6
votes
How to perform usability studies on complex software
Your problem, as I understand it, is that due to the wide variety of tasks that customers may be using your product for, you are having a challenge in specifying tasks for your usability tests.
I your ...
- 68.2k
4
votes
How to perform usability studies on complex software
I think there's a couple of approaches you could try, both using Jobs to be Done as the framework.
1. How are users doing with the intended uses of the product? What jobs did your leaders have in mind ...
- 12k
3
votes
Accepted
I have a list of profile pictures where you can select from a default list and also add your own image. How do I let the user delete the custom image?
If setting up the photo is the first priority, it would be more intuitive to add a + mark to the icon itself.
A delete button would be provided but not emphasized, since the act of changing/updating ...
- 66
3
votes
Modal or Non Modal functionality on UX Stack exchange portal - Behaviour Confusion
The short answer is, it's a bug. Since the interaction works according to the principles of a non-modal window, and the design is made according to the modal.
In a nutshell, if we cover the background ...
- 614
3
votes
When dealing with a large data list, is it considered bad UX to make the user manually refresh to update the list?
What you're dealing with is the normal tradeoffs of design.
Ideally, the list updates itself. So in that sense, we would want the user to not have to update.
That being said, we deal with limitations ...
- 24.5k
3
votes
How to keep consistency between 2 cards when one of the items are optional?
I understand your concern about layout consistency with respect to usage, but I think before checking for functionality issues you should create a firm base framework to support it. At the moment, at ...
- 17.8k
2
votes
Accepted
How to design dependent dropdown menus
Proximity, and therefore association, can be improved by bringing the birthday reminder up alongside the date:
With improved association the "Birthday Reminder" label becomes redundant.
...
- 2,595
2
votes
How to display features that are "coming soon"
You are right that clicking a button and unexpectedly being dropped on a "coming soon" page will be very frustrating—especially if it happens with the majority of your features. It's ...
- 533
2
votes
How to quickly benchmark for a beginner
For your assignment, I would focus less on finding the right tool to benchmark, and more on the metrics that you'll want to capture and improve.
Nielsen Norman has a good 7-step process for your ...
- 12k
2
votes
Showing icon label on mouse hover only
Yes, this is the best possible way to do it without disturbing the user experience. User's are familiar with hovering icons to get the tooltip for the icons they don't know the functionality of. I ...
- 844
2
votes
Accepted
In one line of a dropdown menu, how can I show that an item is disabled with an icon?
In a progressive disclosure dropdown selector pattern like this, the Organization menu would only show available options for Model A. Unavailable options simply wouldn't be shown.
The rule behind this ...
- 12k
1
vote
Accepted
Should i show all the selected items in a data table in a popup when editing items?
Use a scroll section with a search bar. It's better than using pagination.
This image is just for reference, you can adjust them however your like.
- 116
1
vote
In one line of a dropdown menu, how can I show that an item is disabled with an icon?
Greying out the item is good enough communication.
Adding an icon might be a bit too much, you want to communicate that you can't use this item, not "you've done something wrong to make this item ...
- 1,639
1
vote
Accepted
How to make sure user on on the right login page before they continue?
I think you can auto-detect the device using media queries or device identification through User Agent. However, if this is not possible, I wouldn't complicate it much and go for a no-thrill version: ...
- 36.5k
1
vote
Accepted
What is the best user testing method to validate proposed accelerators or system shortcut concepts?
Without a lab setup and a very scientific methodology approached it's quite difficult to research this. Another thing that you could do is do some exploratory research with your users to learn more ...
- 4,508
1
vote
Usability Heuristics - any other Heuristic studies other than Jakob's 10 Heuristics?
While I asked this question to the community, I did research on my own.
I was able to find reference and material to this topic on medium in a reliable blog.
Here is the link to it
https://uxdesign.cc/...
- 1,114
1
vote
What is the minimum size for a profile picture when used somewhere other than the profile page?
From my experience, it really depends on this context questions:
does it need to be interactive (touchable, clickable)?
does the visibility of the face photo is important in that context?
do you have ...
- 536
1
vote
I have a list of profile pictures where you can select from a default list and also add your own image. How do I let the user delete the custom image?
While I agree with the previous answer that you can only USE one profile picture at a time, I have seen plenty of examples of places where users like to keep a selection in their backlog for going ...
- 3,386
1
vote
I have a list of profile pictures where you can select from a default list and also add your own image. How do I let the user delete the custom image?
You are presenting a list that's expandable forever by adding more images. This has some uses, but here it simply is unnecessary - we can only use one profile picture at a time anyway. I'm also ...
- 1,477
1
vote
Accepted
How to keep consistency between 2 cards when one of the items are optional?
I'd prefer always right-aligning the category (under the yellow disk as in the task above), also if no time is specified/selected:
Personally, for the sake of "look (exactly) there (always) and ...
- 559
1
vote
How do i let the user know the server is updating on the back end and their change is not active yet?
Assuming, block/unblock are the only actions there for list items:
I think you need to add disable class (may be only the gray font color) on that item on the list which has been acted upon by user. ...
- 865
1
vote
How to show a custom range within a default range
Try to separate out a notification range text, with an explicit label.
This way the user can just read the values pertaining to the notification. If you defined a really small range, it would clutter ...
- 24.5k
1
vote
How to informally test users’ knowledge of app’s undocumented behavior?
How to informally test users’ knowledge of app’s undocumented behavior
After the warning, and along with the 1000 partial results, present a somewhat unobtrusive note or easily dismissable popup that ...
- 2,595
1
vote
Number of testers who gave up don't match with the number testers in the path (Maze app)
I haven't used Maze before, but according to the screenshot it seems like there were 60 participants recruited for the click/impression test, and because 40.54% gave up it leaves 28 participants that ...
- 26.5k
1
vote
Accepted
Testing with different types of prototypes
It's absolutely feasible to do testing without interactive prototypes. There are a couple of good tests you could run using mockups, or even wireframes:
Five second test: You show the user the screen ...
- 12k
1
vote
Recruiting from a specialised pool of tester
Paid incentives are the easiest way to gain participants, but I'm guessing you don't have a budget for that yet. If you don't need to study non-users, I'd advise you to build a client advisory board. ...
- 12k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible