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Patrick McElhaney

Member for 11 years, 11 months
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12 Questions

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78 votes

6 answers

16k views

Don't hide or disable menu items?

asked Oct 14, 2011 at 13:17

33 votes

13 answers

4k views

Tab Overflow: What to do when I run out of space for yearly tabs?

tabs pagination overflow

asked Aug 12, 2010 at 12:45

29 votes

7 answers

29k views

How long should the delay be before a tooltip pops up?

response-time hover tooltips

asked Aug 16, 2010 at 16:29

28 votes

7 answers

15k views

Why does the Redbox machine have barriers around the credit card swipe reader?

affordance physical

asked Aug 18, 2010 at 17:12

16 votes

4 answers

803 views

Should an interface ever say "thank you"?

feedback copywriting

asked Sep 20, 2011 at 17:40

9 votes

7 answers

765 views

Is it a bad idea to have input fields after password on a login form?

asked Sep 23, 2010 at 13:13

5 votes

2 answers

2k views

Is a decimal comma used in data entry?

input localization numbers data-entry

asked Mar 3, 2015 at 16:32

3 votes

4 answers

21k views

How to show negative values in a pie chart?

info-visualisation charts

asked Jan 27, 2016 at 22:11

3 votes

2 answers

150 views

How to mark cells in a spreadsheet that are meant to be edited?

user-behavior design input affordance data-tables

asked Sep 23, 2011 at 13:06

3 votes

2 answers

197 views

Forgiving Format: Rewrite on blur or ASAP?

forms input feedback

asked Apr 26, 2012 at 15:50

1 vote

2 answers

2k views

Live search response time

search response-time

asked Nov 28, 2016 at 15:14

-1 votes

1 answer

4k views

Is there a keyboard shortcut to silence JAWS? [closed]

accessibility tools jaws

asked Apr 9, 2014 at 19:28