User Steve Wortham

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What's the best way to highlight a Required field on a web form before submission?

forms

answered Aug 25, 2010 at 21:03

53 votes

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Activation email message optimization

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 20:23

52 votes

Common web app usability gotchas?

website-design web-app anti-patterns

answered Aug 16, 2010 at 19:32

31 votes

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Most User-Friendly Form Fields for Entering Date/Time?

website-design forms controls dates

answered Sep 2, 2010 at 18:08

30 votes

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To tooltip or not to tooltip?

tooltips

answered Sep 2, 2010 at 21:45

29 votes

Autosave UI pattern

design-patterns save

answered Dec 1, 2010 at 22:32

24 votes

Why do traffic lights have three separate light bulbs instead of having one?

usability physical

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 18:59

18 votes

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What is the important aspect to consider when deciding where windows interaction buttons should be placed?

placement

answered Aug 9, 2010 at 20:01

17 votes

How to tell user to wait for the verification email?

email verification

answered Jun 18, 2014 at 15:51

15 votes

Greater Than > or Plus +

data math

answered Nov 1, 2011 at 3:37

15 votes

How to build a budgeting interface (sum of items must equal 100)?

interaction-design info-visualisation

answered Feb 25, 2011 at 18:25

14 votes

Yes/No radio buttons: Vertical or horizontal Alignment

radio-buttons alignment

answered May 8, 2012 at 20:24

13 votes

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How much color may a UI have?

color color-combination

answered May 15, 2012 at 16:23

13 votes

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How do you control for a user's state of mind when asking for quantitative feedback?

user-behavior

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 17:09

13 votes

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What makes a good tag separator?

Choosing high contrast text color (in relation to background color) dynamically

color text contrast

answered Jun 17, 2011 at 23:14

12 votes

Best practices for online help

website-design help context-sensitive-help

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 13:56

11 votes

Why might right aligned field labels be better?

forms guidelines gui-design design-principles

answered Jul 10, 2011 at 22:12

11 votes

Is infinite scrolling justifiable?

scrolling pagination

answered Sep 29, 2011 at 4:37

10 votes

Will forcing response time to the average time as a minimum improve UX?

response-time user-expectation loading

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 19:44

10 votes

Simplicity vs. Flexibility

simplicity customizable

answered Aug 10, 2010 at 15:48

9 votes

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Standardized (web) application error messages?

error-message feedback

answered Mar 9, 2011 at 20:19

9 votes

When you hate your design and you're almost finished with it, what do you do?

website-design psychology

answered May 18, 2011 at 21:44

9 votes

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nice way to display a text message for two dates (range)

info-visualisation copywriting

answered Sep 28, 2011 at 19:55

7 votes

Should date validation allow "091011"?

website-design forms validation dates

answered Oct 6, 2011 at 13:41

6 votes

Context sensitive help for wordy user preferences

copywriting text overflow open-source context-sensitive-help

answered Mar 15, 2011 at 1:13

6 votes

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Usability testing for open-source projects?

research usability-study usability-testing open-source qualitative-analysis

answered Sep 1, 2010 at 19:29

5 votes

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Radio Button Best Practices (Answer Limit)

forms

answered Feb 12, 2011 at 3:25

5 votes

Do progress bars help completion rates?

design-patterns feedback progress-bar behavioral-economics

answered Feb 12, 2011 at 4:14

5 votes

Is it better to use a positive or a negative command for a button, checkbox, etc.?

buttons command instructions

answered May 17, 2011 at 18:40

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What's the best way to highlight a Required field on a web form before submission?

Activation email message optimization

Common web app usability gotchas?

Most User-Friendly Form Fields for Entering Date/Time?

To tooltip or not to tooltip?

Autosave UI pattern

Why do traffic lights have three separate light bulbs instead of having one?

What is the important aspect to consider when deciding where windows interaction buttons should be placed?

How to tell user to wait for the verification email?

Greater Than > or Plus +

How to build a budgeting interface (sum of items must equal 100)?

Yes/No radio buttons: Vertical or horizontal Alignment

How much color may a UI have?

How do you control for a user's state of mind when asking for quantitative feedback?

What makes a good tag separator?

Choosing high contrast text color (in relation to background color) dynamically

Best practices for online help

Why might right aligned field labels be better?

Is infinite scrolling justifiable?

Will forcing response time to the average time as a minimum improve UX?

Simplicity vs. Flexibility

Standardized (web) application error messages?

When you hate your design and you're almost finished with it, what do you do?

nice way to display a text message for two dates (range)

Should date validation allow "091011"?

Context sensitive help for wordy user preferences

Usability testing for open-source projects?

Radio Button Best Practices (Answer Limit)

Do progress bars help completion rates?

Is it better to use a positive or a negative command for a button, checkbox, etc.?