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New users choose sign in over app try-out in first use screen

Imagine... ...walking up to a storefront. As you begin to open the door, an employee pulls the door closed from the inside. The employee begins shouting through the door. Though muffled, you can make ...
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Monthly budget screen - need to take into account whether it's early/late in the month

Present their current position in time and budgets together, as bar graphs. This will make it clear that they are either over or under budget for where they ought to be at this point in the month, or ...
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Where did the 3 dot 'user is typing' feedback you see on messenger apps originate?

The three dot symbol is called an 'ellipsis' and has been used in text since at least 1588 Originally it signified a pause or tailing off in speech but, in modern times, it also signifies and implied ...
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New users choose sign in over app try-out in first use screen

My guess is that your users don't understand the function of "Continue as a new user" button and click on Sign in thinking that they could probably register there. Would you consider renaming the ...
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Where did the 3 dot 'user is typing' feedback you see on messenger apps originate?

MSN Messenger Service How do you feel about the typing indicator—“David is typing”—that appears on your buddy’s screen while you’re composing a message in chat? Does it make you feel self-...
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New users choose sign in over app try-out in first use screen

Honestly speaking, just from personal experience I'd probably click the sign in button too (not purposely of course) It's just conditioning from all the garbage apps, sites, whatever, that have that ...
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What cues can I use to nudge users away from setting extreme values on a slider?

Approach 1:- Extreme low and high values can be discouraged by color doing the slider using gradient coloring, as shown below:- Green color in the center to indicate permissible and safe value, ends ...
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Will users know a CardView is clickable?

Make the title of the workout the same as the active click colour, so that it prompts users to click on the title. Even if the whole card is active - it gives the user something to focus on.
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How to make horizontal scroll obvious?

I think that the idea of an item partially visible (sol 1) is nowadays something acquired (it comes from windows metro UI, back in 2010!). In my opinion to make it look less bugged you should try to ...
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Designing App Interface for Parkinson's Patients?

People with Parkinson Disease (or PD as it's also known) need special considerations as you correctly figured. However, keep in mind that most of those considerations are covered by special ...
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Should I be more worried about creating a consistent UI among platforms or creating native experiences?

but I fell that users would like it better if the app had a consistent design across all platforms Do a lot of your users carry around iPhones, Androids and Windows phones and use them ...
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Is it better to start app UI design for iPhone 5 or 6?

The iPhone 5/5s/se size. There are three key reasons: More people today still own the smaller 4-inch model than the larger models. That's also not likely to change thanks to the lifespan of the ...
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Use of TWO hamburger menus in mobile app

To expand on Tohsters answer, one hamburger menu is already detrimental enough so adding a second one is only going to confuse matters more. If the client cannot be persuaded to follow other avenues ...
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How to make horizontal scroll obvious?

I think Marco T's answer is an excellent solution for your first option. I'd like to offer a solution for your second suggestion Give a arrow pointing on the right and when user taps on it, the ...
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New users choose sign in over app try-out in first use screen

Are the users trying to "Sign in" using their Google account? Users may want to use their Google account for apps on their phone and "Sign in" is closer to that action than "Continue as new user", ...
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Use of TWO hamburger menus in mobile app

This is a terrible idea You're right to be suspicious. One hamburger already sucks... Hamburger menus don't test very well to begin with. Here is Apple's UX lead on the subject, and more articles ...
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15 votes

Designing App Interface for Parkinson's Patients?

My father has late-stage PD and after watching him use his Mac for the last 15 years here are some thoughts in no particular order: Assume the user can't use both hands or combinations of keys. My ...
15 votes

Monthly budget screen - need to take into account whether it's early/late in the month

Use a prorated amount to determine whether spending is under or over budget. For example, a $1,000 grocery budget works out to around $33 per day. Multiply that by the current day of the month, and ...
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Will users know a CardView is clickable?

I recently did some testing with a similar design where the cards were not tappable, only the button like your "Start". The participants mostly expect cards and tiles to be tappable IF there is only ...
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12 votes
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Showing price on legend when seats are unavailable

Showing the absence (unavailability) of a widespread and expected feature is clearer to the users, as extra legroom is a standard among airlines. It's also clearer that the app is working as expected. ...
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11 votes

Why does a personal identification number (PIN) code only contain 4 digits?

Quite an user experience question, where technology development had to adapt to real life experience, in this case the inventor's wife experience The standard, ISO 9564-1, allows for PINs from four ...
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11 votes

New users choose sign in over app try-out in first use screen

Demonstration or trial accounts are traditionally cut-down or limited versions of the full service/product. You users are probably perceiving this difference even though it's not there. I would ...
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What is a good reason to tell clients who want their logo to be always included in every screen that it shouldn't be done for a mobile app?

If the client says the logo must appear on all the company screens, even those of the mobile application is absolutely correct and of course, they are in their right to say that. But, this is where ...
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What cues can I use to nudge users away from setting extreme values on a slider?

A pattern I have used previously combines a spinbox and a slider. The slider has a reduced range that is both easily usable and useful and which also makes it easier to use because it produces fewer ...
10 votes

How to make horizontal scroll obvious?

My recommendation is don’t use horizontal scrolling. Use left-right swipes instead. Generally speaking, users know to scroll vertically, and they know to swipe horizontally. The metaphor is scrolling ...

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