Questions tagged [web]
Web often refers to content on the internet accessed by a web browser.
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When to remind with “Remind me later”?
What are some things I should consider and think about that will help me figure out when we should remind the user of something?
For context: Our mobile app is basically a wine collecting app. When ...
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Problem in elementor
I am designing a website with elementor
I had this problem
My page is much larger than the frame, and whatever I try to make it smaller, it doesn't
How do I solve this problem?
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Slider and Input for same Value - Should both be tab-selectable?
I'm working on a form where users are able to select a numeric value both with a range slider as well as a numeric input. (See mockup below)
Both inputs have to stay in the form which is a design ...
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Progress for Data Table
Users are accustomed to viewing data within a data table. The problem is the user cannot complete one action until another action is completed. Is there a better way to lay this out, but also give the ...
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Web page refresh (F5) user expectations and behavior
There are several good researches on how an average user expects the browser's Back/Forward buttons to work. But there are quite few well-known good practices regarding the browser-level page refresh (...
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Position and style of back button in web [duplicate]
After studying about the 'Back' button, I still can't decide on which best suited my case. I am designing an internal portal where the content varies in width.
Button position:
A.1
Right side seems ...
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Is Cumulative Layout Shift a consideration while the page is still loading?
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) refers to unexpected change in the position of content on a page, and usually happens because resources are loaded asynchronously or DOM elements get added to the page ...
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Should we display Title of the Menu on the header even though user can see the menu title on the sidebar?
Do we still need to display the title on the header, if the title already can be seen on the sidebar like in the wireframe?
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Custom select component with filtering
Custom select components are seen everywhere these days due to the limitations of the native HTML select element. Ignoring the virtues (or lack thereof) of select components (c.f. https://gerireid.com/...
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Why does Firefox delay the download button?
When you download a file with Firefox, there is a delay for a few seconds before the button to save the file becomes enabled.
What's the motivation for this feature?
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Should console output or logs wrap when displayed in webpages?
I recently had some debates around how console/logs should be displayed inside a web page, I decided to ask people that likely know better the subject.
I tried to make a recording of vertical-...
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Should all subsites look the same?
I am building a website where there is one main site and multiple subsites.
Each subsite targets a different audience trying to accomplish different tasks. Because of that, styling and structure on ...
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“Missile launch” button pattern name and implementation?
I am curious about a specific confirmation pattern. The best way I could describe it is the "missile launch" pattern, where the user has to "arm" the button by removing some sort of cover before ...
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Recommendations about the size of an scrollable area in a mobile screen? (like a map)
There is always one time when we need to insert a map in a webpage or app while there is a vertical scrolling in the whole content. For example, imagine a web that has a map as the first element of ...
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Methods to help convince clients they need help when their UX and sites in general need a rework or are just trash?
I work with a lot of clients (especially now that COVID-19 is a big thing) who cannot understand my recommendation that their site needs to be reworked, fixed or altogether redone. They're pressing ...
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Are there any drawbacks to using tabindex to skip navigation elements and go to an input?
With a lot of sites I have to press tab ~7 times in order to get to the input that I want to use. I'm thinking that I will set the tabindex on that input to 1 so that it gets focus first. It seems ...
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Is it ugly to use centered text everywhere and if so how do I know where to put and not put it?
I am creating a website for myself and I need to know, is it ugly/weird to put centered text everywhere? If I could have some opinions/feedback on my website that would be great.
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What should happen when deleting a table?
Let's say we have a table with 10-50 rows, and 3 column each.
Below the table we have a button like empty table, which removes all the rows from it.
After the click happens, what do you think should ...
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When to use each type of delete confirmation?
So there are several types and variations of delete confirmation, for example:
confirmation modal
popover
delete confirmation in new page
replacing the delete button with a tiny/small confirmation ...
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“last active” or “recent activity”
There is a table of company records in our application which displays the timestamp of the last successful login. We assume that this is the last known timestamp when a user (who belongs to a company ...
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category name for grouping: videos, podcast, blog [closed]
I need to find a category name for a top menu on a website
for grouping:
videos, podcast episodes, blog.
I'm thinking "content"
Is there a better category to group all of those options? Content ...
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Open message in modal or in separate page?
Unfortunately I can't provide visual examples now, I hope that's not a problem.
The question is simple: we have an inbox, which displays all the private messages a user has received, nothing new so ...
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Skeleton Screen or Loading Animation
I'm designing a loading screen for a website application. I'm having two options for this:
Skeleton Screen
Loading Animation
I haven't known how to choose one of them yet due to some reasons:
I can'...
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What is the best practice to apply the card design in webpage? [closed]
I have a question in terms of the card design style as I was designing the website for a company.
Basically, I noticed that other company's websites apply card design on their website. Like to ...
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Loading indicator on modal dialog
From a technical point of view, a loading animation benefits with synchronization because user can't make multiple requests.
What are the implications of using a loading animation in a modal window? ...
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In the holy grail layout of web design why is the navigation menu vertical and not horizontal?
i am a beginner with web design, while studying i came across the "holy grail layout" and i was just wondering why is it that the menu is vertically aligned while most modern websites tend to use a ...
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Best Practice for Vertical scrolling through long collapsible submenus
We're redesigning some of our landing pages. In this case each landing page has 6-8 course categories each of which contain 3-4 courses by date, time and price.
Each course has a CTA button and is ...
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How to focus on an area / button without looking too “forceful”?
Summary: How to place a website visitor's focus on areas that'll help them see value on the rest of the page faster? It shouldn't feel intrusive, since repeating visitors might not need to see it ...
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Should a grammatical article be a part of a web link anchor
When hyperlinking a noun in a webpage (or in an application), which is a part of a longer text/sentence, should a grammatical article (such as "a" in English) be a part of a link anchor text?
I.e., ...
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WebView or open in a browser for user guide
In an android app I have user guide section, where some helpful info is shown to the user. These helpful information are in form of web pages.
So I am planning to show web content to the user. I could ...
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Is showing the same shape for different purposes a bad practice?
For instance, in this image I am using a line for both dividers and inputs.
Could there be any kind of confusion?
Maybe it's a better idea showing coloured lines, like this
Or to change the shape ...
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How to effectively get data from onboarding process?
We currently have a very basic onboarding process when signing up for the platform.
It consists of 3 screens:
Welcomes you to the platform
Asks to input personal data (Birthday, gender, city they ...
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How can I promote a child website?
We have 2 websites - let's call them website A and B.
Website A is about event management and website B is about sustainable events, so they are very similar, albeit with slightly different themes/...
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Users want to create tables with many columns and infinite scrolling rows - how do we handle this?
I have a situation where users are capable of creating their own searches on extensive data sets, using a query-like user interface. Our users come from a strong Excel background and are used to ...
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Date picker showing by week, is showing the month necessary?
I am trying to design a date picker for booking an appointment, and I think that, the most natural way of choosing a date is not by a calendar (showing full month) but by showing by week. Currently my ...
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Examples needed: a toggle that shows a higher-contrast version of a site [closed]
Can someone give me examples of a feature that toggles to a high-contrast version of the website?
I am only able to find 2 live website examples:
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/?source=post_page----...
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What's the standard way to show downloading notification to user for file downloads that require authorization in web applications?
Our web application needs to enable secured file download by requiring HTTP requests to have authorization token.
Due to this, when user clicks download the file will be retrieved using AJAX GET ...
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What is the point of hiding a webpage until load? [closed]
I have noticed that whenever I go to namecheap.com, the page loads abnormally. Instead of the gradual loading like most websites, namecheap stays completely blank for a few seconds, and then suddenly ...
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Should I guide the user in their account set up? Designing for web
So, I know that when designing for mobile dividing processes into steps makes the user feel not so overwhelmed by the amount of options/fields that are required. Does this hold for web development?
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How to structure dashboard with schedule
So, in my current design I have something like this:
I have a dashboard that has a menu with a couple different options. In the 'home' option the user can see a schedule with their appointments if ...
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Does the 980px screen width rule still stand?
I work with a graphic designer, she was asked to create a full width slider images, she asked me about the screen width, I said I don't know it varies, she wanted a number to use when designing I ...
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Need explanation how Clear input button accessibility works
I've a text input with a clear button (looks like "x"). When clicked, this button will remove all the text from the input:
The markup for this looks like:
<label for="first-name">First name&...
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Sidebar with letters
I saw this today on Dribbble.
I would like to know what the technical name is for that sidebar with letters? If one was searching Google for that, what would one type?
Also, can this be implemented ...
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Is there a specific name for these graphics?
I have been tumbling the internet for some time now. I cannot do web design even to save my life, and I was thinking to change that. I have seen a lot of these simply looking web graphics, that seems ...
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Is it common practice to use separate identical images of different resolutions for different screen sizes? [closed]
From a design perspective is it more common to use different size images for say desktop and mobile or is it more common to use the same image for each and display them in different size using css or ...
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Is it a problem if my form takes up twice as much space in web form than it does in the desktop application?
I am trying to migrate some forms from a desktop implementation to a web implementation, which should still primarily be used by desktop users.
Currently, we have a generic out-of-the-box theme (the ...
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How long should I wait before animating the navigation bar in/out when the user scrolls?
I'm currently working on a new design for a site and I've encountered a problem I've never found before.
I want to collapse the navigation bar up when the user scrolls down to increase available real ...
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Whitespace versus content
Given a larger amount of content (e.g. a table of data or a list of fields and options in a form) that absolutely need to be on a website, would it be better to space it out so that scrolling is ...
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Responsive Scheduler
I'm designing a simple scheduler in which I don't need any information except days/hours, no calendar information, no titles, no description, just days/hours.
The scheduler consist in a selection of ...
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Why are different border radiuses used for elements on same site?
I've noticed that a lot of websites use border radiuses differently for different elements. I've noticed some patterns, but I'm not sure of them.
I noticed a lot of them use completely rounded ...
