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42,742 | <p>I have a product page, currently it is laid out like this:</p>
<pre><code>///////////////////////////////////////////
(Product Title) / (product price)
/ (add to cart)
(product description) / (product image)
</code></pre>
<p>The image I have is only small, and thus won't take up ... | [
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```
///////////////////////////////////////////
(Product Title) / (product price)
/ (add to cart)
(product description) / (product image)
```
The image I have is only small, and thus won't take up much room. Are there any i... | You may want to read [this](http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/product-page-design/) and [this](http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/01/10/it-works-for-you-a-user-centric-guideline-to-product-pages/). It would be better to have a larger image or a gallery of images. |
42,934 | <p>We have a form that spans 3 pages (has steps 1 to 3). Currently, we allow them to skip required data because they may want to do Step 2 first before they feel like filling out Step 1 form. Our forms have a Save Draft button so they can save and come back anytime.</p>
<p>A concrete example: </p>
<pre><code>Step 1 r... | [
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"text": "<p>There are several ways.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Be truly flexible.</strong> Require only identification fie... | 2013/07/30 | [
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A concrete example:
```
Step 1 requires them to input... | Validating early and letting the user know early in the process that something is required is important for a good user experience. If I complete three pages of a form only to be told at page three that I have errors on page one, I am going to be frustrated by that.
That being said, I understand your desire to maintai... |
43,439 | <p>In x86 assembly language there are two registers named BX and DX. In the 32bit architecture, their names are EBX, EDX and in 64bit RBX and RDX. The lower byte is respectively BL, DL and the higher byte BH and DH.</p>
<p>Writing in assembly language, it is most common practice, lower case to be used: bx,dx, ebx, edx... | [
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Writing in assembly language, it is most common practice, lower case to be used: bx,dx, ebx, edx and so on... | The principal problem to my eyes is that I'm scanning column wise instead of left to right. Any marks that appear towards the bottom of the character indicating 'b' or 'd' would not be enough for my eyes to quickly determine the character.
I suggest you make a change to *one* of the character's top strokes. Maybe a o... |
43,449 | <p>(I'll be the first to slap myself for asking for an "ideal" method -- I'm really looking for thoughts on how to think about this to make sure I'm considering the options for my specific scenario.)</p>
<p>Two keys to understanding the question:</p>
<ol>
<li>Each filter is formatted with the number of results within... | [
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"text": "<p>I prefer a slight adaptation to your second example, \"Alphabetic with Append.\" My slight adaptation is to make a dis... | 2013/08/08 | [
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Two keys to understanding the question:
1. Each filter is formatted with the number of results within that filter (i.e. R... | I prefer a slight adaptation to your second example, "Alphabetic with Append." My slight adaptation is to make a distinction between the top 5 and the remainder of the results. This could be something as simple as a horizontal rule below the top 5, or showing the results in columns to the right. For example:
```
*... |
43,672 | <p><br />
We have a situation where we have an optional "multiple select" box, that looks something like this:</p>
<pre><code><select size="5" multiple="true">
...
</select>
</code></pre>
<p>This select box allows you to select multiple items which will then be submitted with the form. I'm wondering, do... | [
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"text": "<p>To answer the question you asked, I would strongly recommend <strong>not</strong> adding an 'All' option to a mult... | 2013/08/13 | [
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```
<select size="5" multiple="true">
...
</select>
```
This select box allows you to select multiple items which will then be submitted with the form. I'm wondering, does it make sense to have an "All Options" or d... | To answer the question you asked, I would strongly recommend **not** adding an 'All' option to a multi-select dropdown. You'd be providing two methods to accomplish the same thing: selecting all individual items OR selecting 'All', which is confusing for users (violates Neilsen's heuristic of [Consistency & Standards](... |
43,810 | <p>They <em>seem</em> to both imply the skill-set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.</p>
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"text": "<p>The words that you used in the question provides the answer. Wed design has more focus on the designing aspect of... | 2013/08/16 | [
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] | They *seem* to both imply the skill-set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. | If I were to diagram the range of skills each has:
```
<-- Art & Design Computer Science -->
| ------------- Web Designer ------------|
| --------- Front End Developer ---------|
| --------- Back End Developer ---------|
`... |
43,851 | <p>I noticed in some game apps, a modal dialog is shown asking, "John Doe has sent you an invitation to play. [Accept] [Decline]".</p>
<p>In other games, the game just pops up in your list of games, and you can either touch a "Play" button to play or touch "Withdraw" if you want to remove the game.</p>
<p>Does anyone... | [
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"text": "<p>I think the core of this is to put User in Control. That means that the user knows what's going on. I this case I t... | 2013/08/18 | [
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In other games, the game just pops up in your list of games, and you can either touch a "Play" button to play or touch "Withdraw" if you want to remove the game.
Does anyone have any case st... | As psychologists say, a human rather frequently is leaded by "unconscious brain" and cognitive baises while taking decisions.
>
> Almost all Web sites have target behaviors. How do they get us to
> engage in the target behavior? How do they get us to buy, register,
> donate, and click? What makes us click?
>
>
> ... |
43,901 | <p>Which of these error message should I use for my add/edit user form.</p>
<p>(Although I am over thinking this) </p>
<p><strong>Background</strong></p>
<p>I have various forms around the system where assets can be assigned to specific users. When assigning assets they can leave the firstname and lastname blank mea... | [
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"text": "<p>A plain language expert would be likely to recommend this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Please enter first and last names.... | 2013/08/20 | [
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(Although I am over thinking this)
**Background**
I have various forms around the system where assets can be assigned to specific users. When assigning assets they can leave the firstname and lastname blank meaning that the asset is assigned to sp... | A plain language expert would be likely to recommend this:
>
> Please enter first and last names.
>
>
>
Conciseness calls for reduction of words whenever possible; 'firstname' and 'lastname' is a classic example for this - both have 'name' so instead of A*R + B*R, prefer (A + B) \* R. Since 'first' and 'last' are... |
44,379 | <p>I couldn't come up with a simple title that explains my problem, but I'll try to be clear.</p>
<p>Is this a good convention:</p>
<pre><code><div class="margin10 padding20 font28 display-block">Something...</div>
<div class="margin20 paddin30 font12 display-inline-block">Something...</div>
... | [
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"text": "<p>Your first example of using class names that are descriptive of their styles is a bad practice. Ideally you want to c... | 2013/08/30 | [
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Is this a good convention:
```
<div class="margin10 padding20 font28 display-block">Something...</div>
<div class="margin20 paddin30 font12 display-inline-block">Something...</div>
//CSS
.margin10{
margin:10px;
}
.margin2... | This isn't a UX question. But...
These are simply two different ways to go about it.
Contrary to the opinion shared by the other two answers, I say the 1st example is a perfectly valid way to go about it and is sometimes a much better way.
The term for it is [Object Oriented CSS or OOCSS](http://coding.smashingmagaz... |
44,595 | <p>When you have a popup with buttons yes and no like this:</p>
<pre><code>| YES | NO |
</code></pre>
<p>It is best to put the button "yes" right or left ?</p>
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```
| YES | NO |
```
It is best to put the button "yes" right or left ? | Unless you already have a positive/negative position set out I would say whichever is more likely to be clicked on the right, due to a similar reason described here:
<http://uxmovement.com/buttons/why-ok-buttons-in-dialog-boxes-work-best-on-the-right/>
>
> Some designers believe that putting the primary action on th... |
44,643 | <p>I'm looking at implimenting a DSL, for managing inventory/orders.
In this case it is for a game (Minecraft, with computercraft + Applied Energistics),
however it could as reasonably be a real world system, for example manufacturing cars.
A large portion of my motivation for making this is to experiment with DSL craf... | [
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In this case it is for a game (Minecraft, with computercraft + Applied Energistics),
however it could as reasonably be a real world system, for example manufacturing cars.
A large portion of my motivation for making this is to experiment with DSL craftin... | I'd read a book about DSLs. Martin Fowler also talkes about them on his website, which may be helpful.
Also, if you have time before your assignment, try to use a few DSLs.
**Is it worth cleaning the syntax, making it more natural language like**
Yes. To the best ability your team has.
DSL's are pretty good at he... |
44,674 | <p>I want to understand the rationale behind Apple's design decision of <strong><em>not</em></strong> using Pointing Hand Cursor on clickable areas such as Toolbars or Tabbars of applications' user interfaces, and even buttons.</p>
<ul>
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* Why isn't the cursor choice on clickable areas a Pointing Hand Finger which suggests an area to click on?
* Shou... | First, I think a better name for what you are asking about is *mouse pointer*, not *mouse cursor*. For me *cursor* evokes the mouse-unrelated *text input positioner* (as in the Terminal or text editor cursor that you move around with the *cursor keys*).
---
>
> Why isn't the pointer choice on clickable areas a Point... |
44,844 | <p>I'm looking for an easy-to-read way to format time and date. The time and date will be displayed in a piece of software, and will be used to tell when an event occurred. For example, </p>
<blockquote>
<p>"A temperature spike occurred at [t&d]". </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Shorter versions of the time and date will... | [
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>
> "A temperature spike occurred at [t&d]".
>
>
>
Shorter versions of the time and date will be displayed where appropriate. The... | Welcome to the amazing world of time formatting! The best format to use always depends on context and application. Some big products like Skype, Facebook, Gmail, iPhone (Messages) have had a long time tuning and tweaking this art into great examples that you should check out for inspiration. And you will have to do som... |
44,848 | <p>I have iOS language learning software where I use a UISplitViewController (Master/Detail) in landscape mode. At the top level, I have items such as (Study, Quiz, Dictionary, Hangman, etc.) </p>
<p>Some menu items take the user directly to the Detail screen. However, most screens, like Quiz, display another list f... | [
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Some menu items take the user directly to the Detail screen. However, most screens, like Quiz, display another list from which th... | Welcome to the amazing world of time formatting! The best format to use always depends on context and application. Some big products like Skype, Facebook, Gmail, iPhone (Messages) have had a long time tuning and tweaking this art into great examples that you should check out for inspiration. And you will have to do som... |
44,933 | <p>I have a screen that displays section headers. I display 3 section headers in a scroll view.</p>
<p>My problem is that each section can change its content based on time intervals. </p>
<p>For example, I have 3 section headers like:</p>
<pre><code>Gold Price
---------------------------
List item 1
List item 2
L... | [
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My problem is that each section can change its content based on time intervals.
For example, I have 3 section headers like:
```
Gold Price
---------------------------
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
Petrol Price
-... | Ideally, all three categories should be placed alongside each other horizontally because they are of the same nature and pertain to the same kind of elements. Requiring the user to scroll downward through them, especially when some are longer than others or off of the screen, will make retrieving information from them ... |
44,982 | <p>Below is my add new bug screen, I have the following fields, with the below layout. </p>
<p>I want to add an another field called "project:" which will be a a drop down filled with all project name assigned to that user. I am little out of thought on where and how to position this field.</p>
<p>Need some inputs/su... | [
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"text": "<p>A good website to refer to for filing bugs you might want to take a look at <a href=\"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/... | 2013/09/15 | [
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I want to add an another field called "project:" which will be a a drop down filled with all project name assigned to that user. I am little out of thought on where and how to position this field.
Need some inputs/suggestions. Thanks... | I’d add the select list in the heading, so that it reads
```
Add bug for [project]
```
It’s the first thing a user will read, and it’s usually the first/simplest thing a user has in mind when filing a new bug. Also it will prevent cases where a user fills in a title and description and only then notices that the pro... |
45,248 | <p>I have a hierarchy explorer-like list of folders and items. User can select one and explore its children (child folder and items):</p>
<pre><code>[Top folder] -> [Child folder 1] -> [Child folder 2] -> [Child item 1]
</code></pre>
<p>Back button navigates back up to the parent folder.</p>
<p>At any momen... | [
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```
[Top folder] -> [Child folder 1] -> [Child folder 2] -> [Child item 1]
```
Back button navigates back up to the parent folder.
At any moment, user can search through all the hierarc... | Very interesting question indeed. Suppose the search feature does not exist yet. How do you handle the back button? Probably you simply have a pointer to the current folder (the one displayed at the folder view) and when the user press the back button you simply move to the folder parent. Right? In that way, I think is... |
45,268 | <p>I'm thinking of providing two versions of help message for my command-line programs (<code>cmd --help</code>). The first one is the short version and the one users consult more often, mostly for examples and the list of options. It should not exceed one screen long so user does not need to scroll. It needs only to c... | [
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2. I would use "-- help --verbose" or "-help -verbose", this would at least be familiar to mysqld users |
45,276 | <p>Is there any research into which and why people prefer filling contact forms/writing e-mail to calling by phone?</p>
<p>I want to check my hypothesis that wealth people over 30 y.o. prefer phone call over any contact form</p>
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I want to check my hypothesis that wealth people over 30 y.o. prefer phone call over any contact form | Income distribution
-------------------
This [first used contact method table](http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/pages/income-distribution-people-who-used-other-methods-first-reach-government-agencies-besides-tele) looks like some good research based off the *Government Contact Center Satisfaction Index* - which I thi... |
45,379 | <p>I am developing a web application that tracks Machinery performance in a Factory environment. There is a hierarchical structure to the customer's setup in the form of....</p>
<pre><code>Factory 1
- Production Line 1
- Machine 1
- Machine 2
- Machine 3
- Production Line 2
...
Factory 2
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```
Factory 1
- Production Line 1
- Machine 1
- Machine 2
- Machine 3
- Production Line 2
...
Factory 2
...
(etc.)
``... | I am not a hudge fan of dropdown menu for mobile apps because :
• you don't see all the available options
• you need at least 2 click/tap to change
I am also working on an industrial web app and I have learnt that the users uses dashboard as a "report tool" and check each production line one after the other. They ra... |
45,408 | <p>we're currently developing a business application platform that consists of several independent programs. </p>
<p>When a user performs an action, a backgroundjob will be started. At the end of that job, the user will get a notification (similar to facebook, etc). The notification is availably system-wide, so in all... | [
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When a user performs an action, a backgroundjob will be started. At the end of that job, the user will get a notification (similar to facebook, etc). The notification is availably system-wide, so in all applicati... | This problem sounds remarkably similar to the StackExchange network, and I reckon that handling things the way StackExchange does would be the way to go.
I now have a tab for ux.stackechange and also one for stackoverflow. When something happens in either, I get notified in both. It is clear by the notification which ... |
45,480 | <p>On our shopping cart we have two options at checkout.</p>
<pre><code>1 ) Registered Customers
2 ) New Customer
</code></pre>
<p>Each shows a form to the user. I was just thinking that Returning Customers sounds better than registered customers?</p>
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```
1 ) Registered Customers
2 ) New Customer
```
Each shows a form to the user. I was just thinking that Returning Customers sounds better than registered customers? | Usually, registered customers are those who you've already got their information (address, payment, login, etc.) on file and/or have created an account, while returning customers are simply people who have visited your site, have a cookie still intact on their system, and/or annonymously purchased from you in the past.... |
45,577 | <p>I am working on on a site which uses a hover state on a link within copy (a window pops up, much like a tool tip) as well as a standard link (which takes the visitor to another page).</p>
<p>The distinction is that the hover link is identified by having a perforated line running underneath it and the standard link ... | [
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The distinction is that the hover link is identified by having a perforated line running underneath it and the standard link has the st... | To the other good suggestions in this thread, I'd recommend altering the cursor (via CSS) for those tooltip links.
```
a.tooltip {
cursor: help;
}
```
The "help" cursor type is applied frequently around the web for tooltip links, acronyms with a title attribute that's displayed on hover, and so on.
See <http:/... |
45,639 | <p>I want to learn more about how to make webpages more accessible, so I've spend the last few hours reading about WAI-ARIA. Still, the whole concept isn't quite clear to me - HTML5 is part of that confusion. </p>
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I apologize if this question is maybe a bit long, but I think it needs a bit of explanation where I'm coming fro... | I think this article gives a nice overview of WAI-ARIA vs. HTML5 and how to use them in practice.
<http://zufelt.ca/blog/are-you-confused-html5-and-wai-aria-yet>
The conclusion:
>
> From the above examples what can we conclude. Firstly, the primary, if
> not sole, purpose of WAI-ARIA is to provide information abou... |
45,814 | <p>The application I'm working on rewriting has 4 major categories, where 2 of the categories each have 3 subcategories. Any given item can only belong to one of the 8 categories. An <code>optgroup</code> (which is an HTML tag that allows grouping menu items under headings) seemed like the logical choice for presenti... | [
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```
Foo
--> Foo
--> A
--> B
```
Is not straight forward when compared to
```
Foo
--> A
--> B
```
If you can't make the section a target, consider not having the same name
```... |
45,941 | <p>In the order process we ask the visitor the address he want us to ship the ordered products and the address he want us to send the invoice</p>
<p>Most of the time, both are the same. We don't want the visitor to type the address twice in that case. after the shipping address, should we put:</p>
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Most of the time, both are the same. We don't want the visitor to type the address twice in that case. after the shipping address, should we put:
```
☑ Send invoice to the same ad... | In an online shop shipping physical goods you really need a shipping address, otherwise it's hard to know where to send the goods. In a few cases customers might want to enter a different billing address, but mostly not (make sure by doing some research in the existing customer database if you can). So it's preferred t... |
46,024 | <p>This is my first question here, I hope this makes sense.</p>
<p>On a website, I am trying to represent Businesses and allow them to be filtered (AJAX) by 2 or more Taxonomies: Activity Type, and Community.</p>
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On a website, I am trying to represent Businesses and allow them to be filtered (AJAX) by 2 or more Taxonomies: Activity Type, and Community.
My instinct is to use a dropdown because it can hold many terms in a small amount of space. However, this presents a ch... | You could try the following idea. There are **clear selection and dependencies indicators**. Also user can choose any item anytime and dependencies will be re-drawn.
.
After selecting both parameters, the results are displayed.
![enter imag... |
46,094 | <p>i'm programming in php, javascript. This isn't a programming question but rather User Interface/Experience one. suppose i want to create a <strong>crossing matrix</strong> for dog breeds. I initially created a table where the breeders can specify parents as rows and columns.</p>
<p>To illustrate:</p>
<pre><code>Fe... | [
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To illustrate:
```
Female/Male | Doberman | Husky | Ger... | Large table has usability issues, as headers could became invisible.
As you matrix is rather sparse, you could use table with appropriate pairs. Grouping in some meaninfgul way will enhance perception. For **static vesion** it could look like this.... |
46,143 | <p>I am doing the final tests of styles on a website we are launching, and trying it out on iOS 7 I noticed something - In our forms with radio buttons, they are showing like checkboxes - That is, the button itself is a square, which is replaced by by a small circle to indicate which one is selected. Functionally they ... | [
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I suggest you change your CSS so it doesn't affect radio button inputs, by either making the offending CSS specific to your other input types (eg... |
46,223 | <p>I'm working on a reminder application. Specifically, I'm now building the snooze functionality. I'd like to do a layout using buttons like this:</p>
<p>Snooze <kbd>for</kbd> <kbd>15</kbd> <kbd>minutes</kbd></p>
<p>Clicking <kbd>minutes</kbd> allows you to change to hours/days/etc. Clicking on <kbd>for</kbd> swi... | [
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Snooze `for` `15` `minutes`
Clicking `minutes` allows you to change to hours/days/etc. Clicking on `for` switches to the alternative interface like this:
Snooze `until` `23... | I'm not sure this applies for all languages - but for example Hebrew, has a usually reverse-adjective-noun structure - unlike English. For example:
```
My big dog is funny.
```
In hebrew would be structured:
```
(The) dog (the) big my [is] funny
```
Weird, huh? But for your case, generally the structure can still... |
46,463 | <p>I have an app that displays two values (weight and # of reps) a user can change these values by pressing a - or + button on the left and right of the values. However when a right handed user reaches over to press the - it covers up the value. </p>
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I tried moving the value to the left and having the buttons directly to the... | The iOS Vueling app fix the usability issue (thumb covers the value) putting the counter on the left side of the view and the `+`/`-` buttons on the right side. When the user pressing the button `-`, with this configuration, the counter's never covered.
The second example is a Windows Phone app. In his layout you can ... |
46,765 | <p>I was just thinking about a way to hide all text from a website to put focus on the elements that are there when no content is present.</p>
<p><strong>Does anyone know of a tool, CSS hack or bookmarklet that can achieve this?</strong>
I have played around with some font replacement bookmarklet, but I'd rather have ... | [
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**Does anyone know of a tool, CSS hack or bookmarklet that can achieve this?**
I have played around with some font replacement bookmarklet, but I'd rather have everything disappear co... | This is what I like to call reverse wireframes. It's very useful to see how your site has evolved over time OR to take a preexisting website and deconstruct it and pick it apart.
The tool I use is: [Wirify](http://www.wirify.com/) and can be used on most any page buy just clicking the bookmarklet.
Just drag the belo... |
46,853 | <p>My client publishes 7 industry directories. The website has pages that are common to all of them such as the product page which explains the different formats. It then has a section for each industry.</p>
<p>There's a sidebar on every page of the site that contains a menu with links to the industry sections. The cl... | [
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There's a sidebar on every page of the site that contains a menu with links to the industry sections. The client updat... | Here's what I ended up doing.
**Problem:** the "click on ..." phrase is too wordy
**Solution:** change the wording to "select an industry"
**Problem:** links may not be located on the left or the top
**Solution:** change *left/top* to *sidebar* which is a more layout-independent word
**Problem:** it's confusin... |
47,897 | <p>My boss asked me to change a software installation. He wants to change the word <strong>features</strong> to <strong>components</strong>. I'm not sure about the meaning of this change. I've gone ahead and implemented this at his request.</p>
<p>From the merriam-webster.com:</p>
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From the merriam-webster.com:
**components** : one of the parts that make up a whole
**features** : somet... | A *component* is **a tool**, in this case it's a piece of software. Many components and their relationships make **a system**.
A *feature* is some **functionality**, that is what the tool **does**.
E.g., "My system has a *share-to* **component**; it's written in `python`. Its **features** include *sharing* to `person... |
47,945 | <p>On a clothing website (in one of the navigation panels). I have sorted the dresses according to their colour (example and snapshot is listed below). </p>
<p>Below is the example</p>
<pre><code>**Dresses by Collours**
Black Colour Dresses
White Colour Dresses
Red Colour Dresses
Green Colour Dresses
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Below is the example
```
**Dresses by Collours**
Black Colour Dresses
White Colour Dresses
Red Colour Dresses
Green Colour Dresses
Yellow Colour Dresses
Ferozi Colour D... | To cut down on the amount of text that the user is required to read, you can change your header to read "Shop by Dress Colour", then list out each color beneath.
>
> **Shop by Dress Colour**
>
>
> * Black
> * White
> * Red
> * Green
> * Yellow
> * Etc...
>
>
>
With the listing like this you don't have to repeat... |
48,376 | <p>I have an app with a screen for a list, a screen for a photo preview, a screen with fields for entering data and of course a splash screen.</p>
<p>Should I use a single gradient/plain color background for all of them?<br>
If so, what kind of background would be suitable. </p>
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Should I use a single gradient/plain color background for all of them?
If so, what kind of background would be suitable.
I am not a designer and my experiment using a dark gr... | Images tend to look better on a neutral background...any background color you choose has the possibility to clash with whatever colors happen to be in the image.
I'm not sure what your app is for, but a degree of that orange glowing energy (and possibly discomfort) may make your users more quick or willing to act (the... |
48,417 | <p>I have a grid that will contain 0, 1 or several email addresses. I would like to know what the best practice is for labeling this. </p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uJxsS.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>Should the header read </p>
<ul>
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Should the header read
* Phone Number
* Phone Numbers
* Phone Number(s)
* or something else? | The label is referring to the actual table cell info (describing it), so unless you have two or more numbers in a cell then you should stick to singular. In every table you have related data on every row, and you actually read table rows not columns.
Example:
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# | User... |
48,647 | <p>Earlier I've asked similar question at StackOverflow and was ruthless downvoted. Yet I believe it to be absolutely viable and useful. At least for me as a software developer.</p>
<p>There are many holy war discussions concerning code style, readability and so on.<br/>
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There are many holy war discussions concerning code style, readability and so on.
Yet the only book which references real ergonomic research ... | Convention (in whatever context you're working in) trumps all. Whatever your working group has decided upon should be observed. If you're in the process of determining coding conventions there's plenty of good anecdotal, language specific, advice available on the internet.
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48,754 | <p>An image <code>alt=""</code> text should contain information about that image in the context of the page, so for instance if you have an article about cats on skateboards and then a photograph of the cat on his skateboard you'd probably give it the alt text of <code>alt="Fluffy pulling some mad tricks on his pimped-... | [
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", which includes the case "[A link or button containing nothing but an image](http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/CR-html5-2013080... |
48,818 | <p>I'm ultimately asking a theoretical question: what is the best experience, in general, for gathering optional responses using controls with mandatory input?</p>
<p>Consider specifically radio button groups. An initial selection from the group is not required, but as soon as the user makes a choice, the user cannot... | [
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Consider specifically radio button groups. An initial selection from the group is not required, but as soon as the user makes a choice, the user cannot go back to... | I have just taken a screenshot from a dialog in Microsoft Powerpoint, where you can edit headers and footers. If you select the checkbox "Datum und Uhrzeit" (date and time), then the radio button group with the options "Automatisch aktualisieren" (update automatically) and "Fest" (fixed) becomes active - with the initi... |
48,841 | <p>When instructing users which mouse button to click an element with, it seems standard practice to use the phrase 'left/right click':</p>
<pre><code>To download the file, 'right click' the link and choose 'Save Target as...'
</code></pre>
<p>I use the mouse in my left hand, and as <a href="http://www.bltt.org/acces... | [
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```
To download the file, 'right click' the link and choose 'Save Target as...'
```
I use the mouse in my left hand, and as [generally recommended](http://www.bltt.org/accessibility/wi... | Conventions and the conscious breaking of
=========================================
The vast majority of people don't have their mouse buttons swapped. Even people who use the mouse with their left hand, often keep the buttons as they would normally be (myself is an example for this). Thus, people who swap these butto... |
48,885 | <p>When dealing with various drop down list of options, with one acting as a filter to another and the last one being the desired option <em>per se</em>, it is more advisable to treat all drop downs as obligatory or just the final one used?</p>
<hr>
<p>Let me set an example:</p>
<pre><code>Country: [ select a countr... | [
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---
Let me set an example:
```
Country: [ select a country ⌄ ]
State: [ select a sta... | In the case of city selector the better solution could be autocomplete control, which has features:
* quick city selection
* disambiguation elimination (e.g. [duplicatename cities in the USA](http://voices.yahoo.com/duplicate-name-cities-usa-kind-towns-3638487.html))
* removes national specificity (some countries don'... |
48,927 | <p>I'm not sure how to best word the title for this question (apologies).</p>
<p>I have a scenario where on default, my screen will show all data for a data comparison. The user can then apply filters to hone in on specific facets of the data being compared.<br>
So, here's what I want to happen:</p>
<p>[_] Apply a f... | [
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I have a scenario where on default, my screen will show all data for a data comparison. The user can then apply filters to hone in on specific facets of the data being compared.
So, here's what I want to happen:
[\_] Apply a filter to delimit a... | For the one given, you could use a drop-down box
>
> **All Ages** `v`
>
> 18-25
>
> 26-36
>
> 37+
>
>
>
However, in your case, your approach of *progressive disclosure* appears better to me.
There are jut a few requirements I would put to it:
It should be immediately obvious which filter type I ha... |
48,982 | <p>My websites uses fluid width design. The CSS looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>#wrapper {
min-width: 960px;
width: 90%;
max-width: 1200px;
}
</code></pre>
<p>The min-width must be 960px but I am open to suggestions about width and max-width keeping in mind that:</p>
<ul>
<li>Majority of visitors have 13... | [
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```
#wrapper {
min-width: 960px;
width: 90%;
max-width: 1200px;
}
```
The min-width must be 960px but I am open to suggestions about width and max-width keeping in mind that:
* Majority of visitors have 1366px or wider screens
* There is a se... | >
> Majority of visitors have 1366px or wider screens
>
>
>
But note that screen size isn't necessarily browser viewport size
>
> There is a separate version for mobile website (so no need to go responsive)
>
>
>
What about tablet users? Do they get the mobile version? Or the full version? It's not necessari... |
49,114 | <p>I'm sure you've all come across this pattern, does anyone know whether there is any documentation that can provide information on how this pattern can be used with other form elements for example a select-box and not just text input elements?</p>
<p>Further information about this pattern:
<a href="http://bradfrostw... | [
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Further information about this pattern:
<http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/post/f... | I have modified the [Float Pattern Demo](http://codepen.io/aaronbarker/pen/tIprm) to work on a select box.
First things first, I added a **State** wrapper, label, and box to the HTML form with all the states in there as options. I included a default item with the text `State` and an empty string for its value. This wa... |
49,128 | <p>I'm preparing a UX survey which will use a Likert scale.</p>
<p>Personally I'd rather use the same labels configuration for all the questions/items such as :</p>
<pre><code>1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4. Agree
5. Strongly agree
</code></pre>
<p>Now, since it's a collaborative wo... | [
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Personally I'd rather use the same labels configuration for all the questions/items such as :
```
1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4. Agree
5. Strongly agree
```
Now, since it's a collaborative work, some of my colleagues have ad... | Having the same order do matter. It should be the same scale and order across the survey. Otherwise you can't be sure that your user understood what they where answering.
I'd consider the use of an even number answer option in a 4-point Likert scale forcing users to take an active position on the questions asked. Havi... |
49,226 | <p>This question is related to this (<a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/35316/what-does-mobile-first-mean">What does "mobile-first" mean?</a>).</p>
<p>I understand the philosophy behind Mobile First and in my new site, I'm using Bootstrap etc. to try to follow this. However, I was wondering are ... | [
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I understand the philosophy behind Mobile First and in my new site, I'm using Bootstrap etc. to try to follow this. However, I was wondering are there any type of guidelines on... | Here is two examples, how mobile first and desktop first works.
**Desktop First**
```
.container {
width:980px;
}
@media screen and (max-width:420px) {
.container {
width:100%;
}
}
```
**Mobile First**
```
.container {
width:100%;
}
@media screen and (min-width:420px) {
.container {
width:980px;
}
}
``` |
49,232 | <p>I have couple of questions:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I am representing decimal values in dollars in my table as follows</p>
<pre><code>$2.30
$0.15
</code></pre>
<p>I need to know how should I represent 0 (zero) dollars. Which of the following is correct?</p>
<pre><code>$0.00
0.00$
0$
$0
</code></pre></li>
<li><p>In ... | [
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1. I am representing decimal values in dollars in my table as follows
```
$2.30
$0.15
```
I need to know how should I represent 0 (zero) dollars. Which of the following is correct?
```
$0.00
0.00$
0$
$0
```
2. In some tables we use
```
742 (9.96%)
694 (9.48%)
```
How to repres... | In most cases you have three options:
* represent 0 values in the same way you represent another values
* not represent 0 values if possible
* represent 0 values as symbol(s) when it means absence of value
Below are examples of all options.
*Option 1:*
```
# Product Qty Price Discount (%) Gross Ne... |
49,440 | <p>The below image represents a sample activity feed from a taxi booking mobile app that I'm working on.</p>
<p>I've looked at several timeline examples on Pttrns website and came up with the following solution.</p>
<p>However, the detail at the bottom still bothers me slightly - it seems a bit cluttered. This bother... | [
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I've looked at several timeline examples on Pttrns website and came up with the following solution.
However, the detail at the bottom still bothers me slightly - it seems a bit cluttered. This bothers me. Is there an... | Some improvements could be made:
1. **Simplicity.** Remove repeating elements. Name and photo are always the same and have no meaning in the context.
2. **Typography.** Break the lines in an right way.
3. **Search.** Clear indicate points A and B... |
49,637 | <p>I have a layout similar to the below screenshot. Where the top nav will get collapsed using hte Twitter Bootstrap Nav Collapsed. Also i have a secondary menu below the nav bar on the left hand side which is important for the navigation. </p>
<p>Which is the best way to hand the same on a Tablet and Phone sized Scre... | [
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Which is the best way to hand the same on a Tablet and Phone sized Screens?
![sc... | Amazing how I've never thought about this 'conundrum' before, but it's intriguing. Here are the possible solutions I could come up with:
**Two menu buttons**
My first thought was to put the sub nav off-canvas to the left. Leaving you with a menu button on the right for a dropdown menu of the main nav and a menu but... |
49,723 | <p>Typically, most applications let you zoom <em>in</em> to a document. This is often expressed as a percentage (100%, 200%, 800%, etc...), or as a multiplier (x1, x2, x8). Sometimes they let you zoom in or out. In those situations, you might display a zoom out as 50%, 25%, and so on (MSPaint for example, uses the perc... | [
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The question I would ask is whether or not displaying text is redundant/necessary. Does the user need to know the zoom percentage? Is this game going to be av... |
49,732 | <p>I have a one-page site in which the users are scrolling down the site reading more info as they go. The first section is a kind of introduction section with a nice big background and a big title. Then we have News, Services and Clients sections etc.</p>
<p>In the News section I'm using masonry to create a responsiv... | [
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In the News section I'm using masonry to create a responsive grid of ... | I think that you can implement a solution like this:
If the user wants to see the tweets you can load them on demand. You are providing the same content in mobile and computer, that is the point of responsive web design. |
49,838 | <p>The page I'm designing is a list of publications. There are two ways it could be sorted. Does one have a known or documented usability (or other!) advantage over the other?</p>
<p>Here is the first way:</p>
<pre><code>- Subject 1
* Publication 1 (English)
* Publication 1 (Spanish)
- Subject 2
* Pu... | [
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Here is the first way:
```
- Subject 1
* Publication 1 (English)
* Publication 1 (Spanish)
- Subject 2
* Publication 2 (English)... | Welcome to the world of Information Architecture, where *everything* can be classified in more than one way. The reason is that *anything* (or shall I write - any thing) has more than one property, or in the IA jargon - a facet. Even God can be Christian or Muslim, omnipresent or monopresent, religious or scientific.
... |
49,843 | <p>I am working on a UI to to display a test to the user. I would like to display where it is defined. For example:</p>
<pre><code>/path/to/file:line_number
Given <this condition>
When <I do this>
Then <I should see this>
</code></pre>
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```
/path/to/file:line_number
Given <this condition>
When <I do this>
Then <I should see this>
```
What is the most user-friendly way to do this? Is there any sort of standard? I often see `/path/to/file... | If possible, give your users a hyperlink using named anchors instead of mentioning in plain text where he/she should go.
But if it has to be a plain text, `/path/to/filename:line_number` is clear if what we are reading as "line\_number" is also read as line number by the user. For example:
>
> C:/windows/folder/file... |
49,944 | <p>I'm working on a web application, which I just received a request to make all input fields collecting currency data to be right aligned. </p>
<p>Is there a standard for collecting currency data in a web form that mention right aligning.</p>
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Is there a standard for collecting currency data in a web form that mention right aligning. | The reason that currency is normally right-aligned has to do with scanability.
It's normal to right-align any numerical data that is going to be scanned in a column. This is so that when you scan visually down the page, you're always comparing the same digits in each number.
If they're left-alighed you get this probl... |
50,311 | <p>There's a search box, powered by Apache Lucene, that user enters terms into to find records that they need, (eg. They're likely to be searching for people, or addresses, or ID numbers, etc). </p>
<p>Example queries:</p>
<pre><code>John Smith
John OR Bob
Name:John Country:Australia
Name:(John OR Bob)
Name:[Andy TO ... | [
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Example queries:
```
John Smith
John OR Bob
Name:John Country:Australia
Name:(John OR Bob)
Name:[Andy TO Charlie]
Name:"Mary J... | I think it comes down to your default search addressing the most common use cases first with fuzzy search on. Any edge cases could be satisfied by an "advanced search" function to avoid a cluttered interface.
I suggest to have next to the search field a checkbox labelled "Fuzzy search" checked by default. Users are no... |
50,446 | <p>I am developing an application where a user will store arbitrary key-value pairs. The value is of no interest to the application, as it will merely be stored and returned at a later moment. The user will be given the option to decide the 'type' for the value.</p>
<p>This type can then be used in order to provide ke... | [
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This type can then be used in order to provide keyboard set... | It is always bad idea to enforce validation until you're absolutely sure you're doing a right thing, since enforcing validation may be harmful: for example, some of e-mail validation algorithms still doesn't know that "+" is allowed inside username part of e-mail addresses and that really hurts some users.
So, *unless... |
50,817 | <p>Ok, let say u developing an application, there are a lot of widgets on it like (CheckBox, RadioButton, Button, List....)</p>
<p>Sometimes the name of widgets telling what it is about. Ex: There 2 radiobuttons & Its name Business or Personal</p>
<pre>
o Business o Personal
</pre>
<p>Of course the user wil... | [
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Sometimes the name of widgets telling what it is about. Ex: There 2 radiobuttons & Its name Business or Personal
```
o Business o Personal
```
Of course the user will understand he has to c... | Users often don't understand what a radio button is, they just see a thing that allows multiple selections without giving it a name.
In this case to send the user down two paths there are multiple solutions and it might be the radio button is not the right one if you have to tell them what to do.
To find out if you... |
50,834 | <p>Hopefully this isn't too specific for here. I have the following button image that I use on my site</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/37U8H.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>Here's an example with text:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Joh8s.png" alt="enter image description here"... | [
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Here's an example with text:
This is rendered using the following CSS:
```
in... | I think there are different options:
* put it in greyscale (if enabled buttons are colourful)
* make it lighter or put a transparant white overlay over it (if enabled buttons are generally dark)
* make it flat (if enable buttons have a 3D kind of surface)
* do not highlight the button when hovering over it (of enabled... |
51,126 | <p>I am working on a web app that needs to display revenue data in a table, and I am not quite sure how to make it easy to read.</p>
<p>Are there are any style guides or manuals that can help me? </p>
<ul>
<li><p>For instance, what are the rules about zero values? Should I put
n-dash, zero, or just leave the cell emp... | [
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Are there are any style guides or manuals that can help me?
* For instance, what are the rules about zero values? Should I put
n-dash, zero, or just leave the cell empty?
* Should I get rid o... | First of all you should choose a way to display the data, and always show it the same way, for consistency.
Then:
* Align monetary data to the right. This allows you to easily compare if a value is bigger than another
* Be consistent with the decimal point. If you choose to show two decimal values, always display them... |
51,200 | <p>I am facing a hard time having design decision for below case. I am creating wireframe for a patient app. The platform is windows phone and surface (tablet). The nurse (user) needs to prescribe medications for patients. It can be taken at different times during the day also before or after meal. In order to depict t... | [
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```
Medication Breakfast Lunch Dinner
-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
Loremepson > after — before <
``` |
51,238 | <p>I have been wrestling with this problem for a couple of days. I have hundreds of sports teams broken down by leagues and geographic locations.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code> English Premier League: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal .....(total 20)
Italian Serie A: Juventus, AC Milan, Roma... (total... | [
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For example:
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Italian Serie A: Juventus, AC Milan, Roma... (total 20)
.
.
... | You are blessed with a knowledgeable user who knows the information they are trying to find. Seriously consider the Auto-complete / auto suggestion option as it's likely to offer the right team in a short list after 3 - 4 letters have been typed.
Consider finding my home town in Google maps. Should I find "UK" from a ... |
51,267 | <p>Recently the question <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/50833/27666">Is the term 'field' too technical when giving messages on a form?</a> was asked with the top-rated answer saying that in messages, you should instead refer to the information that is required (e.g. "Your name is required"). Some user comments... | [
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\*this information is required
Nice and simple! |
51,777 | <p><strong>Update: Just to clarify that this question is not about imitating the OS but more about what the ideal dimensions should be, especially when they seem so random natively.</strong></p>
<p>I am building an application in Adobe AIR that will run on both Windows and Mac OS X.</p>
<p>I'm giving the window chrom... | [
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I am building an application in Adobe AIR that will run on both Windows and Mac OS X.
I'm giving the window chrome its own UI but keeping in wi... | **Why the random sizes? Is there some method in the random spacing?**
Just because they differ between full screen mode and free floating screen mode, doesn’t make them random. The difference may kome from test, where it would be easier to hit the top bar in full screen mode than in a free floating window. In full scr... |
51,804 | <p>Echoing my answer to <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/51798/is-it-a-bad-idea-to-have-all-credit-card-fields-on-one-horizontal-line/51802#51802">Is it a bad idea to have all credit card fields on one horizontal line?</a>, there is <a href="http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/07/label-placement-in... | [
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Per... |
51,870 | <p>People need to be able to search for their saved recipes on my site. </p>
<p>They can give their recipes tags such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Desserts</li>
<li>Breads</li>
<li>Thanksgiving</li>
</ul>
<p>In some cases they want to do an <strong>OR</strong> search:
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They can give their recipes tags such as:
* Desserts
* Breads
* Thanksgiving
In some cases they want to do an **OR** search:
*Show me recipes that are either **Breads OR Desserts***.
In some cases they want to do an **AND** search: *Show me reci... | OR searches are probably how people understand searches by default\* so have that as you default option.
Then underneath have a checkbox\*\* that says:
```
[] Results must contain all words/tags/whatever
```
This way the user doesn't need to think about it if they just use the default. If the default isn't what th... |
51,929 | <p>I am developing a web 2.0 website, with a search page that contains a cachable table which can retain the searched data.</p>
<p>How can my page manage if the results return a lot of data?</p>
<p>There are 2 solutions:</p>
<ul>
<li>1st solution: Using pagination, the search result will list all pages & when th... | [
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How can my page manage if the results return a lot of data?
There are 2 solutions:
* 1st solution: Using pagination, the search result will list all pages & when the user clicks on a page then all... | To me the 1st approach is more seducing. As you said the user can have an overview of how many results the search produced, allowing him/her to:
* Guess quickly if more filtering is required (quality)
* Figure out if the website proposes a large offer (quantity)
* How many time it will take to review everything (cogn... |
51,964 | <p>I'm working on adding links to an e-commerce website which allow adding a product to a cart.</p>
<p>Given only one product, the URL is pretty straigthforward: <code>/BuyNow/{SKU}/{Quantity}</code>.</p>
<p>However, the website owners wish to be able to form links which mention several products. Which URL pattern wo... | [
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Given only one product, the URL is pretty straigthforward: `/BuyNow/{SKU}/{Quantity}`.
However, the website owners wish to be able to form links which mention several products. Which URL pattern would be the best to use in th... | You already use the `{SKU}/{Quantity}` pattern, so just reuse that pattern. You can use it multiple times by simply repeating the same key in the query args:
```
/BuyNow?it=9999/1&it=8888/2&it=500/1
```
The parameter `it` should be returned as a list of `{SKU}/{Quantity}` strings.
Note that the forward slash charac... |
52,050 | <p>We're having a debate on the direction a user ought to swipe to get to the next asset. Each screen is self-contained information.
Should the user swipe to the right ----> to access the previous asset and
swipe to the left <---- to access the next in a series of assets. Or vice-versa? Is there any literature tha... | [
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Should the user swipe to the right ----> to access the previous asset and
swipe to the left <---- to access the next in a series of assets. Or vice-versa? Is there any literature that anyo... | You can think of your "Previous", "Current" and "Next" asset as a series of continuous card, such as:
```
+-------+ +-------+ +----------+ +---------+ +------+ +-------+ +-------+
| asset | | asset | | previous | | current | | next | | asset | | asset |
+-------+ +-------+ +----------+ +---------+ +------+ +-------+ ... |
52,243 | <p>I have a question that has been bothering me some time, let me illustrate my question with an example:</p>
<ul>
<li>I use multiple passwords in many applications and sometimes I forget what is the password for some site.</li>
<li>At this point, I do what anyone will do in my situation, try again, and when nothing e... | [
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* I use multiple passwords in many applications and sometimes I forget what is the password for some site.
* At this point, I do what anyone will do in my situation, try again, and when nothing else comes to mind, re... | From a Security perspective – No. From a User Experience perspective – Yes. That’s often the problem when different goals meet in the middle, which one is most important. As this is the site of User Experience, the popular answer is to show users what the rules are. That is fine as long as your security requirements ar... |
52,453 | <p>I don't want to hear why CAPTCHA's suck for user experience, I already know the pros and cons. </p>
<p>I am using CAPTCHA on a website that has an older audience that may not be familiar with what CAPTCHA's are and what their purpose is, <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9571/has-captcha-become-common... | [
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I am using CAPTCHA on a website that has an older audience that may not be familiar with what CAPTCHA's are and what their purpose is, [unlike in this discussion](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9571/has-captcha-beco... | What is the site about? That might make a difference. I think in general, something like "For your security, please enter the text you see in the box below" could work, although really, it's not for their security at all. Maybe just say "Please enter the words you see into the box below." Sometimes giving too much expl... |
52,500 | <p>I am trying to create a UI design for recurring events.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>John, cuts hair on week days monday-friday, from 02 Feb 2014 to 04
Apr 2014, only between 10 A.M to 1 P.M. Also he will do it for <code>45 mins</code>
each time slot</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Referenced this screenshot fr... | [
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Example:
>
> John, cuts hair on week days monday-friday, from 02 Feb 2014 to 04
> Apr 2014, only between 10 A.M to 1 P.M. Also he will do it for `45 mins`
> each time slot
>
>
>
Referenced this screenshot from [Schedular .Net UI DESIGN](http://scheduler-n... | Your UI only allows for repeating events by days. You need to add the ability to repeat within one day.
Perhaps something like this:
Default state:
```
Repeat: ( ) Daily
( ) Weekly
( ) Monthly
( ) Yearly
-----------------------------------
[ ] Multiple times during ... |
52,512 | <p>I have a compact vertical menu that's app-drawer style. It works really well since I only need the menu for basic navigation but need it small otherwise, but it has a navigation visualization issue.</p>
<p>My navigation is setup like:</p>
<pre><code>Top Menu Item 1
Sub-menu item 1
Sub-menu item 2
Top Me... | [
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My navigation is setup like:
```
Top Menu Item 1
Sub-menu item 1
Sub-menu item 2
Top Menu Item 2
Sub-men... | I was looking at multi-level push menus over at Codrops. [Demo 3](http://tympanus.net/Development/MultiLevelPushMenu/#) looks like a good solution.
>
> Demo 3: Overlapping levels with back links
> This menu will open by pushing the website content to the right. It has multi-level functionality, allowing endless nest... |
52,727 | <p>I'm currently working on a project in .net... I have handled error messages with user friendly instructions, however I'm trying to determine the best error message icons to use. I previously just left it blank but I think icons are more helpful.</p>
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52,761 | <p>Not sure if the collapsible panels have a different name but I have seen them referred to as rollouts. I have used many applications that use one or the other or both, but I am wondering if there are resources that talks about the effectiveness of each and which is faster to use and more user-friendly?</p>
<p>Tabs:... | [
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Tabs:
![enter ... | I always go by the rule *Chapter is to Tab. Paragraph is to Collapsible Panel*.
When you have 2 hierarchies, the broader of the two levels are tabs and the other ought to be for collapsible panels.
For complex applications, there are more than 3 levels. Whatever you do, don't implement the same UI division to the nex... |
52,956 | <p>In an application I'm working on, I have several instances where I am showing a (potentially somewhat long) list of items. These items are either of "Type A Items" or "Type B Items", and I want to indicate this for each one in the list. I see two obvious ways to do this:</p>
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I can simply add a "Type" column which lists th... | Here is what the [iOS Human Interface Guidelines](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/Bars.html) say:
>
> Tab Bar
> =======
>
>
> A **tab bar** gives people the ability to switch between different subtasks, views, or modes.
>
>
> ![enter image description here... |
52,981 | <p>I have a grid with columns that are formatted as cents and dollars. By default, the tender and amount columns are being formatted as integers, but for the total we are formatting it as 2 decimal places (.00).</p>
<pre>
tender qty amt
$5 1 5
$1... | [
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```
tender qty amt
$5 1 5
$10 1 10
$100 1 100
5¢ 1 5
10¢ 1 10
total... | Consistency is key here I think.
So, for currency, always use two decimals and [align every number to the right](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/49944/best-practice-for-currency-input-fields/49946#49946).
It took me some time to make sense of the table you displayed in your post. I would go for something lik... |
53,046 | <p>I'm trying to create a visual representation of the state of a workflow process that is linear but has parallel branches in it, for example:</p>
<pre><code>A ----> B ----> C1 ----> D ----> E
\---> C2 --------------^
</code></pre>
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```
A ----> B ----> C1 ----> D ----> E
\---> C2 --------------^
```
The idea here would be that C2 would need to be complete before E could be completed, but after co... | The main reason is (probably) lack of space. The screens need to be as large as possible (due to the fashion in how smartphones are designed) thus leaving little or no space for speakers.
iPhones have their speakers underneath which in some cases is a good trade of, but when you hold your phone in landscape mode your ... |
53,048 | <p>I see a lot of people discuss the order of buttons (e.g., <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/1072/14073">should OK be on the left and cancel on the right?</a> or <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/8569/14073">submit button on the left or right?</a>) but something that I wonder: </p>
<h2>Why do volume cont... | [
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Why do volume controls place the down button on the... | My brain immediately processed it ***alphabetically*** with ***down*** coming before ***up***.
---
After thinking about it though, it could simply be that it's ***number line*** based:
```
**(Left) Down** <---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---> **Up (Right)**
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 ... |
53,133 | <p>What do you think about having single vs multiple call-to-action buttons? When we were brainstorming our pricing page, half of the room was for single and the other half was for multiple.</p>
<p>I'm trying to find articles that relate to A/B conversion tests regarding this topic and I'm not finding any after severa... | [
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I'm trying to find articles that relate to A/B conversion tests regarding this topic and I'm not finding any after several Google s... | I have good experience with using free plan option either as a dimmed secondary option to one business plan. It also works great in a multiplan pricing table.
```
| Free | One man | Best offer | Awesome |
-------------------------------------------------
| signup | signup | signup | signup |
`... |
53,138 | <p>In which situation should you use gridview or staggered gridview?</p>
<p>Personally, I find grid view neater and easier to scan. But it seems like a lot of sites nowadays (Pinterest, etsy, etc) are using staggered grid view. Maybe for the reason that they want to show the whole picture rather than crops but doesn't... | [
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Personally, I find grid view neater and easier to scan. But it seems like a lot of sites nowadays (Pinterest, etsy, etc) are using staggered grid view. Maybe for the reason that they want to show the whole picture rather than crops but doesn't that make... | I have good experience with using free plan option either as a dimmed secondary option to one business plan. It also works great in a multiplan pricing table.
```
| Free | One man | Best offer | Awesome |
-------------------------------------------------
| signup | signup | signup | signup |
`... |
53,176 | <p>When using a browser, like Firefox, I appreciate that I can easily navigate my tab history with <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>←</kbd> (for back) and <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>→</kbd> (for forward.) That makes perfectly good sense to me, and I've used that keyboard shortcut for the longest time.</p>
<p>I frequently do text input in... | [
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I frequently do text input in web pages. On some pages (but not all) when I... | I don't know how it started but I can add my two cents about what ALL my clients say:
$%!$% what the @$#%#% just happened? Why did the page change? Now I have to fill in that form all over again.
=============================================================================================================
I would love... |
53,341 | <p>For example, an image upload site that gives you a 5 digit ID for your file (domain.com/aCd5y)</p>
<p>Should any letters/digits not be used in the final ID, to make it easier for people to read and share links (without copy and paste)?</p>
<p>Should I avoid i, I, l or 1? How about O or 0? In the URL bar in Chrome,... | [
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Should any letters/digits not be used in the final ID, to make it easier for people to read and share links (without copy and paste)?
Should I avoid i, I, l or 1? How about O or 0? In the URL bar in Chrome, 0 doesn't have a... | What you are referring to are called **Ambiguous characters** since they seem similar to certain numbers.
You can get the list of those characters from this [C code file on Pwgen](http://pwgen.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pwgen/src/pw_rand.c?revision=1.9&view=markup).
If you are not comfortable reading C code, **the ch... |
53,348 | <p>Bootstrap supplies a class .uneditable-input, which can be applied to a span/label/text/etc to mimic the appearance of a disabled text input. </p>
<p>Bootstrap describes it as:</p>
<p><em>"Uneditable inputs: Present data in a form that's not editable without using actual form markup."</em></p>
<p><code><span c... | [
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Bootstrap describes it as:
*"Uneditable inputs: Present data in a form that's not editable without using actual form markup."*
`<span class="input-xlarge uneditable-input">So... | As a user, I will automatically think that a disabled text input field (or anything looks like this) means that the field is ultimately editable. Either the data that I supply on other fields makes it invalid for editing, or I have insufficient permissions to change the field's value.
Bootstrap CSS does have the `form... |
53,583 | <p>I am specifying enhancements to a system that will need to report on employee activity in different time zones.</p>
<p>I anticipate that users of the system will be able to set a 'Home' or Local Time Zone - and I think that the reports and UI will be most understandable if the user sees the local time of the event,... | [
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"text": "<p>I think you are trying to separate the action of selection from the display of status.</p>\n\n<p>If the purpose is to di... | 2014/03/07 | [
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I anticipate that users of the system will be able to set a 'Home' or Local Time Zone - and I think that the reports and UI will be most understandable if the user sees the local time of the event, wherever ... | I think you are trying to separate the action of selection from the display of status.
If the purpose is to display group state, perhaps that status needs to be indicated by highlight and within the column like so:
Hope this helps. |
53,627 | <p>Let's say you have a table that shows you how much a meal voucher is worth at a dining hall at a certain time, so like:</p>
<pre><code>Meal Time Equivalency Rate
7:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. $5.00
10:46 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. $7.00
4:46 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. $9.00
7:31 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. $7.00
</code></pre>
<p>I ... | [
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```
Meal Time Equivalency Rate
7:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. $5.00
10:46 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. $7.00
4:46 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. $9.00
7:31 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. $7.00
```
I want to display this data ... | What's the main objective you want to reach showing these data? Satisfy only the 1) and 2) from the user pov or eg. pushing sales during a specific time of the day, make sure that a lot of user order their meals in the meal time zone?
If any of this make sense for you, my approach would be only to display the minimum... |
53,640 | <p>In text-based environments, I've sometimes seen confirmation prompts in the form of </p>
<pre><code>Are you sure you want to _______? (Y/n)
</code></pre>
<p>Generally, I've understood this to mean that <kbd>Y</kbd> is the default, and if I hit something other than a <kbd>Y</kbd> or an <kbd>N</kbd> (such as hitting... | [
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```
Are you sure you want to _______? (Y/n)
```
Generally, I've understood this to mean that `Y` is the default, and if I hit something other than a `Y` or an `N` (such as hitting the spacebar, `Enter`, or even `Q`), it will use the... | >
> Generally, I've understood this to mean that `Y` is the default, and if I hit something other than a `Y` or an `N` (such as hitting the spacebar, `Enter`, or even `Q`), it will use the `Y` option.
>
>
>
You are correct that this implies that `Y` is the default, on pressing the `Enter` key. An input other then ... |
53,661 | <p>I'm looking to send an email to our users that directs them to our app. This uses a mobile deep link (custom URI scheme) that we have been successfully using for a while now. If the user presses the link from a desktop computer, they are shown a website explaining that they should scan a QR code or open the link via... | [
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Thus, I would construct this email like this:
```
[Go there now (button/link)]
or... |
53,670 | <p>I have a menu with main items and sub items like this:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Ferrari</strong></li>
<li>Testarossa</li>
<li>F40</li>
<li><strong>Volvo</strong></li>
<li>V40</li>
<li>V60</li>
<li><strong>Saab</strong></li>
<li>9-3</li>
<li>9-5</li>
</ul>
<p>I now have this selection in one drop down menu with sub men... | [
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* **Ferrari**
* Testarossa
* F40
* **Volvo**
* V40
* V60
* **Saab**
* 9-3
* 9-5
I now have this selection in one drop down menu with sub menus, which works but I have three main problems with that solution:
* The user can't, for example, see that it is a Ferrari... | Not saying this is the best option, but perhaps one to consider. [Miller Columns](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Columns)
You could have one drop down that would 'slide' to get to the secondary level to make the actual selection.
Initial state:
```
Select a Vehicle \/
```
Once selected
```
Select a Vehicle ... |
53,705 | <p>I've got a table which users can enter data into. Each row represents an item.</p>
<p>I've got a column called 'lead times' where some times the lead times are weeks and sometimes they are days. </p>
<p>Ideally I want it to be a number that I can sort on, so I would have to bring all the numbers back to a universa... | [
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I've got a column called 'lead times' where some times the lead times are weeks and sometimes they are days.
Ideally I want it to be a number that I can sort on, so I would have to bring all the numbers back to a universal point of refere... | Thanks @chairman meow, and @TheUser1024 for the input, i think what im going to implement is a element which will have the values :
```
- 1 day
- 2 days
- 3 days
- ... etc
- 6 days
- 1 week
- 2 weeks
- 3 weeks
- 1 month
- 1.5 months
- 2 months
```
The applications logic will be able to sort this data.
In my ap... |
53,762 | <p>If a user attempts to view a private repo on GitHub when they are not logged in, they get a 404 error page.</p>
<p>Pro) It seems that the repo does not exist to those lacking proper access. This might help with security - perhaps a hacker is first trying to see if the repo in online in the first place.</p>
<p>Con)... | [
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Pro) It seems that the repo does not exist to those lacking proper access. This might help with security - perhaps a hacker is first trying to see if the repo in online in the first place.
Con) It seems that th... | First, let's clarify what you are asking. A "404 Not Found" page corresponds to a 404 response header from the server. Technically, there are other headers a server could send if you are not authorized to view the current uri, such as "403 Forbidden" or "401 Unauthorized" etc.
However, I believe what you are actually ... |
53,770 | <p>Is there any usability test about using the following style of forms? It would be displayed after the user clicks on "register".</p>
<pre><code>Welcome, [full name]________
To save your progress, you will need to trust us with your [email]________ and to choose
a [password]________.
Do you agree with (link) our t... | [
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```
Welcome, [full name]________
To save your progress, you will need to trust us with your [email]________ and to choose
a [password]________.
Do you agree with (link) our terms?
Yes N... | Luke W (our beloved guru of anything form related) has a bit of info from 2010:
<http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1007>
Personally, I really dislike forms laid out this way. They feel much more like legal forms than 'friendly'. But there does seem to be some research that justifies them.
UPDATE:
However, do note ... |
53,787 | <p>As part of our product we have the ability to facet search queries - these lists may be thousands of items long. One of the things that has come up is the desire to be able to say show me results that are "Not Film" or "Film Only". Today we support the "Film Only" case since that's the clear use of facets on the ... | [
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As for how to handle 'NOT' one idea would be a 'select ALL' option.
```
Topics:
☐ All
--------
☐ Pop Music
☐ Gameplay
☐ Song
☐ Film
☐ Minecraft
```
To choose... |
53,797 | <p>I remember reading some time ago that nested menu interfaces should not follow the mouse exactly because the user often moves diagonally when travelling into a child menu, so the pointer might pass over other parents before reaching the desired child menu.</p>
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"text": "<p>I believe the term is <strong>hover intent</strong>. The idea is that you want to try and predict the intended behavior, ra... | 2014/03/12 | [
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Therefore the interface should allow a small delay before open... | I believe the term is **hover intent**. The idea is that you want to try and predict the intended behavior, rather than perhaps the literal behavior. This is done by pausing slightly before committing to the hover.
Your example is good. Another typical one is when nested fly-out menus were popular (or perhaps 'abused... |
53,904 | <p>I'm working on a WYSIWYG editor, similar to <a href="http://medium.com">medium.com</a>. We need to support variables inside the editor. For example, you might want to add text: <code>Hi, *|FNAME|*</code> which would be replaced with <code>Hi, Gustavs</code> depending on who views it.</p>
<p>What's the best way to v... | [
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"text": "<p>For replacements I always prefer to use double square brackets with natural language:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Hello, [[... | 2014/03/13 | [
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What's the best way to visually present it? Do you know any sites t... | For replacements I always prefer to use double square brackets with natural language:
```
Hello, [[first name]]
```
Double brackets rarely appear in normal text but are easy to type and read, natural language removes the need to know/lookup field names.
Alternatively you can use real data with highlighting and some... |
54,162 | <p>What is the convention for showing toggle icons to a user? This question is specific to password unmasking, but it can easily be used in "on / off" icons et al.</p>
<p>In our situation, we have an unmask button at the end of a password field. The password is masked by default, and the icon is an open eye i... | [
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"text": "<p>I wouldn't complicate the situation by using a non standard icon. Just make a button that says \"show password\" ... | 2014/03/17 | [
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In our situation, we have an unmask button at the end of a password field. The password is masked by default, and the icon is an open eye indicating "if you c... | While the other answers are helpful in directing us to use text rather than imagery, they don't seem to answer the question. The best answer is actually found in [another question](https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/1319/1349).
>
> If the toggle is an action - Play/Pause - then it should show the
> thing that will happe... |
54,303 | <p>So I have a plain old button (two buttons to be exact). The button reads "SORT", when you click the button, an option comes up and lets you choose a sort type.</p>
<p>I have two types of sorting: price and alphabetical. </p>
<p>For price, I decided to use font-size to designate ascending/descending order. </p>
<p... | [
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"text": "<p>You don't have to use visual cues to make this apparent to the user before things happen. Users expect it's eith... | 2014/03/19 | [
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I have two types of sorting: price and alphabetical.
For price, I decided to use font-size to designate ascending/descending order.
Something like this:
`... | Here is what I would do. And to make tabs visible, I would try not to stretch tabs making them equal to the width of video container. I would use them the way they are shown.
 |
54,354 | <p>I came across this right aligned text dropdown menu on eBay.com: While I'm sure I've seen this before, I've never contemplated the benefits.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LK5jg.png" alt="Ebay-dropdown-list"></p>
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In this context, is this method more beneficial than the text being left aligned? It seems like the trend is to use a ... | The advantages I can see from the example you provided are it's skim-ability.
To me it looks like Ebay is exploiting a cognitive trick similar to what [Spritz's](http://www.spritzinc.com/) quick reading technology is doing.
Where text is in relatio... |
54,487 | <p>I am developing an Android application to display a list of upcoming events nearby. When click on a list item, the application display some event info, and also two buttons:</p>
<pre><code>The first button represents "I am attending"
The second button represents "I am interested"
</code></pre>
<p>Those buttons sho... | [
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"text": "<blockquote>\n <p>1.-Should I make an icon to represent the button?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Icons can be really confusi... | 2014/03/23 | [
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```
The first button represents "I am attending"
The second button represents "I am interested"
```
Those buttons should display the count of a... | I think there's a confusion between several elements:
* **Action** and **current state**: the button is supposed to allow me to RSVP as "Attending". But it also shows the *current* number of people attending. Is it a button or just a label?
* **I** and **others**: so the button shows that 18 are attending. How do I ad... |
54,613 | <p>We have several video fitness programs with difficulties related to the intensity of the workouts. When categorizing them by difficulty "Easy" and "Hard" are clearly communicated by these terms but this leaves a large number of programs as "Medium" which doesn't account for those that can be modified to be easy-medi... | [
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"text": "<p>I think you could word it better, to make it clearer what the goals are,(I'm assuming you want people to advance throug... | 2014/03/25 | [
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```
instead of: easy, medium, hard
do: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
```
To me the words here say enough without any explicit rating system, you will also need to mak... |