next to each other?
So... I am building a shopping app and I have a slight concern about placing two "Kebab" menu icons this close to each other.
Explanation:
This is a wishlist page and user can manipulate ...
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UX Team of Two (A UX Manager & Senior UX Designer)
I am little confused with the roles of these two. What is really the difference between the UX Manager and his subordinate, a Senior UX Designer?
Currently in our team of two (2), the UX Manager will ...
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What are some design communities that I can share my articles with?
I started writing some stories on Medium and I wanted to share my work with the world, and people who are interested in design. Where do I find communities that would welcome this without me feeling ...
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Form Button Order (Save/Back/Next)
Here's the function of the buttons:
Save - gives the user an option to save and resume the task on the next visit
Back - cancel or return the previous form
Next - proceed to the next form
What would ...
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Multi-user Persona
so I'm working on a project right now that involves multi-user persona, meaning that our personas are actually families (more than one person). This is the first time that I've met this kind of user, ...
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Edit icon VS Edit CTA while redirecting the user to a different screen?
I need to redirect the user to a form which is on a different page after he clicks edit. So what is the best practise here, to use the pencil icon or edit button or anything else where it is clear ...
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Enabling fields in general section (at top) based on details selection (at bottom)
Is it bad UX to display/enable or mark mandatory fields in the general section (at top) based on details selection which is placed at the bottom?
If yes, what are the options we have in this situation?...
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How many problem statements should I create?
I'm learning UX design, I've decided to start my first project and right now and in the define stage. But I've got a doubt. How many problem statements should I create?
In the empathize stage I've ...
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Horizontal or Vertical Layout for Confirmation Screen on mobile?
Recently, I encountered this problem. There are two options for a redesign, one would be to list the information vertically aligned with its label, the other is to show the information side by side ...
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User Experience - graph and table
Does anyone know if it's a good UI -UX practice to add multiple select options inside a table?
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How to simplify the filter
I´m working on the UI of the filter page that would allow the user to filter the Projects/Assets/Sub-assets to visualize the data. We are implementing a new "sub-asset" feature which will ...
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Synonyms for Dark Design Patterns
There are many terms interrelated to dark patterns. I feel confused with the following terms:
Dark design patterns
Dark UX
Asshole design
Do all of the above mean dark patterns? If not, then what is ...
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Left aligned vs. versus aligned chat messages
I was looking for answer through whole internet but didn't find any logical solution. Basically, I'm designing something related with chat app and my main problem is, which messages alignment should I ...
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What's best practice for including correct answers in tree tests?
Let's say I'm creating a tree test to validate my IA for a grocery shopping website. When I'm creating the tree, I'm wondering if I should include the target in the tree, or stop the tree at the next ...
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How to measure where your site/app ranks in Anderson's UX pyramid?
How could one measure how your website or app scores on Anderson's UX pyramid?
My goal would be to get a clear view of the current status per site/app upon how well are we doing and what could be ...
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Recruitment for UX research [closed]
I'm would like to recruit executives and design leaders for a study, but my budget will only cover incentives. What are the best recruitment strategies that don't involve paying hefty service fees or ...
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Am I a UX designer? [closed]
Hey guys how are you doing?
I have a question.
I work in a small web design agency doing UI design, they work at a very fast pace, and sometimes some aspects aren't taken into consideration when ...
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Is Triangulation both qualitative and quantitive?
Quick question: Is Triangulation both qualitative and quantitive?
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Small UX problem for an App as a portfolio use case
I am working on my UI/UX Designer portfolio and I have 4-5 projects to choose from what to include. I will need to write about the process that I had during these projects etc. But recently, when I ...
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Thoughts of time tracker mockup [closed]
I am new to web design, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. This is a first attempt to create a time tracker. Both for manual inputs and stop watch.
So far it has no connection to a database, so it is more ...
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Good way to present wireframes to stakeholder for application concept?
For a lesson-making application, I have designed wireframes with multiple user flows to help illustrate the important features within the application (i.e user creates a lesson , user clicks and drags ...
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Good examples of governmental digital products [closed]
I'm trying to find good examples of governmental digital products (such as mygov, personal portal, websites, digital forms etc).
One of my favorites is Califonia's DMV website
How well-designed are ...
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What should be the value shown for a collapsed custom date range picker?
I'm working on a custom filter for a photo application. If the user wants to search for a photo, they can select from predefined date ranges or input a custom date range. Selecting a custom date range ...
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Video editing + audio mixing + sound design at all useful as a UX designer? [closed]
I'm pivoting away from digital content design/production (some video, mostly audio) to UX design, and wondering what the vibe is regarding production skills in UX? I typically see more graphic design ...
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Can anyone recommend the best textbooks for students learning UX and UI design? [closed]
I've just started studying UX and UI design online, but could really benefit from having some good, comprehensive textbooks to refer to. Can anyone recommend the best books for students? Books that ...
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UX in an iterative software development life cycle process?
I am aware about the iterative model of software development life cycles. However, I have been Googling around and trying to find out more about various of tools that can be used in a software ...
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News Page on a Portfolio? [closed]
I have a question regarding to see if putting a News (or recent news) page on a portfolio website is a good UX practice.
I see news pages on almost every single corporate websites, but not often on ...
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How to approach usability testing for a portfolio project?
I'm transitioning into a UX/UI career from graphic design. Right now I'm working on an app redesign for my portfolio, and I don't know if usability testing is something I can afford to do. Some of my ...
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How does your company measure end to end experiences for their products?
At IBM we have a system that measures an offering's UX based on specific criteria. Does your company produce similar reports before a major release?
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Link-buttons and button-links
I'd like to hear your opinions whether or not using buttons that look like links (text links, especially when styled the same as links) and links that look like a buttons is a good practice. I feel ...
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UX between app and Website
We currently have an app with certain features such as Timesheets and Booking holiday which is fundamental to our workers.
However we also have a live website which has all the other content that is ...
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Term used for notification on your device from a website
What would you call the notifications from a website on your laptops/desktops/tablets?
A. Web notifications
B. Desktop notifications
C. Browser notifications
