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Users pay little attention to the interface because humans are satisficing creatures. That is, they spend the minimal mental effort they expect to get away with, because that frees effort for other, m …

No, you should try and use the same navigation controls throughout. Besides the obvious advantages for learnability, shifting navigation mechanisms within a site runs the risk of implying that users a …

Yes, this will improve efficiency. For desktop users, it will mean that users who are not yet in position to use the keyboard will be able to proceed without delay (which reduces your GOMS or KLM scor …

I would get rid of border selection entirely, and show border management controls above, to the left, to the right, and below the box for each respective border. This means that you don't have to make …

This is fine, so long as: The two links share the same name exactly, so you don't imply there are two different pages, and The two links are separate (e.g. not in the same navigation menu), so that …

not worry about 'accidental clicks' providing the target sizes of the buttons are reasonable and there's some kind of undo function - I don't think I've ever seen an accidental click in a non-mobile usability …

Base your ordinals on an index of zero, and use the word "index" consistently. In the cases you outline, that means "Item at index 0 of 71" / "Item at index 71 of 71". Even if the user does not grasp …

You can hide UI controls from a higher level of abstraction when the user can guess from the exposed controls what hidden controls are attached the user would only need to handle the hidden controls …

Keep the slider, but put the 'never' selection on the right, and notch it so it appears apart from the finite values, as per the mockup below (mind my terrible MS Paint skills): This way, you can u …

I don't think this is worth doing for the most part. Typically speaking, users are abstracted away from URLs. They go to yoursite.com, log in, then just follow links. Other than that, users never han …

The way to tell users how long it'll take to get to a location isn't the crow-flies distance, it's the actual travel time. There are various public APIs that expose this information, but their reliabi …

So, you're offering users actions within a search form within a modal dialog within another host page? I think you're trying to do waaaay too much with a modal. The modal should only really provide a …

Depending on your context and how the user models the problem, you might be able to do something as simple as this: download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups

It's usually because users are coming to edit particular pieces of data, rather than their whole record. When I want to update my password or change my shipping address, I look for those discrete task …

Using the entire banner as a link is a good choice. It provides a larger target size and supports users who assume entire images are hyperlinks (I have seen this behaviour in testing). Accidental clic …