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4,127 | <p>I have a CMS site with Content Library where on pagination I show all the contents with pagination with each page showing 10 links. like.</p>
<pre><code><<First <<previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next>> Last>>
</code></pre>
<p>I have this space restriction. things go fine until we land on a pa... | [
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```
<<First <<previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next>> Last>>
```
I have this space restriction. things go fine until we land on a page where page number is like 1000 or 1500. There e... | The [highest voted answer](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/789/pagination-best-practice/793#793) in the question linked to by the other answer suggests collapsing all the page links into an input field. I've seen this, but **scrolling a list and clicking a page number is a mouse-oriented activity**, so I've neve... |
4,199 | <p>I have a dataset with the following record definition, each of the translation property-sets are optional but at least one should be entered.</p>
<ul>
<li>Product
<ul>
<li>id</li>
<li>price</li>
<li>translations
<ul>
<li>english
<ul>
<li>name</li>
<li>description</li>
</ul></li>
<li>french
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<li>name</li>
<li>de... | [
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"text": "<p>Why not add an own column for the language? That way users could filter data by language if they don't need to see but a spec... | 2011/03/22 | [
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* Product
+ id
+ price
+ translations
- english
* name
* description
- french
* name
* description
- dutch
* name
* description
- ...
What is consi... | Why not add an own column for the language? That way users could filter data by language if they don't need to see but a specific language(s). |
4,302 | <p>I'm making a mobile app for searching an extremely large dataset (trademarks) that have each been tagged in one or more of 45 categories. (E.g., "Budweiser" might be tagged in both clothing (t-shirts), and beer.)</p>
<p>I'm not sure how to best design the UI for the user to create a "filter" of a set of categories.... | [
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"text": "<p>I'm not sure what you mean by clunky, but I think that with 45 items you're going to have too much scrolling h... | 2011/03/29 | [
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I'm not sure how to best design the UI for the user to create a "filter" of a set of categories.
My think... | If the "one category filter" is most common, and multi-category filters are rare, you could optimize for that. Schematically:
```
Filter categories:
Clothing >
Cosmetics >
Add another... >
```
The advantage is that in common cases of small numbers of filters, it's very easy to see the 1 or 2 filt... |
4,308 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4727/are-share-this-buttons-really-effective">Are 'share this' buttons really effective? </a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Many websites include 'sharing buttons' (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) on their websites... | [
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Are 'share this' buttons really effective?](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4727/are-share-this-buttons-really-effective)
>
>
>
Many websites include 'sharing buttons' (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) on their websites these days. I'm wondering if anyone has pointers to statis... | If the "one category filter" is most common, and multi-category filters are rare, you could optimize for that. Schematically:
```
Filter categories:
Clothing >
Cosmetics >
Add another... >
```
The advantage is that in common cases of small numbers of filters, it's very easy to see the 1 or 2 filt... |
5,119 | <p>I am building a form that requires users to enter in their DOB. What is the best practice for this? I have identified 3 basic options:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Free Text Field</strong> Users are able to enter day, month and year in a free text field. During UT, I noticed that this caused some minor
issues with users... | [
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"text": "<p>When using a datepicker, you can tune it a bit based on your users. If your site requires at least age 18, you could have ... | 2010/04/21 | [
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* **Free Text Field** Users are able to enter day, month and year in a free text field. During UT, I noticed that this caused some minor
issues with users entering "81" instead of "198... | We use a simple, single text field with an example instruction, just like Bennett suggests.
```
Date of birth |________| (example: 31/5/1970)
```
However, we also add another element onto the page, which we call a Field Reflection pattern. The form takes whatever they entered into the field, and then **dynamically p... |
5,526 | <p>I'm working on a wizard-esque form that will have multiple steps. I'd like to show that you've finished a step.</p>
<p>The catch is that we don't want to give the end-user the impression that the step is also valid yet, as the validation isn't happening until the last step. It may be valid, it may not be, but the s... | [
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"text": "<p>When it comes to the User, I don't believe you can differentiate between \"complete\" and \"valid\". Complete is complete. ... | 2010/07/30 | [
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The catch is that we don't want to give the end-user the impression that the step is also valid yet, as the validation isn't happening until the last step. It may be valid, it may not be, but the step is com... | When it comes to the User, I don't believe you can differentiate between "complete" and "valid". Complete is complete. Filled out, valid, items attached, user authenticated, whatever.. from the User perspective.
I'm also not a fan of validating a series of screens all at the end. Studies we did showed users got frustr... |
5,664 | <p>What would "better" text for buttons that select all items in a checklist: </p>
<ul>
<li>"Check All" / "Uncheck All"
<li>"Select All" / "Unselect All"
<li> or perhaps other text
</ul>
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* "Check All" / "Uncheck All"
* "Select All" / "Unselect All"
* or perhaps other text | This might be one of those things that we can over think to death. In the end, might be best to pick one, get it out there, and just test it.
FWIW, I like something akin to this:
```
[ ] item
[ ] item
[ ] item
--------
[ ] select all
``` |
5,877 | <p>I have a login form and a register form on my website in this format:</p>
<pre><code>Username: [ ]
Password: [ ]
Email: [ ]
</code></pre>
<p>There are multiple ways to approach informing the user of invalid register data:</p>
<p>1) If the user inputs an invalid username change the Username... | [
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```
Username: [ ]
Password: [ ]
Email: [ ]
```
There are multiple ways to approach informing the user of invalid register data:
1) If the user inputs an invalid username change the Username label from black to red.
2) Add... | Read [Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks](http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp) by Luke Wroblewski. I think it will help you work through all the questions and considerations you have and make decisions based on data Luke provides in the book.
Do your own user research too to find out what kind of er... |
6,101 | <p>I have a need to allow a user to select x of n from a list of elements. The specific example is 9 elements out of perhaps 20.</p>
<p>This would be in the context of a settings context (rather than a form one would be filling out).</p>
<p>What I've come up with thus far. Option #1:</p>
<p>List screen:</p>
<pre><c... | [
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This would be in the context of a settings context (rather than a form one would be filling out).
What I've come up with thus far. Option #1:
List screen:
```
item 1 >
item 2 >
item 3 >
item... | Probably you should go with simple checkboxes and have a counter on top/bottom of the screen (near the submit button will be the best).
```
[ ] item 1
[ ] item 2
[x] item 3
[x] item 4
----------
2 of 9 selected
```
Another solution could be a kind of a basket of limited size where you put selected items by dragging... |
6,122 | <p>If I want the user to select one or more items the HTML symantecally correct form element would be <code><select multiple></code>.</p>
<p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/adamzr/vuXwG/" rel="noreferrer">So the code would be:</a></p>
<pre><code><select multiple id="sel">
<option>Option 1</optio... | [
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[So the code would be:](http://jsfiddle.net/adamzr/vuXwG/)
```
<select multiple id="sel">
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
<option>Option... | In short: No, average users don't understand that.
You could either just show all options with checkboxes or try something fancy like a dropdown with checkboxes ([example](http://www.omegawatches.com/watchfinder), see features dropdown). This would have to be tested though.
Hope that helps, Phil |
6,152 | <p>What is best way to represent empty value inside table of rows with some optional columns?</p>
<p>'', empty, N/A, -, -------- (number of allowed chars), any other advice?</p>
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'', empty, N/A, -, -------- (number of allowed chars), any other advice? | **Do you want to draw the users attentions to the lack of a value?**
---
If **Yes**
```
"N/A" or some kind of graphic in a distinct color would be best.
```
---
If **No**,
```
You need something that is not visually distracting but is still easy to read.
```
The "easy to read" part can be tricky. An empty ... |
6,165 | <p>Suppose I open up a web site and near the bottom there's a pager to navigate trough a list of items which is presorted and ordering cannot be changed. What approach do you think will be better (<code>[</code>this<code>]</code> is the current page):</p>
<pre><code>[42] 41 40 39 ... 1
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><... | [
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```
[42] 41 40 39 ... 1
```
or
```
[1] 2 3 ... 42
```
I personally see this as follows... | If you are going to use page numbers, then you should be displaying them in the order that users are expecting to see them; i.e. starting with 1. If you start with the last page number, all you are bound to do is confuse your users.
It doesn't really matter if the content on your specific "index" pages remain the same... |
6,244 | <p>I mean something like:</p>
<pre><code>< Back to Venue
</code></pre>
<p>I am working on a new site, and during my wireframing stage, I pondered whether I should include them or not. I know it makes a lot of sense for mobile websites, but I am talking about non-mobile websites where people have a back button.</p>... | [
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```
< Back to Venue
```
I am working on a new site, and during my wireframing stage, I pondered whether I should include them or not. I know it makes a lot of sense for mobile websites, but I am talking about non-mobile websites where people have a back button.
Do you all use them or not? | It depends on context. In a shopping cart, I wouldn't use a 'continue shopping' link because really, what the hell does 'continue shopping' mean? Go back to the page I was at before this? Take me to the home page?
But if I were say, building a job board, I would include a 'back to listings' link at the bottom of an in... |
6,709 | <p>Are there any types of usability metric that are particularly well elucidated by eye tracking studies?</p>
<p>I know that they are:<br>
-very good at discovering visual attraction of page elements<br>
-very good at uncovering gaze behaviour; scattered or random</p>
<p>have you used eye tracking and what did you fi... | [
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I know that they are:
-very good at discovering visual attraction of page elements
-very good at uncovering gaze behaviour; scattered or random
have you used eye tracking and what did you find of most benefit?... | Here's an interesting chart from Nielsen's site:
>
> To better understand when to use which
> method, it is helpful to realize that
> they differ along 3 dimensions:
>
>
>
> ```
> - Attitudinal vs. Behavioral
> - Qualitative vs. Quantitative
> - Context of Website or Product Use
>
> ```
>
> The following char... |
6,749 | <p>I have the following problem. I need to provide an interface for users inserting/editing "mappings" in a database.</p>
<p>A mapping is a record as such:</p>
<p>[Field A, Field B, Field C] --maps to--> [Field X, Field Y, Field Z]</p>
<p>At the moment I am using a grid as such:</p>
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A mapping is a record as such:
[Field A, Field B, Field C] --maps to--> [Field X, Field Y, Field Z]
At the moment I am using a grid as such:
```
1 Field A, Field B, Field C, Field X, Field Y, Field Z ... | * I had to do something similar for mapping virtual channels in an ATM switch.
Adapting this to your situation:
* **Check-as-you-go:** Remove the restriction of all rows changing together by working on a shadow table. This is the only sane way to make your warnings and error messages be timely and make sense. When ev... |
6,784 | <p>A piece of software that I'm updating uses some incredibly long labels, but due to the nature of the software (taxes and payroll) this seems unavoidable at times. On some pages, maybe 50% of the labels look like this in the current implementation:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lCvpr.png" alt="current l... | [
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To make t... | When I was involved with tax software (not in the US by the way) we also had a huge variety in the length of the labels. We dealt with it by adopting a two-column approach. One column for the labels and one for the answers. So the answers would always be at the same distance from the left edge and long labels would wor... |
6,859 | <p>I have a list of items in a database and i display 10 items with some additional details at a time(as table rows). I use next & previous buttons to fetch the remaining items.</p>
<p>This part has been implemented.</p>
<p>But now, for each item I display I have to display 10 more rows which contain additional/s... | [
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"text": "<p>If you only have two levels, you could use an ordinary master detail approach.<br>\nSee #1 here: <a href=\"http:/... | 2011/05/07 | [
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This part has been implemented.
But now, for each item I display I have to display 10 more rows which contain additional/specific item details.... | If you only have two levels, you could use an ordinary master detail approach.
See #1 here: <http://designingwebinterfaces.com/designing-web-interfaces-12-screen-patterns>
If more levels are needed, you could go for the drill down design pattern.
Eg: <http://quince.infragistics.com/Patterns/Cascading%20Lists.asp... |
7,025 | <p>I am developing a Windows application where there is a lot of configuration and settings applied to multiple objects. There is a right click menu that is used to apply a predetermined group of settings (a macro type thing). The way that users found out about the right click menu in the past version of the software w... | [
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```
<a href="{% url password-reset %}"><img src="/media/bitmaps/qmark.png/"
title="forgot password?" width="50" height="50" /></a>
```
Which results in
![question mark tooltip](https://i.stack.img... |
7,037 | <p>I always find myself with customers who want drop-down menus because 'they are used to them'. So I started to wonder: When are drop-down menus actually necessary?</p>
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Please ignore the first part of the answer, I was referring to drop-down lists
instead of menus. Update below.
```
**Pros**
* Long lists use very little space (de-clutter interface)
* The list is scaleable (you can add more items later if need without any GUI change)
* Keyboard can be used to access items (very... |
7,043 | <p>For my own personal project while I learn PHP, I am creating a web app where friends can quote each other. So a user will come and post what their friend said and their friends can like it and comment on it.</p>
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One problem I am having UI wise is how to display both the person being quoted and the person who posted the qu... | I think it's a case of using hierachy to distinguish the users
Have the 'quoter' be the first person, have their name and image listed at the top.
Below that, in a block quote or similar pattern, have the 'quotee' , their quote, and their image?
[image] carlosz
>
> "I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied... |
7,162 | <p>I am arguing with my client, that 960 pixels layout width will be okay for the site. He keeps suggestion that the layout width should be larger. He gave me these Statistics</p>
<p>In % descending order:</p>
<pre><code>1680 x 1050 24%
1280 x 1024 21.13%
1440 x 900 12.68%
1920 x 1200 9.86%
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In % descending order:
```
1680 x 1050 24%
1280 x 1024 21.13%
1440 x 900 12.68%
1920 x 1200 9.86%
1024 x 768 9.86%
1920 x... | Two things you need to take into consideration:
1. Even though the screen resolution is more than 1280 px for most users, they may not use their browser in full screen mode and they might use some addon in their browser that reduses the actual web viewer space (eg. bookmark, history, social networking, dev.tools etc)... |
7,287 | <p>A client of mine is insisting on two things for a website I am designing: </p>
<ol>
<li><p>That every single link is shown in the header – about 10 links or so with no sub-categories. ie. no drop-downs, rollovers, or sub-navigation. </p></li>
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1. That every single link is shown in the header – about 10 links or so with no sub-categories. ie. no drop-downs, rollovers, or sub-navigation.
2. That the header is always visible and static up the top. The content below it will scroll indepe... | I agree with your sentiment about static navigation bars. I don't like them. They get in the way and reduce workable screen space.
Whilst 10 menu items is not a great deal and if they're not large would fit in a menu just fine, if it gets any larger, grouping related items in menus is going to be the best approach.
T... |
7,331 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1318/should-a-toggle-button-show-its-current-state-or-the-state-to-which-it-will-chang">Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?</a> </p>
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<p>When a ch... | [
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1318/should-a-toggle-button-show-its-current-state-or-the-state-to-which-it-will-chang)
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>
When a checkbox enables a feature, is it more correct to use... | I would be inclined to use future tense. If a UI element will change an option, it's not in the past, it's in the future, and it also makes sense from a grammatical perspective.
```
[x] Enable giant lasers
[x] Enable warp drive
```
Similar to:
```
[x] Show galaxies
[x] Show constellations
``` |
7,410 | <p>I have a very specific case where the <code><select/></code> elements in a browser interface are replaced with a custom HTML structure while styling is added via CSS and functionality is added via JavaScript. However, this question applies to these situations in general:</p>
<p><strong>What are the advantages... | [
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**What are the advantages and disadvantages of replacing p... | The example that you have given would probably fail a basic accessibility test.
Read about the forms mode of screen readers here: <http://www.pws-ltd.com/sections/articles/2008/accessible_forms.html>
>
> most screen reader users tabbing from one form field to the next in forms mode won't hear any content contained ... |
7,511 | <p>I'm trying (desperately) to collect good ideas for a backend form to manually map various types of content to navigation items.</p>
<p>The problem is apparently very common, but since there are gazillion types of content, and as many content management systems, no common approach appears to even exist.</p>
<p>To t... | [
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The problem is apparently very common, but since there are gazillion types of content, and as many content management systems, no common approach appears to even exist.
To the point. Can any... | Your screenshot looks more like a content query building tool. Like you said, display items of type x, limit to 10, sort by date ascending... yadda yadda yadda. That's a specific tool for building a type of page, you would need a separate tool for associating that page with a specific navigation item in a navigation st... |
7,730 | <p>There's a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hmlmd/what_is_the_most_painful_way_you_have_seen_your/" rel="nofollow">thread on redit</a> about computer users doing things in very unproductive ways. The first example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>My office mate is 62 and overdue to
retire. If she has a we... | [
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>
> My office mate is 62 and overdue to
> retire. If she has a website address,
> this is how she gets there:... | [Generational related differences](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/children.html) in computer skills are well known and well documented.
It's also well known that users [stick to suboptimal strategies](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search-skills.html) when searching on the internet.
So those kind of behaviors aren't ... |
7,882 | <p>I am struggling with the UI presentation for a search module in a music library web application for a radio station, it will be used by on-air staff. I am working with a library of tens of thousands of albums, thousands of artists, and hundreds of thousands of tracks. Clearly, search functionality will be a key co... | [
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So, if you're searching for the term "bill", an example result page might look like:
```
Track Album Artist
--------------------------------... |
8,010 | <p>The problem is that we send a user an email with a generated password if they forget.</p>
<p>If they choose to cut and paste it in, then Outlook typically adds a " " to the end of it. </p>
<p>When they paste it into the password textbox, it breaks for them.</p>
<p>Should I just make it invalid to put spaces in a ... | [
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If they choose to cut and paste it in, then Outlook typically adds a " " to the end of it.
When they paste it into the password textbox, it breaks for them.
Should I just make it invalid to put spaces in a password and trim all pa... | **Don't trim spaces**, since some users do include spaces in their passwords.
**Don't email a generated password**. Instead send them a URL with an embedded one-time token, that takes them to a password reset screen.
**If you really must send a password** through email, note that Outlook only adds the space if there ... |
8,019 | <p>We are building a data import feature in which our users will open an arbitrary CSV file and define a one-to-one mapping of its fields to a list of known fields in our database. The list of fields is very long (around 30 known fields and an arbitrary number in the CSV [though likely between 20 and 50 in the CSV).</p... | [
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A na... | A lot hinges on what ***"The list of fields is very long"*** actually means. Can you clarify your question by giving an actual number? both for number of fields in the CSV and number of fields in the database. Also are the field names relatively short or are some descriptive long names?
**Grids** can display more info... |
8,039 | <p>I get a lot of clients that comment that the focus box isn't obvious enough in some browsers. Is it common and good practice to make it more obvious? If so, how exactly do people do this?</p>
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8,054 | <p>I have ComboBox and it has item inside user can select item they want, if they can't find item they can select first item (Not in this list) and input data in textbox (textbox will show if user select first item)</p>
<p>(Not in this list)<br>
Item A<br>
Item B<br>
Item C </p>
<p>Now my boss just email me that the... | [
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(Not in this list)
Item A
Item B
Item C
Now my boss just email me that they think this is not c... | One way of doing this is to have radio buttons:
```
* Existing Item
| Choose item combobox |
* New Item
| Text field to make new item |
```
You'd disable the the combo box when selecting "New Item" and vice versa.
You could also compact this down to
```
* Existing Item * New Item
| Com... |
8,081 | <p>If I have a requirement to display three radio buttons, is there some UX standard that says they should be laid out vertically and not horizontally? i.e. is:</p>
<pre><code> o High
Temperature: o Medium
o Low
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<p>Better than:</p>
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Better than:
```
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``` | If your labels do say "high, medium, low" and this not just an example, then I'd say the first version is better, because it also illustrates (in a way) that the first one is "higher" than the others (and also, "medium" is in the middle, "low" is at the lowest position. On the other hand, if you had labels like "left, ... |
8,592 | <p>In our current iPhone project, we're supposed to gather and present rather huge amounts of data in comparison to what we're used to in our development group. </p>
<p>What we're supposed to present is as shown below, and then some. </p>
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What we're supposed to present is as shown below, and then some.
```
loneart Benam ursprung_not fromdat tomdat antal an... | What are your users actually trying to do? I will bet that it isn't "Stare at a big table of data".
I don't know what your domain is (can't manage to translate your column names), but let's pretend it's a list of projects with start and end dates. Your users probably want to find out things like "how many projects ar... |
8,759 | <p>I am going to conduct a survey with a 4-point Likert scale. The questions are divided into headers. The responses will be scored and each header will be given a score. </p>
<p>I would like to know if its ok to assign negative scores to the Likert scale
E.G.:</p>
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Agree: 1
Disagree: -1
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I would like to know if its ok to assign negative scores to the Likert scale
E.G.:
```
Strongly Agree: 2
Agree: 1
Disagree: -1
Strongly Disagree: -2... | Don't show the numbers to the test takers; it will only confuse them. But you may want to use them internally.
Balanced keying (using an approximately equal amount of positively and negatively keyed items) is often used in psychometry and is considered good practice. It allows you to approach a topic from different pe... |
8,955 | <p>I am currently designing an interview plan in order to make a persona for our products(an ERP software, already online).
So here is the outline of the questions that i want to asked:</p>
<pre><code>know your user (name, age, experience, working environment, etc)
know how they work
know their likes about the system ... | [
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So here is the outline of the questions that i want to asked:
```
know your user (name, age, experience, working environment, etc)
know how they work
know their likes about the system
know their d... | Personas aren't about a particular system so much as they are about a need that users have and the way(s) they currently address it. Your questions depend on and need to fit into the problem-space.
For example, suppose you are in the research department of an auto manufacturer trying to design the next great hit. You ... |
9,127 | <p>On a <a href="http://www.sellmycalls.com/cgi-bin/chain" rel="nofollow"><b>just-now-coming-alive web page</b></a>, I have two columns: change and change-percent. In the headers of the two columns, I want to give the user a small control so he can toggle between sorting the columns by abs value; and arithmetically.</p... | [
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In the first case, I can show him... | At the risk of creating an SE black hole, here's my answer from [the original.](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6749010/how-to-express-in-two-or-three-letters-how-a-column-is-to-be-sorted)
I think ABS and MAG are decent keywords you can link to control sorting, especially if you have mouse-over text pop up that ex... |
9,171 | <p>I am very much a UX noob, but I need to design a web-page to display a large amount of numeric data, presumably in a grid. The users will be able to enter search criteria using the attributes shown in the grid.</p>
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One pattern I have seen is to have a pair of rows above the grid which contain the search mix/max criteria:
... | If I understood you right... I would do something like that:
Numbers under slider are editable on click and show their input field on hover. |
9,287 | <p>Is it good practice to have a change contrast or higher contrast buttons for users?</p>
<p>As depending on the vision problem users may need different contrast conditions for comfortable reading. Some sites seem to do this quite well. <a href="http://www.retinaaustralia.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Retina Australia</a> ... | [
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As depending on the vision problem users may need different contrast conditions for comfortable reading. Some sites seem to do this quite well. [Retina Australia](http://www.retinaaustralia.com.au/) is one of the better sites for doing... | `change text size`
Yeah, because some time users have quite large screens and the default text size is comparatively small or some of users have weak eyesight, So users using `Ctrl + Scroll` to enlarge the text size.
I think Accessibility Options achieve good usability practices in the above context.
Accessibility O... |
9,303 | <p>I'm trying to come up with a page-naming convention so that each page in a web application I'm developing has the human-friendliest URL possible. The current URL structure of the web application is:</p>
<pre><code>http://foo.example.com/webapp/pageName
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```
http://foo.example.com/webapp/pageName
```
The only part of the URL that I'll be changing is `pageName`. The appli... | If you're looking for the most SEO friendly URLs that are also human readable, then I would recommend using all lowercase, hyphenated URLs, as that is what [Google recommends in their Webmaster tools documentation](http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=76329). However, if SEO doesn't matter for ... |
9,354 | <p>I'm building a desktop application that is a tool to mount some very domain-specific graphic structures that in the tool's context are called "sequences" (it's not important here I guess).</p>
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To help with answering this I must say that the target user of the application is familiar with any visual manipulation tool like ... | Does the 'domain-specific' organization actually match the way users naturally model their activities? Would a designer refer to 'projects' and 'sequences' when not using the application? Will they actually understand that a "designer" menu contains project controls (not account / author property data)? There are lots ... |
9,898 | <p>So I have been putting together a list of best practices to apply to forms recently and there is a lot of conflicting research out there. I have been combing everything from blogs through to HCI conference reports. So the question is have I missed something or included anything that has since clearly been refuted th... | [
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* Forgiving Format: Permit users to enter text in a variety of formats and syntaxes, and make the application interpret it intelligently. ([Jenifer Tidwell)](http://designinginterfaces.com/firstedition/index.php?page=Forgiving_Format)
* Input Hints: Beside an empty text field, place a... |
10,108 | <p>I have a rather complex task ahead to change an existing photo upload system for a website.</p>
<p><strong>Current Situation:</strong></p>
<p>The website has a number of areas in which users can upload photos to (ie: gallery, competitions, groups, etc). Currently the user must go to a dedicated upload page for eac... | [
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**Current Situation:**
The website has a number of areas in which users can upload photos to (ie: gallery, competitions, groups, etc). Currently the user must go to a dedicated upload page for each area of upload the photo to ... | If I understand you, the goal is having a common photo storage and sharing its photos between areas. In additional, the new design should not confuse old users.
1) Modify the portfolio page: users can share the same photos to other areas: use check boxes near the photo
```
[Portfolio]
_____________
| |... |
10,145 | <p>I always find it hard to judge the readability of my site and there is so much conflicting information out there. So I thought I would ask for some options here. Could you please take a quick look at my site and let me know if the readability is good?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.forex4noobs.com/forex-education/">htt... | [
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<http://www.forex4noobs.com/forex-education/>
Please ignore the gr... | The biggest problem is the visual emphasis lost by the bright colour (in this case green). You can say "ignore the other colour", but it's the biggest problem with the readability! So it's hard to successfully improve the readability without working on that colour.
* The menu on the left is very high contrast, causing... |
10,195 | <p>I need to give the user a way of entering (at most) three fields.
For example, for a list of ingredients for a cooking recipe, each entry has a quantity, a unit and a label, e.g. 2 big egg(s), 1 pinch salt, 50 mL milk, etc.
As you can see, some fields are mandatory while others are conditional.</p>
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For example, for a list of ingredients for a cooking recipe, each entry has a quantity, a unit and a label, e.g. 2 big egg(s), 1 pinch salt, 50 mL milk, etc.
As you can see, some fields are mandatory while others are conditional.
My idea was to use eith... | Perhaps another way to think about this problem is how to get the most information from the user from their first input, and use this to make it easier for them to complete the rest of the entry.
With this approach in mind, I would put the **ingredient type** first, as an autocomplete field, then **dynamically restric... |
10,214 | <p>Precursor: this a question about ux, not technical implementation.</p>
<p>Context. I'm looking at designing a small language with a textual syntax. It will be used by Business Analysts to define system requirements - so technically aware but not deep techies.</p>
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Context. I'm looking at designing a small language with a textual syntax. It will be used by Business Analysts to define system requirements - so technically aware but not deep techies.
Given a background in programming I've been immersed in C-style s... | What you are trying to create is a [Domain-Specific Language](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language). The rationale behind this kind of (programming) language is: keep the syntax as simple as possible, while simple refers to "human readable", by removing all non-needed features.
Difficulties of C-Synta... |
10,325 | <p>We have a list of approximately 50 items. The item at the top takes highest priority, and the item at the bottom takes the least. These items can be re-ordered by selecting the item and clicking the <em>down</em> or <em>up</em> button at the top of the list.</p>
<p>The current way we have implemented this is by hav... | [
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The current way we have implemented this is by having a long vertical list... | You could try providing numbers for each item, example
```
1) Item 1
2) Item 2
...
48)Another item
```
Alternately, rather than having columns in a list, have rows. Go across first, then to the next row. This is similar to how we read, so it may be more clear to the user. It may work better with numbers as well thou... |
10,556 | <p>I would like to allow users to create custom forms in a CMS I am building. While on a broader level, it seems to be quite simple, let the user create the form and save it, the little details seems to be much more complicated.</p>
<p>I have identified 2 main ways.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>User creates the form in a seperate... | [
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I have identified 2 main ways.
1. User creates the form in a seperate form module. He then v... | first up, the big difference between the 2 ways,
**option #1 provides a way for you to use the created form in multiple pages**, is that a feature that is not of importance to your particular application?
If you think users will reuse their forms then go with #1 irrespective of every other pro and con.
I would suggest... |
10,697 | <p>I'm creating a small web app and I want to be able to toggle it on and off via a keyboard shortcut.</p>
<p>I would like to use one of the function keys (<kbd>F1</kbd>–<kbd>F12</kbd>). I'm planning on overriding <kbd>F4</kbd>, <kbd>F8</kbd> or <kbd>F9</kbd>, however I don't want to override one that is commonl... | [
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I would like to use one of the function keys (`F1`–`F12`). I'm planning on overriding `F4`, `F8` or `F9`, however I don't want to override one that is commonly used for something else in the browser, in the chance that ... | F3 - search (Chrome, FireFox, IE, ...?)
F4 - focus to URL bar then delay after which History dropdown with favourites (IE)
F6 - switch focus to URL bar, tabs, favourites etc (depending on FireFox, Chrome, IE, ...?)
F7 - caret browsing on/off (FireFox, IE)
F8 sometimes used for run/continue in developer tools
so F9... |
10,704 | <p>I have a table of items that can be filtered by many aspects, one of which, for example, is status. The filter is represented by a dropdown, where the default option is to <em>not</em> filter by any status.</p>
<p>Is it more correct to label this option "All Statuses", indicating that when selected, all of the pos... | [
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Is it more correct to label this option "All Statuses", indicating that when selected, all of the possible statuses wil... | It'd help to see a sample list of options. Between the two choices you've given, I'd lean towards 'all statuses' as that's specific, where 'any status' could be misconstrued. 'Any' isn't the same as 'all' and from your description, it sounds like you are referring to 'all'.
I'd also consider incorporating a label and ... |
10,842 | <p>We are placing a large, non-repeated background image. It's very heavy; takes up almost 60% of the page load time. If you visit MSN or other high profile sites, they are using repeated background images, which are 10kb or less and the background image does not effect load time.</p>
<p>So; what are the best practice... | [
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So; what are the best practices for back... | Accessory, not necessity
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The background should be an accessory, not a necessity. If the background weren't there, it shouldn't negatively affect usability. An example of a poorly designed website that uses the background as a necessity is [Project Swole](http://www.projectswole.com/). Before t... |
10,960 | <p>I want to display a leaderboard like so:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>1 - John 232342<br>
2 - Mary 45234<br>
3 - Luke 234<br>
59 - You 45</p>
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<p>It's an ordered list but I can't make an ordered list that jumps from 3 to an arbitrary number.</p>
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So how should I **mark** this **up**? | If I'm reading the HTML5 spec correctly you can do as suggested in Roger's answer and use an ordered list and then use a value attribute on one of the li elements to skip a few numbers:
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> The first item in the list has the ordinal value given by the ol
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11,037 | <p>I'm developing an app that automatically captions photos. One of the main results of a usability survey was that users would insert a funny personalized comment in their captions.</p>
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In order to give a personalized feel to the computer generated captions, I was thinking about having a fixed set of "funny comments" and ra... | Ask your users! :)
Why not do an exercise where you ask your users (the ones who actually add captions to their photos) to go through 50 of their photos and tell you all the captions they have used and the frequency of each one?
I also wonder how many times I would want to add the same caption to multiple photos (ex... |
11,293 | <p>[this whole feature is a new one for us so we don't have real-world data]</p>
<p>I have a form that requires the user to select one of predefined items (equivalent to, say, shipping addresses). The user is unlikely to add the address beforehand (adding addresses is a neccessary evil, not a goal in itself) and order... | [
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I have a form that requires the user to select one of predefined items (equivalent to, say, shipping addresses). The user is unlikely to add the address beforehand (adding addresses is a neccessary evil, not a goal in itself) and ordering them t... | First, you mention that mistakes in submitting a shipping address create a considerable headache, so definitely bias your choices in favour of making sure you get the right address over making it as streamlined as possible. The smoother the road, the easier the car slides off.
For your question about the default selec... |
11,309 | <p>When thinking about how (real-world) traffic lights work, I wonder if there is a more intuitive way to display the yellow light. The meaning of Green and Red are states:</p>
<pre><code>Green: Ok, you can go!
Red: Not ok, you need to wait!
</code></pre>
<p>However, yellow indicates progress:</p>
<pre><code>Yellow:... | [
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```
Green: Ok, you can go!
Red: Not ok, you need to wait!
```
However, yellow indicates progress:
```
Yellow: Attention, the light will become red... | Check out this [rotary traffic signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalite) used between 1938 and 1970:
Slightly less directly connected: [ramp meters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_meter), and there are definitely lots of [variations in operation](http://en.... |
11,391 | <p>Nowadays, there seems to be a limit to how complex you can make an application solely for touch, the controls needs a lot more space plus removal of "unecessary" tools is so much more taken into consideration. The size of Pads and phones are also a showstopper because of their limited screen real estate. And for the... | [
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However, the usual trick is to split in different level, so no matter how complicate is the screen, you can split in different screen that are easy to understand. The trick is to be consistent.
For example, we want to configure advanced wif... |
11,582 | <p>I have a form in which the user requests a report to the system by clicking the Send Report Request button. The system then produces scheduled reports according to the interval the user selected (Daily, Weekly, Monthly). The problem with this design is that there is no immediate feedback to the user after he pushes ... | [
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Sometimes it can seem a bit like the feedback comes back *too* quickly, and users ... |
11,977 | <p>This question follows on from <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/11401/4595">this question: Better term for “user”</a>.</p>
<p>If it's bad UX to call people using your product "user" then isn't it also bad UX to structure your URL's as YourDomain.com/<strong>user</strong>/bobsmith?</p>
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If it's bad UX to call people using your product "user" then isn't it also bad UX to structure your URL's as YourDomain.com/**user**/bobsmith?
Is there a better term to use that is human readable (so no /... | If there is a better term, it will be very relative to your business.
`www.ex.com/subscriber/john_lennon` could be appropriate for most news services, even if free.
This can also be quite different from 'profile' paths
```
www.ex.com/profile/john_lennon
```
vs. 'account' paths,
```
www.ex.com/account/john_len... |
12,059 | <p>I have two arbitrary dates.
I was wondering if somebody can suggest the rules to create a text message which tells in a very effective way what the two dates are.</p>
<p>Let's assume that my solution is just to simply display the two dates:</p>
<pre><code>[23/06/09 10:00:00am - 23/06/09 12:00:00am]
</code></pre>
... | [
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I was wondering if somebody can suggest the rules to create a text message which tells in a very effective way what the two dates are.
Let's assume that my solution is just to simply display the two dates:
```
[23/06/09 10:00:00am - 23/06/09 12:00:00am]
```
a more effective way would be ... | I like your ideas. Although to improve scannability I'd change the formatting to something like this...
>
> June 23rd, 2009 (**10 AM** to **12 PM**)
>
>
> June 23rd, 2009 (**All day**)
>
>
>
The dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy formats are often a source of confusion so it'd be better to remove all doubts by actually spell... |
12,063 | <p>I was wondering what would be the best way to say someone is one thing or another.</p>
<p>So, i want to create a form for Jungian Personality, but i want to make it fast and simple. So i was thinking of just creating a list of each type.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>Extraverts
prefer to work around others
... | [
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So, i want to create a form for Jungian Personality, but i want to make it fast and simple. So i was thinking of just creating a list of each type.
Example:
```
Extraverts
prefer to work around others
prefer to work on several... | I would use sliders, and try to group them in a way that balances the number of groups and the items in each group. Meaning that with 40 items I'd go for 5 groups of 8, as long as the groups make sense and don't seem arbitrary.
In order to reduce the amount of text and clutter, I'd try to take any repetitive text out ... |
12,082 | <p>I am currently migrating a bunch of data from several Excel files of <em>similar</em> formats into a more structured format.</p>
<p>Imagine Tabular data like this in File 1:</p>
<pre><code>Customer | Cabinet : Device : Port | Cabinet : Secondary Device : Port | ...
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Imagine Tabular data like this in File 1:
```
Customer | Cabinet : Device : Port | Cabinet : Secondary Device : Port | ...
ACME | C1 : Dv1 : 12 | C1 : Dv2 : 11 | ...
... | Whatever separator you choose, it will be ambiguous since it is missing in the header row (looks like there's a header missing and module is in the wrong column).
Perhaps you could try grouping the subsidiary values e.g.
```
Customer | Cabinet : Device : Port | Cabinet : Secondary Device : Port | ...
Bar... |
12,128 | <p>I'm looking for the best way to present a list of chapters on an iPhone. My first stab was to create a vertically scrolling table with a row for each chapter. For example, when showing the chapters of the Book of Psalms from the Bible, it looks like:</p>
<pre><code>Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
...
Chapter 149
Chap... | [
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```
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
...
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
```
... | **Three columns aren't a good idea especially on a mobile device**. As you already pointed out, people have to then think about horizontal and vertical continuity. Don't make me think!
Showing a long list with chapters and an index on the right is the simplest and best solution in my opinion. It requires no explaining... |
12,244 | <p>I have a web page/form which users have to fill in before clicking the 'proceed' button.</p>
<p>Same old story I guess. It looks like this: </p>
<pre><code>report name: [...]
report type: (*) PDF
( ) HTML
Level Of Detail: [Easy v]
Template: [Natural v]
...
</code></pre>
<p>To make user's opera... | [
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Same old story I guess. It looks like this:
```
report name: [...]
report type: (*) PDF
( ) HTML
Level Of Detail: [Easy v]
Template: [Natural v]
...
```
To make user's operations as easy as possible, most of... | The longer your form is, the fewer people will use it, and very often the drop-off as it gets bigger is steep. **Keep forms as short as possible**. If you only need the basic information, then only ask for that.
If there are situation when you need the more advanced information, then don't put a switch at the top. You... |
12,332 | <p>In the old version of our application, the operations performed during loading were sequential. We indicated progress by updating a single-line text string with the component that was being loaded. Eg:</p>
<pre><code>Loading <Module 1> ...
Loading <Module 2> ...
etc
</code></pre>
<p>In the new versio... | [
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```
Loading <Module 1> ...
Loading <Module 2> ...
etc
```
In the new version of our app we now load the modules in ... | Why not show a **single progress bar**? Ask yourself whether the information given while loading is something that the person **will act on**. If not, then it **isn't needed**.
If however, you need to show them all this information, you can show it as a table of sorts. Something like this (but prettier) maybe:
![ente... |
12,784 | <p>The next release of our [edit: java] application will allow users to delete and redact text that they've selected, based on right clicking and choosing one of those options. Unfortunately, we haven't built Undo yet. I know that undo is the best way to handle this situation, and am pushing for us to start working o... | [
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```
-> Safe Option
Delete
Redact
Obliterate
```
This way if they'll have to move the mouse onto one of the dangerous delete options *and* click. While not foolproof ... |
12,941 | <p>This question is actually three questions, but since they are all related to each other, they should stay in the same question.</p>
<p>First, should I allow a user to change the url of a already created page?</p>
<p>I've been working with Drupal, and Drupal allows the user to change the url, but if someone has tha... | [
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First, should I allow a user to change the url of a already created page?
I've been working with Drupal, and Drupal allows the user to change the url, but if someone has that page bookmarked... | ```
First, should I allow a user to change the url of a already created page?
```
I think this has some business interest in it, so if there is no conflict there, why shouldn't the user be able to change the URL of the page? What if they make an error?
```
Second, if I allow the url to change, should I deploy any k... |
12,951 | <p><strong>Note: When reading this keep in mind we may have more of an information architecture problem than a menu usability one.</strong></p>
<br/>
<p>Suppose we have this menu:</p>
<pre><code>Item 1 ............ Should link to Page 1 AND somehow show its children
Item 1.1 ............ Shoul... | [
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Suppose we have this menu:
```
Item 1 ............ Should link to Page 1 AND somehow show its children
Item 1.1 ............ Should link to Page 1.1
Item 1.2 ... | I'm sorry to break it to you, but there won't be a solution for this if you're not ready to change the IA at all.
One (cheap and not very elegant) solution is to always move the content on the parent one level down and call it something like "overview" or "introduction"; like this when you click on a parent the sub-le... |
12,968 | <p>One setting in our app has to be as follows:</p>
<p>For a certain scenario, the user select whether he wants:</p>
<ul>
<li>Always use option X</li>
<li>Or always use option Y</li>
<li>Or, depending on a dynamic flag, use X or Y (he also need to select the dynamic flag in this case)</li>
</ul>
<p>We're roughly thi... | [
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For a certain scenario, the user select whether he wants:
* Always use option X
* Or always use option Y
* Or, depending on a dynamic flag, use X or Y (he also need to select the dynamic flag in this case)
We're roughly thinking of the following:
```
|-- Action on Event... | I'd move the combo into the middle of the last option so it flows more naturally:
```
|-- Action on Event-XY ------
|
| (o) Generate Warning
| ( ) Generate Error
| ( ) Generate Error if [Combo] > 0, otherwise generate warning
|
|-----------------------------
```
Aside from that radio buttons seem like a go... |
13,042 | <pre><code>REGISTER
Username
-----------------------
|_____________________|
Password
-----------------------
|_____________________|
.------.
| Submit |
'------'
</code></pre>
<p>When designing forms, do you customize the text in the submit button? In the registration example above, would you leave the submit bu... | [
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REGISTER
Username
-----------------------
|_____________________|
Password
-----------------------
|_____________________|
.------.
| Submit |
'------'
```
When designing forms, do you customize the text in the submit button? In the registration example above, would you leave the submit button with the defau... | I try always to relate the button with the action that it's being performed, specially if it is a long form. Some calls to action are very generic (OK and Go) and it can cause confusion for users, eg: "Am I really saving this document?" |
13,183 | <p>What is the common/correct term for the "overscroll" feature very prominent in touch interfaces when scrolling a list of items?</p>
<p>Description: When scrolling a list of items, the user can scroll over the end of the list, and after releasing the touch the list just bounces back. The point is to convey that the ... | [
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Description: When scrolling a list of items, the user can scroll over the end of the list, and after releasing the touch the list just bounces back. The point is to convey that the applicatio... | Well, if the way Apple describes this effect means anything to you, then they simply call it "bouncing"..
Here's [the documentation for their basic UIScrollView](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIScrollView_Class/Reference/UIScrollView.html) control that implements this behavior:
... |
13,190 | <p>What is the best format for gathering the card expiry data during the checkout process on an eCommerce website?</p>
<p>So we need to collect the month of expiry and the date of expiry (as standard on all web card transactions).</p>
<p>I have seen this done differently on websites so it would be good to know the be... | [
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So we need to collect the month of expiry and the date of expiry (as standard on all web card transactions).
I have seen this done differently on websites so it would be good to know the best practice. | If you decide to use a month dropdown that incorporates both month name and number, make sure to put the number first:
```
1 - Jan
2 - Feb
3 - Mar
```
so that anyone using the keyboard can still just press e.g. '5' to jump to May |
13,257 | <p>I have a desktop application that serves as a smart, software-based router. Each of multiple nodes in the GUI can be either a UDP or TCP connection. We have the following status icons for the node:</p>
<pre><code>TCP Connected: Green arrow
TCP Not Connected: Yellow warning icon
UDP: <Same as TCP working>
</co... | [
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```
TCP Connected: Green arrow
TCP Not Connected: Yellow warning icon
UDP: <Same as TCP working>
```
Customer has asked... | When you are working with terms that are so short, I don't think you will get any better than icons than **text icons**.
There is going to be no confusion over what they represent, no learning curve, and they don't have to be any bigger than another icon.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dvzY... |
13,341 | <p>I have a web application which users fill out profile information, and then upload a series of files.</p>
<p>It basically looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>Name: ____
Website: ___
Hobbies: ___
[save button]
------------------
Upload files
File 1: _____ [upload button]
File 2: _____ [upload button]
File 3: _____ [upl... | [
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It basically looks like this:
```
Name: ____
Website: ___
Hobbies: ___
[save button]
------------------
Upload files
File 1: _____ [upload button]
File 2: _____ [upload button]
File 3: _____ [upload button]
```
As ... | First, I would try styling your button to have a more specific name, like "Save Your Profile Info". That may be enough to end any confusion. Whatever you use as the value will be what the button says. An example:
```
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Save Your Profile Info" />
``` |
13,396 | <p>I am designing a command-line interface for users and administrators to interact with an online radio system. One of the administrator tasks is assigning songs and albums to various genres. This is the general format of the command I designed for this task:</p>
<pre><code>> command-name action object-class objec... | [
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```
> command-name action object-class object-id target-genre... | Your word order is pretty good, it's generally a good idea to keep to a familiar "sentence structure" like format, especially if you want a natural-language like search. Keeping similar to how the familiar CLIs (DOS and Unix) work is important too.
[Unix Standards](http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/facilities/documentation/u... |
13,473 | <p>I have an iPad tab bar app and I want a popover to open when tapping one of the tabs. Is this good practice or should I avoid it?</p>
<p>For example, the bottom tab bar displays the following items:</p>
<pre><code>my books | books | search | about | settings
</code></pre>
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For example, the bottom tab bar displays the following items:
```
my books | books | search | about | settings
```
When tapping 'books' a popover is displayed with book categories:
```
... | Tapping books should bring up a new page. This action is consistent with the behavior of the other tab bars in iOS an would conform with Apple's User Experience Consistency guidelines.
A pop up menu would be used for something like a form input due to the semantic meaning. |
13,721 | <p>Maybe I'm crazy, but every UI mockup I seem to get passed to me, I end up ripping apart. And in the end, my suggestions are often shot down. We end up creating UI's with what I consider to be a horrible User Experiences.</p>
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The latest is a save button for a form, with a checkbox beside it the user must check if they want... | First of all, you need to find out what is more common; saving with comments or without comments? This should be the basis for determining the next step (unless you do as I say below :P)
Making it optional means extra work for the user when he needs it. If you have the box there, like so:
```
(Form stuff)
File name: ... |
13,816 | <p>Suppose a user attempts to post a message to my forum, but their message contains HTML elements that I have chosen not to permit?</p>
<p>e.g. stackexchange and others disallow <code><table></code>; All forums (I hope!) disallow <code><script></code></p>
<p>Typically the forum software will remove the ... | [
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e.g. stackexchange and others disallow `<table>`; All forums (I hope!) disallow `<script>`
Typically the forum software will remove the tags but leave the content, e.g. a table
```
<table... | It depends a lot on the type of content you expect to be posted. If people are posting messages about HTML code, then treat it as regular text because the tags are part of the subject matter.
If HTML code sharing isn't part of the expected messages, don't show any tags. It makes things harder to read, confuses people... |
13,860 | <p>My director and designer want to make a big drop-down menu on our site. Multilevel menu :</p>
<pre><code>| MENU 1 | MENU 2 | MENU 3 | MENU 4 |
-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| SUBMENU 2-1 |
| SUBMENU 2-2 ... | [
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```
| MENU 1 | MENU 2 | MENU 3 | MENU 4 |
-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| SUBMENU 2-1 |
| SUBMENU 2-2 |
... | How about using a mega menu? <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html> |
13,989 | <p>I need to create a simple account section in my mobile app with 1-level deep navigation:</p>
<pre><code> ___ Register
/
Account --
\___ Login
</code></pre>
<p>On iPhone, I'm using a grouped table view:</p>
<pre><code>__________________
|_____Account_____|
| ____________ |
| / ... | [
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```
___ Register
/
Account --
\___ Login
```
On iPhone, I'm using a grouped table view:
```
__________________
|_____Account_____|
| ____________ |
| / \ |
| | Log in > | |
| ---... | I agree with Roman about minimizing input/operation ratio. But instead of mixing the two forms (you might have different input forms for registration, and it might confuse the user), I would use [tabs](http://www.androidpatterns.com/uap_pattern/module-tabs). It would still need a click if you want to register, but I gu... |
14,066 | <p>Let me explain the situation.</p>
<p>I started transforming an "old (.Net 2.0)" Application into a webapplication.</p>
<p>Problem here is, that no-one here is really acquainted with the UX of a website (simple, efficient). Even though, I still have to regard that the website can be tailored to a customer needs thr... | [
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I started transforming an "old (.Net 2.0)" Application into a webapplication.
Problem here is, that no-one here is really acquainted with the UX of a website (simple, efficient). Even though, I still have to regard that the website can be tailored to a customer needs through parameters.
... | This sounds like a case of HIPPO *(HIghest Paid Persons Opinion)*. I would recommend throwing together a quick wireframe with your ideas on. Get together some of your team to discuss the new wireframe proposal. If you find some other staff like these ideas it may help change your bosses decision.
Break up how a user w... |
14,102 | <p>I have a hierarchical structure such as the following :</p>
<p>every user has some contracts associated to him, every contract has some groups associated to him, and every group has some articles.</p>
<p>I represent this visually using a TreeView (with checkboxes such as in <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/W... | [
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every user has some contracts associated to him, every contract has some groups associated to him, and every group has some articles.
I represent this visually using a TreeView (with checkboxes such as in <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/TreeViewWithCheckBoxes... | Personally I would suggest not using a tree but using something like [Miller columns](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_columns).
You'd have Contracts in the left column, Groups in the second column and Articles in the third column.
You could add a fourth column which gives information about a selected article - for... |
14,194 | <p>I find it very hard to distinguish links from normal text on <a href="http://programmers.stackexchange.com">Programmers Stack Exchange</a>, especially visited links on wall-of-text posts. The colour scheme used is: </p>
<pre><code>Background #fafafa (there's a background image, that's mostly #fafafa)
Normal text... | [
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```
Background #fafafa (there's a background image, that's mostly #fafafa)
Normal text #333333
Normal Link ... | [There are no rules](http://westciv.com/style_master/house/tutorials/quick/visited_links/index.html), at least no hard and fast ones. Following research to the letter can result in making an ugly site--blue links work best, but blue links on a red background are hard to read! The research however can guide you to the "... |
14,199 | <p>I'm working on a windows application that is showing the realtime status of a particular piece of equipment. While operating the equipment (via the application), two important values & labels are displayed in GREEN to denote safe/normal operations. And when they go above a predetermined level they get displayed ... | [
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* not making the text flash, but the background. This will improve readability of the text itself.
* work with an "animation" so that the background does not flip on/off but gradually fades in and out. |
14,269 | <p>I am building a tool that will be used by call center agents. It is to help them support products on behalf of the customers who call up. It acts as a portal to many different types of product information - below is a simplified wireframe. I have used a tab and search model - this was as the result of usability t... | [
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I don’t know how much help this is, but I’ll re-cast your question into something more specific. As you intuit, you want high color contrast between unrelated things, and low color contrast among closely related things. So your question becomes, how do you determine the perceived degree of color c... |
14,492 | <p>Stack Exchange's tag popup card/thingy has a star which you can toggle between "Favorite" (gold star), "Ignored" (red cross), and "Normal" (grey star).</p>
<p><em>Favorite:</em><br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gRPpm.png" alt="gold star before the word "favorite""></p>
<p><em>Ignored:</em><br>
<im... | [
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*Favorite:*
*Ignored:*
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14,563 | <p>I've run into this problem, i'm making a CLI that enables the user to make bookmarks, notes or comments on elements. Each element has it's internal unique identifiers and usual entity stuff. The problem is this:</p>
<pre><code>12309453518123) "stuff that belongs to this entity" by Michael245
82374928374298) "other ... | [
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```
12309453518123) "stuff that belongs to this entity" by Michael245
82374928374298) "other stuff that bel... | I assume that this HAS to be a command line interface?
Then first off:
Why both "add" and "bookmark"? You should construct the commands with a verb/action as the first part. That is either:
```
>bookmark entityX
```
or
```
>addBookmark entityX
```
Then the trick is to find som memorable identifier. If you've eve... |
14,614 | <p>I have a text files which looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>1 0.9 0.2 0.9
1 0.5 0.2 0.5
1 0.1 0.2 0.5
1 0.5 0.2 0.5
1 0.2 0.2 0.0
1 0.5 0.9 0.5
1 0.1 0.2 0.9
1 0.5 0.4 0.5
2 0.3 0.6 1.0
2 0.8 0.6 1.0
</code></pre>
<p>Where first column is the id of series and then x y z. I am drawing models based of these x y z, but... | [
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```
1 0.9 0.2 0.9
1 0.5 0.2 0.5
1 0.1 0.2 0.5
1 0.5 0.2 0.5
1 0.2 0.2 0.0
1 0.5 0.9 0.5
1 0.1 0.2 0.9
1 0.5 0.4 0.5
2 0.3 0.6 1.0
2 0.8 0.6 1.0
```
Where first column is the id of series and then x y z. I am drawing models based of these x y z, but I would like to filter th... | Two important questions are whether your users are computer-savvy and how many items you're going to have in a list.
A good UI for a large number of items is the MS Word Print dialog:
Here you can combine numbers and ranges in the same textbox (1, ... |
14,870 | <p>I need to right an article/tutorial that has illustrations. The illustrations are not necessary, but are nice to have. They will help visually inclined people or people who just hate reading. How should I position the illustrations for maximum <strong>readability</strong> and <strong>comprehension</strong>?</p>
<h2... | [
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Right align
-----------
```
... | I think your third option would be a better approach either a left column or right column, that will give you room to even add captions for the illustrations without interfering with the rest of the article.
By personal experience, laying out a good article presentation is one of the most difficult tasks either in web... |
14,876 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9303/underscores-vs-hyphens-in-urls">Underscores vs. hyphens in URLs</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm going to implement a sort of "friendly url" for geography like a regex</p>
<p><code>/<region>/<cit... | [
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Underscores vs. hyphens in URLs](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9303/underscores-vs-hyphens-in-urls)
>
>
>
I'm going to implement a sort of "friendly url" for geography like a regex
`/<region>/<city>/<category>?`
and then I wonder which type is best:
`/new_york`
or
... | I don't think there is any difference from a UX standpoint. But I'd say dashes are much more common and common is good. :)
PHP content management systems like Drupal and WordPress prefer dashes. In the past, Matt Cutts at Google has also recommended dashes:
<http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/>
Edit... |
14,911 | <p>I'm redisigning my website and would like to know how the "Big Buy Now Button" in the right gutter should be linked. This button will be available on every page of the site.</p>
<p>I sell two software products and each product has two purchase options:</p>
<p>Product A (Download Only) [<em>sales=85%</em>]<br>
Prod... | [
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I sell two software products and each product has two purchase options:
Product A (Download Only) [*sales=85%*]
Product A (Download & CDROM) ... | Are you suggesting to link the Buy Now button to the payment page for the download-only version of Product A, regardless of the product/version being described by the rest of the content on the page? Because that doesn't feel right to me. If I'm looking at the single-license version of Product B, I'd expect the Buy Now... |
14,926 | <p>What is a good pattern for displaying a form with a One-to-many-to-many relationship in a web form for data entry?</p>
<ul>
<li>One parent element (a case - 15 data fields)</li>
<li>One or more 2nd level elements (customers - 20 data fields)</li>
<li>One or more 3rd level elements (inquiries - 20 data fields)</li>
... | [
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* One parent element (a case - 15 data fields)
* One or more 2nd level elements (customers - 20 data fields)
* One or more 3rd level elements (inquiries - 20 data fields)
**Use case:** A customer calls i... | What about two columns, like that mode in macintosh finder? A selectable list of customers to the left, and a list of cases to the right.
```
CASE : Circus
**Customers** **Customer Clown**'s enquiries
[New Customer] [New Enquiry]
Customer Alice | Asking for raise
Customer Bob ... |
14,962 | <p>What would be a recommended tool (works on Linux) for managing included HTML fragments like shared footers, in a directory of static HTML serving as a clickable UI prototype?</p>
<p>I want to be able to serve the prototype from a web directory of static content (without server-side dynamism), while easily managing ... | [
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I want to be able to serve the prototype from a web directory of static content (without server-side dynamism), while easily managing the shared... | I'm now using [Jekyll](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll). It does exactly what I asked for in the question. Basically, it compiles my prototype from reusable parts into a serve-able static HTML form.
Jekyll supports both includes ("snippets") and layouts ("masters").
And it compiles the templated files to complete H... |
14,963 | <p>If you use any of Google's applications, from search to Gmail you will find the base font used for most things is 13px Arial.</p>
<pre><code>font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
</code></pre>
<p>I always thought 16 pixel fonts were easier for the "masses" to read. However, Google... | [
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```
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
```
I always thought 16 pixel fonts were easier for the "masses" to read. However, Google seems to disagree - and t... | First of all 13px Arial isn't a standard. Arial is commonly used for, I guess, couple of reason:
1. It's decent when it comes to readability (though people tend to
disagree, [as in this Typophile discussion](http://typophile.com/node/32656))
2. It's a plain sans-serif font treated often as wider spread equivalent of ... |
14,966 | <p>I need to create an email template which is auto generated when an user requests access permissions to a document .The email template is sent to the document owner and is in this format :</p>
<p>Subject: Request for access ---title of document---</p>
<pre><code>Hi,
--placeholder for alias-- is requesting ac... | [
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Subject: Request for access ---title of document---
```
Hi,
--placeholder for alias-- is requesting access to document --ti... | a) The colors that you mentioned are the best known for Yes/Accept/Grant access (Green) and No/Decline/Reject (Red).
b) The order should be Green then Red.
Also @melee has a very good point, if you are not interested in gathering audit information on how many accepted/declined a request your good to go with a green b... |
14,987 | <p><strong>What are the most effective mental and methodological processes that UX designers use to convert analytical data to UI?</strong> </p>
<p><strong>What cognitive tools are used?</strong> </p>
<p>While planning an "Introduction to UI" course in the company I work for, I came across an interesting question. Af... | [
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"text": "<p>Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd say it's all work experience. The process is quite simple:</p>\n\n<pre><code>A... | 2011/12/13 | [
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] | **What are the most effective mental and methodological processes that UX designers use to convert analytical data to UI?**
**What cognitive tools are used?**
While planning an "Introduction to UI" course in the company I work for, I came across an interesting question. After we have done all the analysis we need (... | Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd say it's all work experience. The process is quite simple:
```
Analysis/concept -> UI -> test -> refine UI -> re-test etc.
```
And the more experience you have under your belt, the better the chance you don't encounter any major problems on the first test. |
15,302 | <p>In an attempt to reduce to the very minimal the number of fields for a user to register to our services I am wondering whether to replace the fields
company and email with only one "company's email".
The assumption is that I could then work out the company from the email.
so </p>
<pre><code>company: [....]
email:... | [
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company and email with only one "company's email".
The assumption is that I could then work out the company from the email.
so
```
company: [....]
email: [....]
```... | I can see some downsides:
1. You are assuming he is indeed using a company email, what happens if he puts his personal email?
2. You are also assuming you will be able to extract the correct name of the company1.
Having to hunt down the company email is time consuming, while having an extra field is not such an issu... |
15,311 | <p>In a web application, let's say the user has several sections, which are lists of records of data that can be searched, sorted, etc. </p>
<p>Example navigation:</p>
<pre><code>- Clients
- Accounts
- Projects
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<p>let's say a user has done some work on the client section, i.e. did a search, and then go... | [
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"text": "<p>The web is stateless. Most clients don't get that, so always expect the web to act like their desktop software.</p>\n\n<p>... | 2011/12/21 | [
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Example navigation:
```
- Clients
- Accounts
- Projects
```
let's say a user has done some work on the client section, i.e. did a search, and then goes to the projects page. they the... | It’s a bad idea to destroy users’ work, unless they explicitly say they want it destroyed. I would think that if users have gone through the trouble of filtering and sorting the data, chances are they want to keep it that way, perhaps even between sessions (e.g., with cookies), not just between paging. If you anticipat... |
15,375 | <p>I was having a look at the "Reputation" tab in Stackoverflow and it occurred to me that the yellow used to highlight the new entries doesn't stand out a lot from the white background. I really have to screw up my eyes to see the difference.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/joEN8.png" alt="enter image desc... | [
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"text": "<p>UX recommendations on color contrast</p>\n\n<p>For one, the difference cannot be expected to be uniform across the spectr... | 2011/12/23 | [
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That mad... | There is a [tool for checking color contrast](http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html) in accordance to an [specification by the W3C](http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast) to determine if there's enough contrast "when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen".... |
15,446 | <p>I have a site for which I am working to improve user onboarding.</p>
<p>What happens now is that when a user does some action that requires him to be logged in, I make a jQuery popup come up telling him to log in. And if he is not registered, there is a link to registration.</p>
<p>But sometimes I see sites that d... | [
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What happens now is that when a user does some action that requires him to be logged in, I make a jQuery popup come up telling him to log in. And if he is not registered, there is a link to registration.
But sometimes I see sites that do it in reverse o... | I'd show the Login-Screen with a clearly visible Registration-Link. Users that are registered can quickly login and the others can see where they have to go.
Another solution I saw and liked was adding radioboxes like this:
```
[x] Login
[_] Register
```
When "Register" is checked or the password is left blank user... |
15,509 | <p>I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at making the UX simple for the users. I have the application setup on heroku and was wondering if I could just get so... | [
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] | I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at making the UX simple for the users. I have the application setup on heroku and was wondering if I could just get some gen... | Right now, your interface is very bad. Here's what's wrong:
* It's absolutely unclear how to change one's status.
* The clickable link in the table isn't differentiated from the rest of the content and there's no expectation of what will happen when it's clicked.
* Time selector is sliders instead of simple numeric in... |
15,526 | <p>I'm making a kind of editor that have tool views (on sides of the main window) and documents being edited. In fact those documents are themselves "views" of a specific document, so you can have several different views of the same document, but it's not really the point. Each "view" has it's own state and manipulatio... | [
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"text": "<p>The common menu with an option of disabled actions upon selection will be a better idea than having a sub menu like y... | 2011/12/29 | [
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"View" menus exist as well, but they tend to deal wi... |