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15,527 | <p>Working very test example here:<br>
<a href="http://learntango.webfactional.com/" rel="nofollow">http://learntango.webfactional.com/</a></p>
<p>I am working to make my Argentine Tango website more friendly to new devices </p>
<ul>
<li>mobile</li>
<li>touchpad</li>
<li>etc</li>
</ul>
<p>I (the tango teacher) am do... | [
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"text": "<p>One way I can see it is by merely fading the Top Level Menu Item simultaneously with displaying the drop down. </p>\n\n<p>... | 2011/12/29 | [
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<http://learntango.webfactional.com/>
I am working to make my Argentine Tango website more friendly to new devices
* mobile
* touchpad
* etc
I (the tango teacher) am doing this myself for my small tango business
* solutions should be as simple as possible
* currently using almo... | One way I can see it is by merely fading the Top Level Menu Item simultaneously with displaying the drop down.
That is, initially the user sees the menu bar. When he points to a menu item, the drop down appears and the menu item fades -- this will shift the user's focus from the menu item and on to the drop down -- e... |
15,554 | <p>When trying to find the optimal size and placement for an element, I can model the utility using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitt%27s_law" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fitt's law</a>. Of course, using this law by itself will just tell me that everything should be massive and infinitely close.</p>
<p>So we ne... | [
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"text": "<p>So I've been thinking about this, and I think we can model it with a combination of Fitt's and Hick's laws. </p>\n\n<ul... | 2011/12/29 | [
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So we need some way of determining the cost of creating... | So I've been thinking about this, and I think we can model it with a combination of Fitt's and Hick's laws.
* Assume that the quick buttons are unordered, so time to find the correct one is linear
* The menu is ordered, so it's the logarithmic Hick's.
* The user first looks to see if it's on the quick button menu, an... |
15,753 | <p>I'm reworking an existing module which graphs results from a live survey with several different question types. I discovered that the results of matrix-type ranking questions are graphed as a single pie chart (apparently representing the proportion of first-rank votes for each item, ignoring the rest of the data).</... | [
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"text": "<p>It all depends on how the data needs to be compared.</p>\n\n<p>If the goal is to compare answer distribution among cate... | 2012/01/05 | [
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Con... | The fundamental question to answer is "*what is the rank* of choices?" The secondary question is "*how* were these ranked?". And it sounds like your primary task is to show meaningful information, while and your secondary task is to provide context with data.
To answer the first question, you need to actually rank th... |
15,757 | <p>I have written an application that my clients use to keep inventory. The inventory system includes a purchase order module. Each purchase order has a list of line items including:</p>
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<li>Description of item</li>
<li>Quantity to order</li>
<li>Unit of measure</li>
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<p>among others. Wh... | [
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"text": "<p>It seems like the translation is surfacing due to a violation of your first principle...</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p... | 2012/01/05 | [
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* Description of item
* Quantity to order
* Unit of measure
* Unit price
among others. When asked about the "unit of measure" field, my re... | From my understanding you have an application which thinks of products in terms of:
1. Inventory (and)
2. Products
The owner buys a box of chocolate bars, enters the new acquisition into the system.
The system need to be able to know how many bars (units) the new inventory contains in order to update the (customer f... |
15,844 | <p>I am asking users to handle entities (here a subject) with multiple attributes. The first attribute shown here is a numeric value. The second is multi-valued text.</p>
<pre><code>desired experience: 1.5
desired qualification: BE-CS, BE-EC
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"text": "<p>I'd call them 'Qualifications'. Users won't be interested in <strong>how</strong> computers work.</p>\n"
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```
desired experience: 1.5
desired qualification: BE-CS, BE-EC
```
The values are used for hard comparisons such as "Find all professors who have 'BE-CS... | I'd call them 'Qualifications'. Users won't be interested in **how** computers work. |
15,982 | <p>I'm currently making a dating site, my choice for pagination is between the traditional:</p>
<pre><code>[<< Prev] [1] [2] [3] [Next >>]
</code></pre>
<p>vs </p>
<pre><code>[ Load More ]
</code></pre>
<p>The 2nd is the "load more" bar or button that is on a couple of popular sites now like twitter and... | [
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"text": "<p><code>[ Load More ]</code> is certainly more \"friendly\" than a set of pagination links, but, importantly, there is no indic... | 2012/01/10 | [
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```
[<< Prev] [1] [2] [3] [Next >>]
```
vs
```
[ Load More ]
```
The 2nd is the "load more" bar or button that is on a couple of popular sites now like twitter and facebook. Either way the results will be delivered via ajax ... | `[ Load More ]` is certainly more "friendly" than a set of pagination links, but, importantly, there is no indication of how much more data there is that could be viewed. So you would need to add something else that gives that information - assuming it's available.
If you don't know the total number of matches (thanks... |
15,995 | <p>Our business software has a heterogeneous user base ranging from tech-savvy engineers, over computer used to be salesman up to older, tech-averse craftsman.</p>
<p>In a coming survey I would like <strong>to ask for the computer expertise</strong> of them, in order to better sort their responses to our three main pe... | [
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"text": "<p>It is a very difficult thing to do successfully. The problem is that some people may use shortcuts without kno... | 2012/01/11 | [
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In a coming survey I would like **to ask for the computer expertise** of them, in order to better sort their responses to our three main personas. I know its quit... | It is a very difficult thing to do successfully. The problem is that some people may use shortcuts without knowing about it, and some of your craftsmen and salesmen may actually use a number of different programs, because they have to, without actually understanding them.
I would suggest, because you probably know you... |
16,036 | <p>I am working on a website project with a core focus on service areas. The central hierarchy of the services section looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>1. Service Name 1
- overview
- features and specs
- Plans and Pricing
- offer page
2. Service Name 2
- overview...etc
</code></pre>
<p>You get the ... | [
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"text": "<p>Consider the context. Is it really necessary to have all of the regular UI items such as main site navigation on thes... | 2012/01/12 | [
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```
1. Service Name 1
- overview
- features and specs
- Plans and Pricing
- offer page
2. Service Name 2
- overview...etc
```
You get the picture, I hope.
Now what... | [This article on landing page best practices](http://unbounce.com/landing-page-articles/landing-page-best-practices/) has these UX-related recommendations:
>
> * Ensure the primary headline of your landing page matches the ad visitors clicked to get there.
> * Make your call to action (CTA) big and position it above ... |
16,045 | <p>Currently considering a couple different URL schemes for pagination:</p>
<pre><code>/blog/ -> First result page
/blog/1/ -> First result page
/blog/2/ -> Second result page
</code></pre>
<p>Another possibility:</p>
<pre><code>/blog/ -> First result page
/blog/page/1/ ->... | [
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"text": "<p>If the article's URL is the slug, then the <code>/1</code> shouldn't be mistaken as an article ID. </p>\n\n<pre><c... | 2012/01/12 | [
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/blog/1/ -> First result page
/blog/2/ -> Second result page
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Another possibility:
```
/blog/ -> First result page
/blog/page/1/ -> First result page
/blog/page/2/ -> Second resul... | If the article's URL is the slug, then the `/1` shouldn't be mistaken as an article ID.
```
/blog/article-title -> is an article
/blog/2 -> is a page
```
From a UX point of view, `/blog/page/2` does make more sense: if for example the URL is shared, the reader can better guess what is the content goin... |
16,070 | <p>We are building a contest site in which we are displaying a number of videos with a <strong>filter by state and filter by store</strong> option and a <strong>sort by vote (low to high) and date uploaded (past to recent)</strong>.</p>
<p>Currently, our page layout has the filter option to the upper left of the video... | [
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"text": "<p>You're right that using dropdown for 2 different functions on the same page is a bad confusing approach. However, in gen... | 2012/01/13 | [
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Currently, our page layout has the filter option to the upper left of the videos with a dropdown. To the right, we ... | You're right that using dropdown for 2 different functions on the same page is a bad confusing approach. However, in general, dropdown works fine for both filtering and sorting *as long as the control is properly labeled*.
The only suggestions for your situation I have are 1) to make sure that the current filter is no... |
16,433 | <p>Most of the users use weak passwords. They may use weak passwords even for services where they store sensitive information. I think it's because they don't believe that their password may be guessed/brute forced. But they may be furious if it happens. To avoid this furiosity we are going to build very strong passwor... | [
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"text": "<p>It's not uncommon for sites to display password strength (weak medium strong verystrong) next to the password field.</p>\n\... | 2012/01/22 | [
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What if you did something like this - but instead display "time to crack", an (arbitrary) estimated length of time for the password to be cracked, together with some commentary.
```
[password ] C... |
16,530 | <p>If you look at the search results provided by Google and Bing,they have their pagination right at the bottom (after all the search results in a page are displayed) </p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qTMFr.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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I was just wondering about the design rationale behind that other than the fact that... | We can use common sense to answer this question. Let's say you put pagination on the top of your SERP and it has 6 results, only 3 of which fit above the fold. This is the first SERP page:
```
________________
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| |
| Result 1 |
| Result 2 |
| Result 3 |
-----------------
.... |
16,775 | <p>I have read <strong><a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4227/how-many-items-in-a-web-form-drop-down-is-too-many">How many items in a web form drop down is too many?</a></strong>. I almost agree with <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/3643/vitaly-mijiritsky">Vitaly's</a> <a href="https://ux.stack... | [
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"text": "<p>If you are providing an autocomplete field, you are helping your users find information in a long list quickly. Paginati... | 2012/01/31 | [
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16,815 | <p>I have a site with an online game, there is a ranking of players. </p>
<p>For each game the player gets points which are summed up in their ranking. </p>
<p>During the game I want to show how much the player won now, how many games they played and how many points they need to get the next level in the ranking. </... | [
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"text": "<p>Icons need to be metaphors of what they represent; this produces a problem when a concept is too abstract. If you us... | 2012/02/02 | [
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For each game the player gets points which are summed up in their ranking.
During the game I want to show how much the player won now, how many games they played and how many points they need to get the next level in the ranking.
Here is the curren... | Icons need to be metaphors of what they represent; this produces a problem when a concept is too abstract. If you use icons consider adding tool tips (hover text) that explains the icon and make sure to test with users and verify they understand the icons.
Icons
-----
Note that these are **metaphors**, not actual ico... |
16,886 | <p>I'm building a part of an HTML form (titled "New Commission Rule") in a web application used by business users to enter and report on sales commissions in a retail store. See <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/q3KaH/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/q3KaH/</a> for the UI that I inherited that I'd like to improve. </p>
... | [
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"text": "<p>I'd use your existing layout, but discarding the third row entirely, and always allowing modification of the title field.</p... | 2012/02/04 | [
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There are two required fields in this part of the form: Comm... | I'd use your existing layout, but discarding the third row entirely, and always allowing modification of the title field.
```
Rate: [edit box] Category: [dropdown box]
Report Label: [edit box]
```
Display your default, autogenerated, title by default.
If the user *doesn't* make any changes, not... |
16,891 | <p>Other than time on task, error rates, memorability and use of help; what other empirical measures of performance can one measure an interface by?</p>
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Please expand your answers with real-world experience, and/or references to articles that describe the process of measuring the particulars of the performance and benefits.
... | I'd use your existing layout, but discarding the third row entirely, and always allowing modification of the title field.
```
Rate: [edit box] Category: [dropdown box]
Report Label: [edit box]
```
Display your default, autogenerated, title by default.
If the user *doesn't* make any changes, not... |
16,980 | <p>I have a web browser for searching records. The returned search results allows user to multi-select multiple records via tick boxes then user can click "Save to PDF" button either as a single (combined) pdf or many individual pdf record zipped as a single zip file.</p>
<p>Originally, I was going to add separate but... | [
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"text": "<p>I think you're trying to solve the wrong problem. The two button solution sounds like it's obvious and straight forward and... | 2012/02/07 | [
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Originally, I was going to add separate buttons for t... | I think you're trying to solve the wrong problem. The two button solution sounds like it's obvious and straight forward and pretty much what you'd expect. Rather than change the buttons and abuse your search facets, I would look into why you feel like you have too many buttons on the page and try to solve that problem.... |
17,054 | <p>We want to collect data about why our users cancel our product subscription. </p>
<p>Should we put the survey form on the same page? Since it might be more likely that they will fill it in, but probably at the expense of distracting our users from their goal. Something like this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Do you want ... | [
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Should we put the survey form on the same page? Since it might be more likely that they will fill it in, but probably at the expense of distracting our users from their goal. Something like this:
>
> Do you want to cancel your subscription... | In my experience, I have gotten better results by combining the survey with the action of unsubscribing.
If a user goes to the trouble of unsubscribing from something, they *really want to*, and are having some sort of negative experience that they want to alleviate. To retain as much goodwill as possible with the cu... |
17,218 | <p>I have created a hierarchical data set which I use to store a tree of regions. I want users to be able to add new nodes onto the tree, but I am having a hard time thinking of a very user friendly way to allow the user select the parent node they want to add a child to without having to either:</p>
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<li>Scroll t... | [
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* Scroll through the ent... | When your hierarchy is so large, there's no way to avoid clunkiness because it's there by design (large data sets are unwieldy). [Miller columns](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_columns) with an "add" button on the bottom will be the most elegant solution here. They allow you to have as many hierarchical levels as ... |
17,331 | <p>In HTML, if a full sentence is used for a link, should its terminal punctuation (i.e., period) be included in the linked text?</p>
<p>Consider these two examples:</p>
<pre><code><a href="about:blank">Watch the video on YouTube</a>.
<a href="about:blank">Watch the video on YouTube.</a>
</co... | [
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Consider these two examples:
```
<a href="about:blank">Watch the video on YouTube</a>.
<a href="about:blank">Watch the video on YouTube.</a>
```
Is this just a matter of personal preferenc... | I would answer no, the terminal punctuation should not be included in the hyperlink. It is the text that is being hyperlinked rather than the construct that the text is a part of.
Consider other such constructs: in an unordered list you wouldn't include the bullet point in a hyperlink, in an ordered list you wouldn't... |
17,334 | <p>I am working on a new site for a customer and they have already planned out a rough structure of pages for their site which involves substantial duplication of structure, but not necessarily of content.</p>
<p>e.g.</p>
<pre><code>home
|--about-us
|--business-area-a
|--products
|--case-studies
|--something... | [
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e.g.
```
home
|--about-us
|--business-area-a
|--products
|--case-studies
|--something-else
|--business-are... | I agree with Mike that is an usability concern as it could cause a user to get confused about the same piece of content being present in two different locations and he will struggle to determine the relationship between the two main categories and how they relate to this content and how the content relates to them indi... |
18,103 | <p>For Example:</p>
<pre><code>Results must match () All () Any () None Of the search criteria
</code></pre>
<p>vs</p>
<pre><code>Results must match () All of the search criteria
() Any
() None
</code></pre>
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```
Results must match () All () Any () None Of the search criteria
```
vs
```
Results must match () All of the search criteria
() Any
() None
```
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1. When three or more radios are displayed, it becomes difficult to immediately pick out pairs of buttons and labels. This is a problem with checkboxes, too. Users read in F-shaped patterns, top to bottom, and find it harder to resolve multiple items in a row.... |
18,365 | <p>Im trying to integrate an online / offline User Interface element in my application ( web app) I have some trouble getting it matches with the other user interface elements, and wonder what you guys here think of it - and in best practice could recommend any existing status online/offline user interface components.<... | [
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``... | I would draw your attention to an accessibility concern with using colour. To cite [WCAG 2.0](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#visual-audio-contrast):
>
> 1.4.1 Use of Color: Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or
> distinguishing a visual elemen... |
18,740 | <p>I have a data grid of three columns of type [Time, Decimal, Decimal]. All records in the decimal columns have the same number of decimal places. I have right aligned these as they're numeric.</p>
<p>But I don't know what the convention for time alignment is. I've had a search online for suggestions but it seems lik... | [
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But I don't know what the convention for time alignment is. I've had a search online for suggestions but it seems like there is... | Right align
-----------
Yes, it is reasonable to right align in your case. For other date and time formats, the alignment can be discussed.
Example from Spotify:
The biggest number can vary in number of figures -- in your case the hour, in this ex... |
18,751 | <p>The app I'm working on is a little like a set of sub-apps within one app, so the structure is basically as follows. Note that the subsections are a mix of tools and content (i.e. this isn't an app full of content like Google Play that is categorised) - it's functionality too.</p>
<pre><code>Home
Section 1
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```
Home
Section 1
Subsection ... | Like I mentioned in my comment, I'm working on a similar app.
IMO, Facebooks' **dashboard** will work fine for your Sections. The link is available from all screens (subsections) so your requirement "client needs the full set of Sections to be visible across the app" is also fulfilled (more or less).
And for your S... |
18,950 | <p>We have a web application where we show lots of data in "datasheets". As part of this, some data values can have other values associated with them. To make it more complicated, every item can have multiple values.</p>
<p>e.g. <sub>(this is probably a more complicated example, but we have lots of data that is simila... | [
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e.g. (this is probably a more complicated example, but we have lots of data that is similar, albeit a bit... | Would this work? I wasn't why the Values needed to be indented and vertically stacked in your design?
So the below design has the following changes:
1. column headers
2. data values aligned left, and much closer to the field names.
3. values separated by commas. (which can wrap.)
. Example:</p>
<pre><code>-------------- ... | [
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```
-------------- ---------... | I'm afraid I can't directly answer the research part of the question, but I can rant about my personal opinion, for what it's worth: One long-standing problem I have had with zoomable interfaces is that they expand things rather than zooming.
The human brain is really very good at keeping track of where stuff is. It ... |
19,322 | <p>I am working on a reporting application and we fetch several records based on their start/end date ranges. Users can choose to leave both start and/or end dates blank.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<pre><code>Example 1 - Date: 1/15/2010 to 2/3/2011
Example 2 - Date: [blank] to 2/3/2011
Example 3 - Date: 1/1/2010 to [blank]... | [
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Examples:
```
Example 1 - Date: 1/15/2010 to 2/3/2011
Example 2 - Date: [blank] to 2/3/2011
Example 3 - Date: 1/1/2010 to [blank]
Example 4 - Date: [b... | You can have a single field that opens a date range.
Once the user finished selecting dates - it appears on a single field.
This way you can use:
1. 1/15/2010 to 2/3/2011
2. until 2/3/2011
3. from 1/1/2010
4. All time |
19,661 | <p>I'm making a game with XNA, what I'm wondering is; what should the dimensions in pixels be of the window? It needs to be a size that will work on the majority of computers. I'm not sure if there's some size that most games use.</p>
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**There's no reason to not use the native window resolution by default.**
In XNA, you can do this with code like this in the `Initialize` method:
```
int width = GraphicsDevice... |
19,875 | <p>There are several questions on UX (e.g. <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/14194/how-to-determine-whether-links-have-enough-contrast">here</a>, <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/14173/automatically-calculate-contrast">here</a>, <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8297/choosing-... | [
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Than I use always [this simple tool](http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html) to find quickly a good combination between foreground and background color. Hope it help. |
19,892 | <p>In usability discussions about opening website external links in new windows, with regard to the argument of "keeping users on the site" there are occasionally references to usability studies which show that users are actually likely to leave the origin site instead of returning (thus defeating the purpose of openin... | [
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19,896 | <p>I am trying to create UI mockups for an Android app. I need something like this:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/28GJV.png" alt="Android image"></p>
<p>I am using Justinmind prototyper free edition and I cannot find an UI element for the share button which produces the list of apps (as shown in the imag... | [
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I am using Justinmind prototyper free edition and I cannot find an UI element for the share button which produces the list of apps (as shown in the image). Is this a normal button or ... | There's also the accessibility issue to consider. If a link opens in a new window, it breaks the "Back" button, which is problem enough for a sighted user, but for a user with visual disabilities who browses with a screen reader, it makes things even worse. These users will have their "Back" button disabled without hav... |
20,100 | <p>I have two datasets with 50 columns and 1-100 rows.</p>
<p>I need to display comparison of these two datasets in a report (standard letter).</p>
<p>So,
say my first dataset is as follows:</p>
<pre><code>Name Price Qty Location ...............
Pen $10 5 Basement
Pencil $8 11 ... | [
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I need to display comparison of these two datasets in a report (standard letter).
So,
say my first dataset is as follows:
```
Name Price Qty Location ...............
Pen $10 5 Basement
Pencil $8 11 Drawer
....................... | You can give User interface for selecting on demand column.
Whenever user requires particular column can display on page and take print according to standard letter size.
So selecting column on the fly for report will be work for you. |
20,374 | <p>I am working on a Quiz Application for Multiple Choice question. Instead of normal Multiple Choice Questions with the two answers yes and no. I am working on one that allows a user to abstain to a question and to give no answer. It should always be possible to select 'no Answer' even after selecting Yes or No.</p>
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I was t... | Answering your question, yes, it’s absolutely ok.
But, with such a short labels, you could use text instead of pictures:
```
[n/a] Yes No
n/a [Yes] No
n/a Yes [No]
```
Text is easier to understand than icons, and different understanding are less likely for text. For me, green tick and red cross mean if questi... |
20,508 | <p>I have a database driven asp.net mvc3 web application. In it, a user can go to a page and enter data based on the completion of a <strong>task</strong>. I bolded the task because it is hugely weighted in this application. The selection of a task holds the referential link to a load of data. Currently (and under cons... | [
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20,616 | <p>I'm implementing the <a href="http://designinginterfaces.com/firstedition/index.php?page=Forgiving_Format" rel="nofollow">forgiving format</a> pattern for phone numbers and social security numbers on a web site.</p>
<p>Basically, the idea is the user types their (US) phone number:</p>
<pre><code>5558675309
</code>... | [
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Basically, the idea is the user types their (US) phone number:
```
5558675309
```
The system provides feedback that it understands... | Do not rewrite until blur. Someone might type 7 digits, then go to the beginning and add '180'... all of a sudden before they get the second 0 on the area code, it gets re-written and their cursor position is lost.
Always format the input when they are leaving the control, never when their cursor is still there and th... |
20,796 | <p>We are considering adding functionality to our online application which will require the user to upgrade their Flash player from version 9 to version 11. We have measured and found out that almost all our users have Flash player 9 or higher installed, but a surprisingly low number has version 11.</p>
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I want to know what u... | If you are willing to trust Adobe's self reporting, they have their own statistics on [market penetration of Flash versions](http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplatformruntimes/statistics.displayTab3.html). A little math on these numbers would give you numbers on how often users upgrade. For example, they released 10.1... |
20,852 | <p>In my registration form I have to get user's Machine-readable passport number:</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport</a></p>
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport>
I am talking about the second line which contains 44 digits & characters. (See wiki for correct format). Unfortunately, there's no way around it and I have to get this data and valid... | It seems to me there's an easy way to cut down on repetitive data entry here but it needs to be user-tested.
Per the [specifications](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport#Format), the first line of the code contains only the letter P, passport type designation, issuing country/int'l authority, and th... |
20,876 | <p>I'm a web developer having a weird UX issue. When I build HTML forms, I ensure that every input's label is implemented through a <code><label></label></code> tag and that each label uses the <code>for</code> attribute to associate it with the input. For example:</p>
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```
<label for="firstName">First Name</label>
<input id="firstName" type="text... | I cannot understand why you'd want a reduced click area for your form field. Including the "for" attribute on the label tag allows you to increase the clickable area. It has been a web standard for quite a while and I would think most users are used to the behavior at this point, making it a convention. While it may no... |
20,937 | <p>I'm working on an application which handles billions of records, where lots of records could be duplicates. My task is to make it easy to find and correct the duplicate data, but I'm bit confused how to show duplicates records so that admin or any authorised user can take action on them </p>
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What i'm thinking :
I'll make... | To me this looks like reports of some kind, where admin should resolve issues with duplicates. The pie chart is more used to visualize data as parts of the whole information set. An example of the pie chart can be sales by region of total sales... like this:
![Sales by region example](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V1mil.p... |
20,980 | <p>I found this <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/12321/allow-list-box-to-expand-to-browser-height">question</a>, and while listboxes are cousins of the dropdown box, I think there are unique properties of combo boxes which require a seperate question.</p>
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I am working with a javascript replacement for a combo box to allo... | Dropdown is notoriously difficult to re-create. There are many good reasons to use browser's dropdown as is, and the below screenshots demonstrate one of them: depending on positioning of the dropdown, size and position browser window, the browser can display the dropdown outside its chrome to maximize usability. You c... |
21,001 | <p>I'm working on an application (Mac OS X, if it matters) that opens a user defined file or folder, does a bunch of operations on it (as set up on the main window and tracked on a progress bar), then saves the edited files at a different user-defined location, or over-writes the original file if the user so chooses. R... | [
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[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fzxsxl.png) – Wiref... |
21,004 | <p>Is is appropriate to put '!' at the end of validation message?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ycrcm.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>It is good to use short and direct message such as "xxx required" or "Enter xxx" right ?</p>
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It is good to use short and direct message such as "xxx required" or "Enter xxx" right ? | I think the exclamation marks are a little harsh considering that the messages are red as well. I also am not fond at all of the short messages, some of them are a little confusing too. I'd also get rid of 'Capital Case' too.
I'm a big fan of [this writing style](http://developer.android.com/design/style/writing.html)... |
21,024 | <p>I'm looking for an elegant way to show a list of items in a <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/UIElementGuidelines/UIElementGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH13-SW51" rel="nofollow">Table View</a>, where most (not all) items will have 2 va... | [
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If I lay the items o... | This sounds similar use case to a list of clothing items. "Skinny Jeans, Size 2", "Skinny Jeans, Size 3", etc. The variants in this case being the sizes available.
With only two variants, it seems unlikely that two steps is the best answer; if the list of variants was larger (as in my example with clothing sizes) I wo... |
21,061 | <p>We have a system that searches user names. Since the names are encrypted (getting this working was tricky on the back end too), we can't accept an empty search or one with one letter, since that would start decrypting too many names.</p>
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We've been thinking about how to convey to the user that they've got to input a minim... | I think the best solution is probably also the simplest: telling the user about the restriction.
```
[________] Type at least 3 characters
```
Optionally, after the 3 characters have been input you can hide, grey out the restriction message or place a tick next to it. |
21,100 | <p>In code, you have the ability to make a phone number on a website into a link by prepending the phone number in the href with a "tel:"</p>
<p>So, for example, you can create a link to 800-867-5309 with the following:</p>
<pre><code><a href="tel:+18008675309">800-867-5309</a>
</code></pre>
<p>Some phon... | [
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So, for example, you can create a link to 800-867-5309 with the following:
```
<a href="tel:+18008675309">800-867-5309</a>
```
Some phones will automatically turn any properly forma... | **I suggest using [microformats](http://html5doctor.com/microformats/#hcard-org) instead of "tel:" in your markup, and let the browser handle it.**
Power users can install a [plugin](http://microformats.org/wiki/firefox-extensions) or user script if their browser does not natively turn phone numbers to links to re-fo... |
21,411 | <p>I'm looking for an effective way to organise navigation items where some items are closely related to another in the same list.</p>
<p>This is how they're currently listed:</p>
<pre><code>Home
Users
Teams
Products
Groups
...
</code></pre>
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This is how they're currently listed:
```
Home
Users
Teams
Products
Groups
...
```
Teams are made up of Users, and Groups are made up of Products. Note: other links not shown here do not h... | These are few enough elements to be ordered inline on the same row (level), possibly like this:
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fmZNKb.png) – Wireframes created with [Balsamiq Mockups](http://www.balsamiq.com/product... |
21,483 | <p>I have a portal consists of set of widgets, each widget contains a block of data and a link to an application . it appears like <a href="http://james.padolsey.com/demo/tut-inettuts-with-cookies/" rel="nofollow">this</a> .My question is : what 's the best user experience to open the links which exist in each widget .... | [
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```
New tab ,New window ,I... | If the application is self contained and behaves like a **tool** rather than a **site**, then it may be worthwhile to open in a new window. Otherwise you probably should not, as that breaks the back button and behaves in unexpected ways. It is extremely unlikely that an iframe would be the best choice unless the applic... |
21,721 | <p>I'm working with a client on a website redevelopment project where the site in question targets two main end user types, lets call them 'Business-A' and 'Business-B'. </p>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong><br/>
Apologies; I failed to mention first time round that the site also contains products which are equally applicable... | [
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**EDIT**
Apologies; I failed to mention first time round that the site also contains products which are equally applicable to both business groups b... | You are confusing the user interface with the information architecture of the site. Just because you have a hierarchy that shows the product in two places does not mean that you should maintain two separate pages of product information, pricing, etc.
For example, on a clothing store you might list stuff under `/clothi... |
21,756 | <p>We have a search scenario where the user should be able to do a search based on four inputs, three being '<strong>optional</strong>' text inputs and the fourth one being a select box</p>
<p>We came with below three approaches for this</p>
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We came with below three approaches for this
**Approach 1**: Just inputs and r... | This is not a direct answer, but are you absolutely sure that your users actually want multiple boxes where they type a search term into? So often people make search boxes that correspond to database table fields, something like this:
```
(SELECT * FROM Users
Email: [ ] WH... |
21,873 | <p>I want to make a path-based breadcrumb with pure css and am considering 'sliding' it when the path is too long.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code>path 1 > path 2 > path 3 > .......... > path n
</code></pre>
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For example:
```
path 1 > path 2 > path 3 > .......... > path n
```
If the breadcrumb is too long to be shown in a single line. **Would this be an intuitive breadcrumb to implement?**
The drawback of th... | I don't know the particular scenario in question here, but if the breadcrumb is too long to be shown in a single line then there is already too much information for the user to care about and you should consider simplifying what is displayed, not trying to find a way to squeeze more information than necessary into a sp... |
21,985 | <p>I've got a web app where users can create two different kinds of similar things and I'm trying to decide whether to have two buttons, or one button and then present a choice as part of the resulting form. E.g.:</p>
<pre><code> [Create Primary Ownership] [Create Secondary Ownership]
</code></pre>
<p>vs.</p>
<pre><... | [
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```
[Create Primary Ownership] [Create Secondary Ownership]
```
vs.
```
[Create Ownership] -> (x) P... | I must say that I don't really like the sound of skipping the standard menu and totally relying on keybindings/contextual menu. This is however of personal preference and I have no third party evidence to back me up so you may want to take what I say with a pinch of salt.
Personally I would try to add an actual naviga... |
22,051 | <p>I'm developing a rule-based forms application where the user must explicitly choose a value for each data field, even boolean ones. For controls like combo boxes, this is not a problem, as they just start out having no value selected. For controls representing boolean values (i.e. checkboxes), I don't know how to pr... | [
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Checkboxes are meant only for the cases of "Off" and "On". The one exception being an existing convention where in a tree, a checkbox that is partially filled in (either with a solid color or a dash) marks it as indeterminate... |
22,412 | <p>Which is the best way to design a form which contains 5-6 editable text fields to be entered by the user.</p>
<pre><code>Q1
Editable text box for answer1
Q2
Editable text box for answer2
Q3
Editable text box for answer3
Q4
Editable text box for answer4
Q5
Editable text box for answer5
Button for submission
</code><... | [
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```
Q1
Editable text box for answer1
Q2
Editable text box for answer2
Q3
Editable text box for answer3
Q4
Editable text box for answer4
Q5
Editable text box for answer5
Button for submission
```
Above approach w... | Since 99% of your users will simply pick their route and go, your choice for changing the vehicle should be broken out to a separate screen (perhaps using Ajax so a full refresh is not required).
Quote the price, and have 'Standard' listed with a nice visible **[Upgrade]** button next to it. Clicking that button takes... |
22,520 | <p>I am creating an iPhone app where I need to show transient confirmation messages (called a toast in Android). For example, when a user submits a comment, I pop up a message saying "<em>thanks for submitting your comment</em>". Shortly after, the message will fade away. There exist many such transient messages all ov... | [
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I really don't think the science is the main issue with this solution. You need to test and evaluate real use. |
22,574 | <p>Is there a suggested, single location to place the currency symbol every time for any given locale?</p>
<p>For example, always on the left with a space before the amount like this:</p>
<pre><code>R 10.00
$ 10.00
€ 10.00
¥ 10.00
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For example, always on the left with a space before the amount like this:
```
R 10.00
$ 10.00
€ 10.00
¥ 10.00
```
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22,590 | <p>My program is a wrapper for Remote Desktop Connection which generates a ".rdp" file and launches the file through the normal program. I am trying to mimic Remote Desktop Connection's resolution slider so I can enter in to the file the desired size of the new window, here is a screen shot of the program:</p>
<p><img... | [
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![enter image ... | As you have done create a list of resolutions that your application will support. There is no point in supporting a resolution that is too small to make your application workable.
Next, get your clients screen resolution. No point in giving them an option that goes beyond their screen. This can get tricky for multi m... |
22,793 | <p>Early last year, <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search-skills.html" rel="noreferrer">Jakob Nielsen complained that</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In general, we almost never see people use advanced search. And when they do, they typically use it incorrectly — partly because they use it so rarely that they never... | [
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>
> In general, we almost never see people use advanced search. And when they do, they typically use it incorrectly — partly because they use it so rarely that they never really learn how it works.
>
>
>
Since then... | I think advanced search options are generally the wrong approach all together.
In the example displayed all the search options are really filters. I strongly advocate for the following: SIMPLE search, then expose filters. Something like is done on Newegg:
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CUwr... |
23,023 | <p>I have a progress bar at the top of all pages in a signup process:</p>
<pre><code>Personal details > Contact details > Choose membership package > Buy > Finish
</code></pre>
<p>The order of these steps is fixed but I have a question about the 'choose membership package' step. Whereas all the other step... | [
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```
Personal details > Contact details > Choose membership package > Buy > Finish
```
The order of these steps is fixed but I have a question about the 'choose membership package' step. Whereas all the other steps are single pages, the 'choose member... | This could be quite easily achieved with some simple rephrasing. It looks to me as the section
```
Details on a particular package
```
is to review the selected package before purchase. If you rephrase your steps like this instead:
```
Personal details > Contact details > Choose membership package > Review details ... |
23,207 | <p>For the needs of a line drawing program, I need to edit an array of integers. The only constraint on the array is its length, which has to be even, and greater or equal to two. The solution I have for now looks like this:</p>
<p>The [ x ] stands for editable text boxes.</p>
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The [ x ] stands for editable text boxes.
Initially: ( this one represents the default dashed li... | So, am I understanding your situation correctly when I assume that …
```
[1][1]
- - - - - - -
[2][2]
-- -- -- --
[1][1][2][2]
- -- - -- - --
```
I guess it's necessary to provide pairs because this should also be possible:
```
[2][1]
-- -- -- -- --
```
First of all, I don't think it's necessary to *requi... |
23,243 | <p>In my application I have a text field that should display numbers (representing money) ranging from 0 to 999 trillion.</p>
<p>The users of my application are the general public, so displaying a scientific notation such as "1.021356e16" is not acceptable. </p>
<p>What formatting options do I have?</p>
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The users of my application are the general public, so displaying a scientific notation such as "1.021356e16" is not acceptable.
What formatting options do I have?
I wouldn't want to display `999,9... | I think (a) \* 10^x, e.g. `1.02 * 10^16`, is easier for people to read than scientific notation.
Even easier would be to just use the abbreviations for the powers of 1000:
```
107K
44M
392B
602T
``` |
23,333 | <p>Here's something I come across fairly frequently: A large collection (list or table) of items serves as an overview, displaying only the name of each individual item (with a link to the respective resource).</p>
<p>For example, let's imagine a list of fast-food restaurant addresses:</p>
<pre><code> | London ... | [
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For example, let's imagine a list of fast-food restaurant addresses:
```
| London Berlin Moscow P... | Thanks for the responses.
We eventually went with a reveal-on-click solution, sort of like a combination of [dropdowns](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#dropdowns) and [popovers](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#popovers), with a subtle trigger button to avoid visual noise. |
23,456 | <p>We usually aim for friendly (vanity) urls to help visitors identify where they are in the website, e.g. www.website.com/products/acme-product. But, are there standards here for search results?</p>
<p>At the moment our search results are something like this: </p>
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At the moment our search results are something like this:
```
http://www.website.com/search?by=<category>=<selected_category... | I recently did some research on that, and I came to the conclusion that the search urls needn't be accessible. It is surely nice to have them accessible like <http://yourdomain.com/search?q=hello>, but if you cannot manage that, it's no big issue.
How I came to these results:
* All major search sites have huge search... |
23,529 | <p>I'm working with a tree data structure, which should be visualised (like in a file manager). </p>
<p>The server can calculate the whole tree and the client will display it.</p>
<p>The possible size of a tree can be too big for a client to handle it all at once, so I only request the child nodes for a "opened" node... | [
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The server can calculate the whole tree and the client will display it.
The possible size of a tree can be too big for a client to handle it all at once, so I only request the child nodes for a "opened" node at once.
but th... | You are actually asking how to ensure better interaction design while combining two elements which are not UX-friendly: tree structures and pagination.
1. Tree structures
------------------
>
> Unfortunately, hierarchical trees are one of the most inappropriately used controls in the toolbox. They can be highly prob... |
23,532 | <p>As a bit of background, I would like to show you some wireframes in the web application.</p>
<p>This is a screen for managing a list of users in the system. Note that by just clicking a trash or disabled button, the account is deleted or disabled, there is no need to submit the form.</p>
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This is a screen for managing a list of users in the system. Note that by just clicking a trash or disabled button, the account is deleted or disabled, there is no need to submit the form.
![mockup](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8zyC... | You are actually asking how to ensure better interaction design while combining two elements which are not UX-friendly: tree structures and pagination.
1. Tree structures
------------------
>
> Unfortunately, hierarchical trees are one of the most inappropriately used controls in the toolbox. They can be highly prob... |
23,552 | <p>Take, for example, these two scenarios. Both very similar HTML, but different semantically:</p>
<p><strong>Scenario 1:</strong></p>
<pre><code><label for="myCheckbox">
<input type="checkbox" id="myCheckbox" />
My Checkbox
</label>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Scenario 2:</strong></p>
<pre><... | [
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**Scenario 1:**
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<input type="checkbox" id="myCheckbox" />
My Checkbox
</label>
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**Scenario 2:**
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<label for="myCheckbox">My Checkbox</labe... | I believe it should as the entire region in the eyes of the user is the "selection". Now, I think you can look at this issue from another angle which is...how do we remove the perception of a space?
One solution is to include a background surrounding the checkbox and label region. On hover over, the background could c... |
23,590 | <p>What is the best way to go about designing an Android application that features quite a bit of formulas and conversions? I was thinking that multiple Activities with ListViews sort of like a tree with the leaves being the actual calculations. However, after reading Android design principles it's better to avoid a pu... | [
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Consider [the Settings design pattern](http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/settings.html), where your various items are grouped into a categorized list. In this example, the second screen would be the converter/calculator itself i... |
23,766 | <p>I have to make a webpage to associate users (around 30) together into groups. I have thought about a vertical list of users with radio-buttons (number of users) in the line. Example:</p>
<pre><code> groups 1 2 3 4 5
John doe 1 O O O O O
John doe 2 O O O O O
John doe 3 O O O O O
John doe 4 O O O O O
Joh... | [
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```
groups 1 2 3 4 5
John doe 1 O O O O O
John doe 2 O O O O O
John doe 3 O O O O O
John doe 4 O O O O O
John doe 5 O O ... | What about autocompleting the names of the members. Something like this:
1. Each group has a box with a list of its members.
2. Each box has a search form that can be used to look for the users (ideally with autocomplete).
If the users doesn'... |
23,965 | <p>Why do a lot of websites use a text color other than <code>#000000</code> black when the background is white?</p>
<p>For instance, this text will be displayed using a dark grey:</p>
<pre><code>.post-text {
color: #333;
}
</code></pre>
<p>Have some studies been made on that topic?</p>
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For instance, this text will be displayed using a dark grey:
```
.post-text {
color: #333;
}
```
Have some studies been made on that topic? | High contrast such as black on white can cause eye strain. Also there is evidence that it is particularly bad for people with dyslexia. For further info read articles at [UX Movement](http://uxmovement.com/content/6-surprising-bad-practices-that-hurt-dyslexic-users/) and [The Bristol Dyslexia Centre](http://www.dyslexi... |
23,991 | <p>I have a grid column which can display numbers ranging from single digits and into the billions. I think that at some point we need to switch from displaying the whole number to using abbreviations, like 7M for millions or 2B for billions, like discussed in <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/23243/what-... | [
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24,046 | <p>I'm thinking of using a set of "conjoined choice buttons" to let the user filter a table of highscores. It would look sort of like this:</p>
<pre><code> _______________________________
( ##EVERYONE##| FRIENDS | ME ) ---- everyone selected
‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
_______________________________... | [
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```
_______________________________
( ##EVERYONE##| FRIENDS | ME ) ---- everyone selected
‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
_______________________________
( EVERYONE ... | This is called a *Segment Control* on iOS
and *[Segmented Radio Buttons](https://github.com/makeramen/android-segmentedradiobutton)* on other platforms. |
24,213 | <p>The key action on a page is selecting "I'm in" (meaning "I'm committed", which can also be deselected). The logical choice of controls is a checkbox:</p>
<pre><code>[ ] I'm in
</code></pre>
<p>I'd like to give this action elevated prominence and integration with other actions by displaying it as a large button wit... | [
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```
[ ] I'm in
```
I'd like to give this action elevated prominence and integration with other actions by displaying it as a large button with an icon:
```
----------... | Lighten the image significantly when *out* so that the checkbox becomes more obviously the control requiring interaction, and the current state becomes more clearly indicated.
Additionally, you might consider an iOS style slider that makes the current state and the required transition more obvious.
![enter image desc... |
24,360 | <p>I am creating a dialog box for a GIMP plugin that exports images in the WebP format. The dialog currently looks something like this:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OXHHC.png" alt="mockup"></p>
<p><sup><a href="/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fOXHHC.png">download bmml... | [
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[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fOXHHC.png) – Wireframes created with [Balsamiq Moc... | 
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fsxEqG.png) – Wireframes created with [Balsamiq Mockups](http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups)
How about this?
Just replace the checkboxes with radio buttons.
Color channel - se... |
24,506 | <p>I'm designing a registration page for a portal which which will be used all over Europe. Users have to provide their phone number.</p>
<p>A user can select their country / country code via a drop list, and enter their phone number in a text field.</p>
<p>My question is how to best indicate the format I want the user... | [
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A user can select their country / country code via a drop list, and enter their phone number in a text field.
My question is how to best indicate the format I want the user to enter for t... | I'd go with option 2, out of the options presented. I don't like the first example because people generally don't understand other country formats so that may not add any more clarity for many users.
**As a third option**, have you considered simply not bothering the user with formatting and calculating it server side... |
24,528 | <p>Sites such as <code>gmail.com</code> and <code>outlook.com</code> both redirect away from their original 'pretty' URLs, only to replace it by an unreadable and unpredictable one. Outlook seems to actively add a server to the URL: </p>
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<p><em><strong>snt002</strong>.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855... | [
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>
> ***snt002**.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855&owa=1&owasuffix=owa%2f*
>
>
>
So it might be for load... | There are various reasons for this, amongst them:
* **Bookmarks -** I love the ability to drag and drop the browser address icon to my desktop to mark an important email.
* **History -** Looking through your history can be the quickest way to find an email you read half an hour ago. You need an encoded url to achieve ... |
24,605 | <p>We're developing a web application which has a feature to upload local files to a server. The application is developed using a rich web application framework called <a href="https://vaadin.com/home" rel="nofollow">Vaadin</a></p>
<p>The framework is very capable as a whole but I've discovered a problem for users usi... | [
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The framework is very capable as a whole but I've discovered a problem for users using Firefox. If a user that uses Fire... | You can't really communicate this since this will be habitual. It's like trying to stop halfway in sneezing - yuo can do it but it takes enermous concentration.
Instead, what you can do, is to leverage cognitive speeds on this habit: you know that double click occurs within about 100-200 ms (I don't remember the exact... |
24,689 | <p>For the form items below, which interface control is the best option? A single checkbox or yes/no radio button?</p>
<pre><code>Read EWLS advice letter?
Checked images / report on PACS / CRIS?
Pacemaker?
Unable to localise stone
</code></pre>
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```
Read EWLS advice letter?
Checked images / report on PACS / CRIS?
Pacemaker?
Unable to localise stone
``` | It would be helpful to get more context around the question and what the user is trying to accomplish. Checkboxes can work and can probably be faster for the user to fill out the form since there will be fewer options to visually inspect. If you are going to go with checkboxes you might need to add clarifying text. e.g... |
24,772 | <p>Looking for some feedback on if there is a well known approach for this. Please note that my graphics are just for example and look much worse in the actual application.</p>
<p>A user has the authorization of <code>Data Entry</code>. They are going to be entering data for table Container</p>
<pre><code>Container
-... | [
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A user has the authorization of `Data Entry`. They are going to be entering data for table Container
```
Container
---------
int ContainerId
string ... | Personally I like the icon. The empty column does have a function: You can start your swipe to the left there, without risking accidentally pressing any tiles. As oppossed to iOS, where unintentionally starting apps keeps happening to me. I attempted to illustrate this:
![Flick screen windows phone](https://i.stack.im... |
24,813 | <p>I noticed this today on Google Plus:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Fttu.jpg" alt="GPlus gallery virtual scrollbar"></p>
<p><em>Virtual Scrollbar in a Google+ Gallery</em></p>
<p>This is a <em>virtual</em> scrollbar, as opposed to <em>native</em> scrollbars everyone on Windows or pre-Lion OS X does k... | [
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*Virtual Scrollbar in a Google+ Gallery*
This is a *virtual* scrollbar, as opposed to *native* scrollbars everyone on Windows or pre-Lion OS X does know.
Now this happens to be a scrollbar in an *infinite sc... | So, a few alternatives.
Emulating a "real" scrollbar while maintaining infinite scrolling
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Emulation-oriented approach restore the usual scrollbars while still providing infinite scrolling. They're useful *if the content actually has a reasonable end*.
... |
24,814 | <p>I have an interface for managing account fields in a web app like so:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qG9A4.png" alt="mockup"></p>
<p><sup><a href="/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fqG9A4.png">download bmml source</a> – Wireframes created with <a href="http://www... | [
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[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fqG9A4.png) – Wireframes created with [Balsamiq Mockups](http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups)
The premise is... | So, a few alternatives.
Emulating a "real" scrollbar while maintaining infinite scrolling
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Emulation-oriented approach restore the usual scrollbars while still providing infinite scrolling. They're useful *if the content actually has a reasonable end*.
... |
24,819 | <p>I have a set of list headings eg.</p>
<p>List One (24)
List Two (34)</p>
<p>etc. and I want to start with them collapsed, but allow the user to view the first 10, or expand to view all. So, I have setup so the user can click/touch the list name and it will cycle between 0-10-All, but I also want some buttons so it... | [
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List One (24)
List Two (34)
etc. and I want to start with them collapsed, but allow the user to view the first 10, or expand to view all. So, I have setup so the user can click/touch the list name and it will cycle between 0-10-All, but I also want some buttons so it's obvious you ca... | I would use "show more" instead of "some", it's more common and might better align with the users model.
I would also suggest a [+] or arrow down to the left of the results is more common for the all/none, thought this could even be moved to the right.
If you have the room, show more labels. It might not be entirely ... |
24,824 | <p>I'm implementing a javascript folder tree with basic explorer function: add/update/delete. It's like this:</p>
<pre><code>[Menu] Add new school
+School A
-- Class A1
-- Classs A2
-----Student Tom
+School B
-- Class B1
-----Student Jerry
</code></pre>
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```
[Menu] Add new school
+School A
-- Class A1
-- Classs A2
-----Student Tom
+School B
-- Class B1
-----Student Jerry
```
Currently we click on the name to show a modal box for editing. User can drags student... | Right clicking on the web is indeed much less used.
Hover should be avoided in my opinion, especially if there any chance this will be used on a mobile device where this isn't possible.
I'd also point out that edit and delete are related actions and in iOS in particular you often click "edit" to reveal a "delete". ... |
24,962 | <p>Can I put items in a navigation menu list, that don't actually mirror the website pages structure ?</p>
<p>e.g. if the pages in the site follow this structure:</p>
<pre><code>Homepage
|--Products
|--Product 1
|--details
|--more details
|--Product 2
|--details
... | [
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e.g. if the pages in the site follow this structure:
```
Homepage
|--Products
|--Product 1
|--details
|--more details
|--Product 2
|--details
|--more details... | Yes. The navigation menu should be optimized for the user and not be constrained by the hidden structure of the site. |
25,045 | <p>In our web app, I need to explain some information that is useful, but is not the most important part of the app. I'm interested in the best way to do this.</p>
<p>To give a concrete example, I have a list of Unix commands and their output, like so:</p>
<pre><code>$ mkdir -p log/ (0s) ... | [
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To give a concrete example, I have a list of Unix commands and their output, like so:
```
$ mkdir -p log/ (0s) (inferred)
... | The problem I have with the word inferred is that until I read your description, I had no idea of what it meant. Since you are going for a web based app, I would recommend going for a simple help icon (like given below) which on hover would show the text details.
.</p>
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I have a number of slides explaining the area, but what I would like to show them (as I believe they will be able to relate to this) is the changing face of... | I don't think you can find interactive versions of every change google has made in his algorithms.
Althrough you can find around 8600 screenshots since its starts in 1998 here:
```
http://wayback.archive.org/web/19980915000000*/http://google.com
```
Regards! |
25,787 | <p>I develop an open-source, system monitoring tool, <a href="https://www.rightcalc.com/blog/servicemon/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ServiceMon</a>, and I'd really appreciate some help choosing the right words to use for a feature.</p>
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The state of the system that is being monitored is represented using a named severity level. The level changes when the number o... | My first thought is that most people will abandon the secondary naming scheme you assign each colour, and will probably call each state **by** its colour.
The first real-world example of this behaviour that comes to mind is the American Department of Homeland Security's (discontinued) colour-coded threat level warning... |
25,903 | <p>We use Next/Previous buttons as controls in our image gallery. I'm in the process of implementing responsive design, so there is a limited amount of space that I can be used for these buttons. I'm wondering if using "Prev" instead of spelling it out as "Previous" will confuse users or if they will generally understa... | [
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Mark it up something like this:
```
<li>Prev<span>ious</span></li>
```
Then at your lower break point hide the span .. and show it at higher break points.
As to whether people will understand it, the best way to find out is to user test it.
My... |
26,108 | <p>I'm rebuilding a site from scratch and would like to make better informed decisions about UX and IA.</p>
<p>Is it bad to use information architecture to describe multiple topics with duplicate catagory names ?</p>
<p>I want to keep a strong IA for a URL that users and SEO can depend on, but this is giving me a UX ... | [
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Is it bad to use information architecture to describe multiple topics with duplicate catagory names ?
I want to keep a strong IA for a URL that users and SEO can depend on, but this is giving me a UX headache.
A webs... | Basically, you have a cube I guess
Each of these boxes can have multiple entries, and it's not necessarily 3 games for each country.
I'd say, it doesn't really matter if you maintain one breadcrumb or multiple, what matters is to allow multiple entr... |
26,340 | <p>For example, suppose I have a site with products and product categories. I'm trying to come up with a good intuitive url structure. I want to use name slugs throughout rather than database ids. In general I'm not a fan of query string parameters (e.g., <code>www.example.com/products?category=tools</code>) so where p... | [
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```
http://clothing.com/mens/shirts/three-wolf-moon
http://clothing.com/mens/shirts
http://clothing.com/m... |
26,371 | <p>I'm grappling with the user registration experience for my application.</p>
<p>I'm considering this model:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>User enters...</p>
<ul>
<li>Username</li>
<li>Password</li>
<li>Password confirmation</li>
<li>Email address</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>The app displays a message saying "Please check your email ... | [
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I'm considering this model:
1. User enters...
* Username
* Password
* Password confirmation
* Email address
2. The app displays a message saying "Please check your email to complete your registration" and sends them an email sort of like...
... | You need it for a simple reason, so that you can ensure that people haven't used someone else's email to sign up for your service. Another reason for email verification is that people might identically enter their email wrong and an email verification step helps them check that they had used the correct email to sign u... |
26,607 | <p>Has anyone ever seen the following design pattern in use, and if so, is there ever a good time to use it?</p>
<pre><code>(Button) labeled "Do Something"
[User] left-clicks on (Button)
[System] action A (Add) is performed
[User] right-clicks on (Button)
[System] action B (Subtract; inverse of A) is performed
</code>... | [
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```
(Button) labeled "Do Something"
[User] left-clicks on (Button)
[System] action A (Add) is performed
[User] right-clicks on (Button)
[System] action B (Subtract; inverse of A) is performed
``` | There are two problems with this:
1. It is not compatible with touch devices.
You may be developing for desktop eviroments, but that doesn't mean that the user doesn't use touch to interact with your application.
2. It is hard to discover.
When you see a button you know you can click it, because it visually tells yo... |
26,635 | <p>If I have:</p>
<pre><code><h2>
Edit your details
<a href="/help?topic=editDetails">
<img
src="/images/helpIcon.gif"
width="20" height="20"
alt="Help about: Editing your details"
/>
</a>
</h2>
</code></pre>
<p>Is the heading accessible?</p>
<p>A hea... | [
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```
<h2>
Edit your details
<a href="/help?topic=editDetails">
<img
src="/images/helpIcon.gif"
width="20" height="20"
alt="Help about: Editing your details"
/>
</a>
</h2>
```
Is the heading accessible?
A heading list generated by AT would include the link text, this sou... | In theory, if the help link is contained within the heading element alongside the text "Edit your details", it would be sufficient for the alt attribute of the help icon to be simply "Help", since its meaning can be derived when combined with the heading text (both visually and programmatically by those relying on AT).... |
27,835 | <p>I have millions of records categorized in following way</p>
<p>1: Category(All, Person, Company, Reference etc )
2: Type(master data, source data)
<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WwPrc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://i.imgur.com/WwPrc.png</a></p>
<p>Current flow :</p>
<p>Through UI, user can choose category (... | [
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1: Category(All, Person, Company, Reference etc )
2: Type(master data, source data)
[http://i.imgur.com/WwPrc.png](https://i.imgur.com/WwPrc.png)
Current flow :
Through UI, user can choose category (radio buttons) and type (radio buttons) and hit search > get ... | I'd somehow refactor the form in order to be able to keep the radio buttons.
Radios are preferred over a dropdown in that the user is able to see all the choices at once, no need to click the arrow to open the list.
As for the screenshot provided, I imagine that the users first choose *category*, than *type*, and... |
27,892 | <p>I'm building a mood tracker app for iPhone and am running into a user experience issue - I would like users to be able to track their moods, along with other events in a vertical "history".</p>
<p>The mood that I'm recording are reported on an X-Y scale with X being Pleasantness and Y being excitement (The scale is... | [
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The mood that I'm recording are reported on an X-Y scale with X being Pleasantness and Y being excitement (The scale is available... | Since each color can be described with three variables: hue, saturation and brightness, you could try to use a pair of these to code your X/Y.
A good starting point would be to use hues (green/red) for horizontal dimension (pleasant/unpleasant) and use brightness or saturation for the vertical dimension: high = bright... |
28,149 | <p>I'm currently working on a data-rich desktop interface. </p>
<p>We have a situation where we're displaying a long list of attributes. Unfortunately I can't go into specifics but ultimately the user can copy and past individual attributes into a search field to narrow their results. </p>
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"text": "<p>You can use the text input/textarea, with the readonly attribute set</p>\n\n<pre><code><input type=\"text\" readon... | 2012/10/23 | [
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] | I'm currently working on a data-rich desktop interface.
We have a situation where we're displaying a long list of attributes. Unfortunately I can't go into specifics but ultimately the user can copy and past individual attributes into a search field to narrow their results.
![enter image description here](https://i... | You can use the text input/textarea, with the readonly attribute set
```
<input type="text" readonly value="Lorem ipsum" />
<textarea readonly>Lorem ipsum</textarea>
```
so the data is 'copy and paste-able' but not editable.
The problem is that the user might think that the input is disabled, but you can place a bu... |
28,258 | <p>I'm building an iPhone app that shows several introduction screens to the user before presenting the main user interface. This is accomplished once, on first launch. My intention is to make the first impression a smooth one by explaining some of the most important options. </p>
<p>The screens are</p>
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"text": "<p>I think Apple's guidelines suggest to minimize the number of those intro screens (preferably not have any), hence users... | 2012/10/24 | [
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] | I'm building an iPhone app that shows several introduction screens to the user before presenting the main user interface. This is accomplished once, on first launch. My intention is to make the first impression a smooth one by explaining some of the most important options.
The screens are
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Welcome
Terms and Condi... | I think Apple's guidelines suggest to minimize the number of those intro screens (preferably not have any), hence users have come to expect not many (if any) startup/setup screens. You should definitely let users get into the app as soon as possible.
From [Apple's iOS UX guidelines](http://developer.apple.com/library/... |
28,511 | <p>When using the placeholder attribute in HTML5 has there been any research into how the content of the placeholder affects the usability of the form? </p>
<p>I'm thinking specifically about using the placeholder attribute to <strong>replace</strong> the label attribute compared to using the placeholder attribute to ... | [
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"text": "<p>My experience in user testing is that replacing labels with placeholders can often hurt for two reasons:</p>\n\n<p>1) Whe... | 2012/10/31 | [
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] | When using the placeholder attribute in HTML5 has there been any research into how the content of the placeholder affects the usability of the form?
I'm thinking specifically about using the placeholder attribute to **replace** the label attribute compared to using the placeholder attribute to **replace** the label a... | The consensus is that it is not ok to use placeholders to replace labels.
<http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201204/the_html5_placeholder_attribute_is_not_a_substitute_for_the_label_element/>
<http://www.shiftedbits.net/rambling/why-html-placeholders-dont-replace-html-labels/>
<http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/commo... |
28,688 | <p>One of my favorite PC games of all time is Birthright: The Gorgons alliance. It is a very deep and complicated game that had much more than many single player games at that time. </p>
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"text": "<p>Is it \"common?\" Not counting video games, certainly not. I've almost never seen \"difficulty settings\" outside of... | 2012/11/04 | [
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For example, the user could manage a realm from a strategic map, participate in tactical battles or go on 3D adventure with their hero.
An... | I have a very different take than what Ben has.
There are such **desktop apps**, mainly in the industrial world.
An example on what I was invited to look at just this week is a graphing app: you can think like some kind of diagramming app, only it's for communication networks.
Now there are two interfaces of it: one... |
28,825 | <p>I’m reading Jakobs Nielsens new mobile usability book.
There is an example of a mobile site that suffers from an overly deep hierarchy (5 levels in total)
In the example users need to navigate through the following hierarchy of pages:</p>
<pre><code> (A) Products
+ (B) Computer & Tablets
+ (C) iPad &am... | [
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"text": "<p>Way too busy, and the data being displayed is very redundant, worse yet not even organized. Why would I ever th... | 2012/11/07 | [
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] | I’m reading Jakobs Nielsens new mobile usability book.
There is an example of a mobile site that suffers from an overly deep hierarchy (5 levels in total)
In the example users need to navigate through the following hierarchy of pages:
```
(A) Products
+ (B) Computer & Tablets
+ (C) iPad & tablets
+ ... | There are several problems with mobile devices compared to lap tops’. The screen is smaller making it harder to show “all you need” to the user at the same time. Also, navigation is trickier and more often than on lap tops’ users navigate wrong unintentionally – with the effect that user need to use the back button and... |
28,865 | <p>I have a problem whereby we are asking a user for multiple items. This is in a gaming scenario and the game has lots of items. Each item is manufactured from other items and is only counted once it has been completed and picked up in the game.</p>
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"text": "<p>In the case of a game I think it'd probably be better to just write it out in full instead of just showing X/Y</p>\n... | 2012/11/08 | [
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] | I have a problem whereby we are asking a user for multiple items. This is in a gaming scenario and the game has lots of items. Each item is manufactured from other items and is only counted once it has been completed and picked up in the game.
We then have a deals section where a dealer asks you for some of your items... | I'd put a small count bubble in the top left w/ the amount that they have. Preferrably over the avatar representing the item.
Then at the bottom, I'd put "Wants #".
Then color the count bubble green or red to indicate whether or not the deal is good.
Considering the input from Ben Brocka, maybe this would be ideal:
... |