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70,034 | <p>I want to ask for a persons gender, but I don't want to make a choice in which to put first, male or female.</p>
<p>Normally one would use radio buttons for this,</p>
<pre><code>O male O female
</code></pre>
<p>However, there is always one option which comes first.</p>
<p>Also in drop down menus:</p>
<pre><cod... | [
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Normally one would use radio buttons for this,
```
O male O female
```
However, there is always one option which comes first.
Also in drop down menus:
```
-----
Select gender
Male
Female
------
```
You ... | Simple 2D visual arrangements
=============================
The visual arrangement of any set of related or similar items will always be subject to some inspection order since deliberate inspection of visuals involve a scan path (subconscious visual processing, particularly of the peripheral view, happens in parallel;... |
70,060 | <p>I have a mobile app that allows you to browse lists of songs:</p>
<pre><code>[a][b][c][d][e]
Elvis - Song 1
Elvis - Song 2
Elvis - Song 3
Ernie Wood - Song 4
</code></pre>
<p>You can jump to the letter to filter based on the first character of the artist name. But this is not enough, there is 170k song titles, so ... | [
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"text": "<p>Try making something similar to Windows explorer's search, where you start typing the song name, and it completes th... | 2014/12/20 | [
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```
[a][b][c][d][e]
Elvis - Song 1
Elvis - Song 2
Elvis - Song 3
Ernie Wood - Song 4
```
You can jump to the letter to filter based on the first character of the artist name. But this is not enough, there is 170k song titles, so there still is a lot of sc... | This answer assumes that the interaction you're after is **browsing**, and not searching, as other answers have alluded to.
There is already a pattern for such an interaction, used in the iOS contacts lists, and [utilized in this answer to a similar question about long lists.](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1... |
70,083 | <p>I have a mobile app that allows you to browse lists of songs:</p>
<pre><code>[a][b][c][d][e]
Elvis - Song 1
Elvis - Song 2
Elvis - Song 3
Ernie Wood - Song 4
</code></pre>
<p>You can jump to the letter to filter based on the first character of the artist name. But this is not enough, there is 170k song titles, so ... | [
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"text": "<p>In this case a real time filtering text box would do the trick. Just as Spotify implement their search on all ap... | 2014/12/19 | [
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] | I have a mobile app that allows you to browse lists of songs:
```
[a][b][c][d][e]
Elvis - Song 1
Elvis - Song 2
Elvis - Song 3
Ernie Wood - Song 4
```
You can jump to the letter to filter based on the first character of the artist name. But this is not enough, there is 170k song titles, so there still is a lot of sc... | How about combining them by singer?
```
[a][b][c][d][e]
Elvis - (13 songs)
Ernie Wood - (2 songs)
```
Browsing is helpful for users who are not familiar with artists. For those who are familiar and looking for specific songs/artists, search function would be best. |
70,240 | <p>Is it common for designers to style a colon in the same way as the preceding label, even though the following text does not follow this style? </p>
<p>For instance, I have the habit of making the colon bold if the label is bold as well.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Bold:</strong> the colon is bold, as is "Bold", ... | [
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"text": "<p>Do you want to use the first part as a title or just emphasize (a part of) it? Colons can be used as follows:</p>\n\n<p... | 2014/12/29 | [
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] | Is it common for designers to style a colon in the same way as the preceding label, even though the following text does not follow this style?
For instance, I have the habit of making the colon bold if the label is bold as well.
>
> **Bold:** the colon is bold, as is "Bold", but the text following isn't.
>
>
>
... | Do you want to use the first part as a title or just emphasize (a part of) it? Colons can be used as follows:
Separating one sentence:
```
<p>
<strong class="label">When the first part is bold</strong>:
the colon is styled normally.
</p>
```
Separating two sentences:
```
<p>
<strong class="label">This... |
70,265 | <p>I have the data:</p>
<pre><code>"John Smith","2007-03-01"
"Joe Richard","2002-01-21"
"Harry Lee",""
</code></pre>
<p>And the columns are "First/Last Name","Last Login". It's an administrative page that generally shows all users in a table that can sort by any column.</p>
<ul>
<li>In ascending order (oldest to new... | [
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"text": "<p>In OS X Finder \"No Date\" items are shown last (after the oldest), there is no sorting by ascending order there, but I... | 2014/12/29 | [
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] | I have the data:
```
"John Smith","2007-03-01"
"Joe Richard","2002-01-21"
"Harry Lee",""
```
And the columns are "First/Last Name","Last Login". It's an administrative page that generally shows all users in a table that can sort by any column.
* In ascending order (oldest to newest) do dateless entries display firs... | We face that ALL the time at work (sales orders, etc...). The newest items default to the top and the dateless items are placed at the bottom (under the oldest date). To find them the user has to select ascending order to place them at the top.
Users don't have the slightest problem with them. |
70,425 | <p>Suppose, in a multistep flow, where citizens can apply for subsidies from the government, we have some financial calculations (e.g. a collection of what-if's) presented in a table. Each row is a post in the calculation, e.g. </p>
<pre><code>Standard amount: $645.00
Extra grants: $72.00
Fee: ... | [
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"text": "<p><strong>Disambiguation & Labeling :</strong></p>\n\n<p>Preliminary vs simulated : you should try to be specific ... | 2015/01/04 | [
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```
Standard amount: $645.00
Extra grants: $72.00
Fee: -$124.00
T... | **Disambiguation & Labeling :**
Preliminary vs simulated : you should try to be specific about the process in which this calculation is taking place; using "preliminary" suggests it is part of staged process. "simulated" on the other hand suggests a modeling activity where users could play around with the figures befo... |
70,538 | <p>Imagine you have a todo list, and you're currently editing the item marked <code>**</code></p>
<pre><code>Task 1
Task 2 **
Task 3
</code></pre>
<p>The interface provides a command to immediately delete the current item (not just clearing the contents, but removing the entire item). </p>
<p>Should the focus (which... | [
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"text": "<p>I think either would be acceptable, but I would conduct user testing to see what your users think.</p>\n\n<p>In general t... | 2015/01/07 | [
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] | Imagine you have a todo list, and you're currently editing the item marked `**`
```
Task 1
Task 2 **
Task 3
```
The interface provides a command to immediately delete the current item (not just clearing the contents, but removing the entire item).
Should the focus (which item you're now currently editing) jump to ... | I think either would be acceptable, but I would conduct user testing to see what your users think.
In general though while I'm developing lists, I like to it jump to the next task, so it would go with this example and have all the tasks shift upward. So it would be something like this example.
```
Task 1 ite... |
72,079 | <p>I'm designing a translation app which will be used to translate other apps. The app will be initially desktop based, but later on I want to make a mobile version as well. The difficulty that I'm facing is that the strings that need to be translated may be "templates" -- pieces of text that with placeholders that wil... | [
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"text": "<p>This is a really interesting question, because there are so many nuances that would change depending on wha... | 2015/01/16 | [
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Here is how you would present the sentence:
>
> John received an award.
>
>
>
The translator would type something like this:
>
> John recibió una distinción.
>
>
>
Then the a... |
72,200 | <p>I don't know if the title is clear but whenever you visit a website which has a video or audio on the page, the player's sound level is always set to max. I never see it set to a conservative level by default.</p>
<p>It creates this bad experience of sudden loud noise until you can silence it or mute your PC.</p>
... | [
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"text": "<p>Good question, it has bugged me in the past.</p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/vi... | 2015/01/19 | [
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It creates this bad experience of sudden loud noise until you can silence it or mute your PC.
Is this not a ... | Good question, it has bugged me in the past.
From [W3C - Audio Control:Understanding SC 1.4.2](http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-dis-audio.html), it seems that pages that do not offer sound control, or mute, functionality are *not* adhering to the criterion. Summarising the link:
>
> 1.... |
72,309 | <p>This markup:</p>
<pre><code>first<strong>second</strong>
</code></pre>
<p>gets rendered as </p>
<blockquote>
<p>first<strong>second</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>and now consider the task of inserting character in between <em>first</em> and <em>second</em> words.
User should be able (predictably) t... | [
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"text": "<p>I don't know you need to over think this. Namely because this is a problem that exists today for most any user of MS Word ... | 2015/01/21 | [
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```
first<strong>second</strong>
```
gets rendered as
>
> first**second**
>
>
>
and now consider the task of inserting character in between *first* and *second* words.
User should be able (predictably) to chose where to insert the character: after `t` in "first" or before `s` in "second" so insid... | Regarding the caret design, see what Raskin described in Humane Interface. Use arrows as an indicator to show where the text will be added. You can do something similar to show where text gets added.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n8gxa.jpg) |
72,516 | <p>I am using jquery UI sortable to allow rows in an html table to be sortable. I want to use an icon for a handle and I am trying to figure out what is the best image / icon that would best illustrate that a user can drag this element to drag the current row above or below other rows. My mouse is already changing cu... | [
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"text": "<p>I typically use a grippy looking dotted area like this, that's also roughly the size/shape of a fingertip.</p>\n\n... | 2015/01/24 | [
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...or 3 bars indicating a similarly grippable area:
The idea being to m... |
72,568 | <p>I came across a number of login configuration settings where there is a <strong>list of allowable special characters</strong> and was wondering: </p>
<p><strong>Does this limitation cater for a specific security or usability need?</strong> </p>
<p>Example: A list of special characters supported by Oracle Identity ... | [
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"text": "<h2>If the user can type it then it should be allowed in their password.</h2>\n\n<p>Telling someone what they can and c... | 2015/01/26 | [
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**Does this limitation cater for a specific security or usability need?**
Example: A list of special characters supported by Oracle Identity Manager and Microsoft Active Directory for ... | If the user can type it then it should be allowed in their password.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Telling someone what they can and can't use in their password always feels wrong to the user. Passwords are currently the most universal way to authenticate. Preventing users from e... |
72,760 | <p>I'm wondering whether there's any evidence that nested hierarchies of folders make sense to novice users.</p>
<p>I may be wrong, but I think the complexity or difficulty of finding a file in an organized or disorganized arrangement of files depends on the user. I think that all the computer-savvy people have gotten ... | [
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I may be wrong, but I think the complexity or difficulty of finding a file in an organized or disorganized arrangement of files depends on the user. I think that all the computer-savvy people have gotten wired wit... | >
> Assumption: The system has a large number of files and large number of different file types.
>
>
>
1. Grouping things into categories and subcategories simplifies things
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Imagine trying to understand all living organisms without any form of... |
73,059 | <p>There is a number symbol <code>#</code> so that when you put it in front of a number, it tells that the number is an ordinal number. E.g., <code>#6</code> means "number 6".</p>
<p>Is there a symbol like that for cardinal numbers? E.g., if put in front of <code>23</code>, it should mean "23 in total" or "23 counts".... | [
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Is there a symbol like that for cardinal numbers? E.g., if put in front of `23`, it should mean "23 in total" or "23 counts".
---
The following is my use case. It may... | The most common way to do this is by **representing the count** rather than have a symbol for cardinal numbers. Some ways of doing this are:
* Foo x23
* Foo (23)
* 23 Foo(s)
Personally I like the visual clarity of `Foo (23)` but you're probably safer going with `Foo x23` |
73,110 | <p>I'm considering having the pagination menu shown only at the bottom of pages on my website</p>
<p>Also to save screen real estate on mobile devices</p>
<p>The pagination looks like this</p>
<pre><code>PAGE 1/3 >>
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code><< PAGE 2/3 >>
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
... | [
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"text": "<h2>Show it at the top.</h2>\n<p>In my experience on ecomm product grids, users are more likely to visit subsequent... | 2015/02/04 | [
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Also to save screen real estate on mobile devices
The pagination looks like this
```
PAGE 1/3 >>
```
or
```
<< PAGE 2/3 >>
```
or
```
<< PAGE 3/3
```
I'm pretty sure users will never need to know or link a spec... | Show it at the top.
-------------------
In my experience on ecomm product grids, users are more likely to visit subsequent pages if you tell them up front that they exist. It gives them awareness of the number of available options. It also allows them to jump ahead quickly if they already know the first pages doesn't ... |
73,443 | <p>What major 'competitors' exist for the <a href="http://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/system-usability-scale.html">SUS survey</a>?</p>
<p>Is there anything picking up a significant degree of acceptance as a standard to the extent that SUS has?</p>
<p>In particular...is there anything which produces som... | [
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Is there anything picking up a significant degree of acceptance as a standard to the extent that SUS has?
In particular...is there anything which produces somewhat similarly reliable res... | Jim Lewis wrote an [article](http://www.measuringu.com/blog/nps-sus.php) in 2012 for Measuring Usability
The article explains the direct correlation found between SUS scores and Net Promoter Scores (NPS). They found that it was possible to predict NPS scores based on SUS scores, which means the inverse is also true.
... |
74,129 | <p>In a small marketplace that allows people to buy products from different sellers ...if you have a slogan like:</p>
<pre><code>discover awesome products from local sellers
</code></pre>
<p>or is it better to use:</p>
<pre><code>buy awesome products from local sellers
</code></pre>
<p>?</p>
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```
discover awesome products from local sellers
```
or is it better to use:
```
buy awesome products from local sellers
```
?
I think discover is less aggressive, but buy lets people know right away th... | ***Discover* has a sense of finding something new**. So if the action is largely linked to finding new and interesting options, then I would go with this.
***Buy* is a transactional word**, and indicates that you will go to get a product to purchase. Use this if your user likely already knows what they will be buying ... |
74,203 | <p>When creating a table with a lot of rows and a number of columns, what is the recommendation for which column should be first and most important?</p>
<p>An example scenario for the data table would be a table displaying the status of a lot of different servers a user has. Different columns would the "Status" of the... | [
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In your particular case, I'd likely do status and then the server name because if a server is down I want the admin to immediately notice. I'd likely have it c... |
74,405 | <p>Take for example this button:</p>
<pre><code> _________
/ \
| Trash |
\_________/
</code></pre>
<p>Which when clicked, becomes this:</p>
<pre><code> _________ _________
/ \ / \
| Restore | | Destroy |
\____... | [
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```
_________
/ \
| Trash |
\_________/
```
Which when clicked, becomes this:
```
_________ _________
/ \ / \
| Restore | | Destroy |
\_________/ \_________/
```
Which mean... | This is one of the most common design patterns.
A lot of research has gone into delete confirmations, so it's impossible to cover all the variants in one answer: the best solution for you will depend on the degree of confirmation, warning, speed, and likely user intent.
That said, here's **one approach** which repres... |
74,410 | <p>I need help in figuring out what is the best URL structure for my website. On the website, I’ll have pages for users and business and would like to give each a custom profile URL. Here are the solutions that I came up with:</p>
<p>Solution 1:</p>
<pre><code>User: example.com/johndoe
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Solution 1:
```
User: example.com/johndoe
Business: acmecorporation.example.com
```
Solution... | Since you want to indicate function in your URL:s, the best way would be to actually type out that function in the URL.
My suggestion:
```
User: dummy.com/user/johndoe
Business: dummy.com/business/acmecorporation
```
Edit: adding an excellent point made by 10MAY in another answer in this thread, regarding why ... |
74,569 | <p>I am currently designing a social media website that is going to be focused on businesses from multiple countries and I am trying to come up with the best URL structure for the website. I do not want to follow the standard approach that major social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, and below I am going ... | [
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When thinking about a geo- or country-related URL strategy it's difficult to come up with *the* right solution... |
74,579 | <p>For example, would redirecting <code>www.example.com/loogin</code> to <code>www.example.com/login</code> be fine? </p>
<p>Would it be better to automatically redirect users to the correct page or display a page stating that the user is going to be redirected to the correct page in a couple of seconds? Would this ha... | [
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"text": "<p>Short answer: yes.</p>\n\n<p>Extended answer: Yes and no. </p>\n\n<p>The main problem here, which I think has been made... | 2015/03/08 | [
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Would it be better to automatically redirect users to the correct page or display a page stating that the user is going to be redirected to the correct page in a couple of seconds? Would this have any disadvantages on the SEO?... | Yes, it’s a good idea.
Especially if you notice that there are some misspelled links out there, e.g. if someone links to your login page with `/login.` instead of `/login` (because the URL auto-detection of their CMS thought that the dot for ending a sentence belongs to the URL).
*Preventively* adding such redirects... |
74,607 | <p>Sample scenario to illustrate the type of problem I'm trying to solve:</p>
<p>Online store has orders and in the order it refers to a product. Users can edit existing unsubmitted orders and one of the things they can change is the product that they've ordered via a product select (html ). A separate business proc... | [
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Online store has orders and in the order it refers to a product. Users can edit existing unsubmitted orders and one of the things they can change is the product that they've ordered via a product select (html ). A separate business process can flag... | This is also just an opinion but it is based on some facts.
Just like @DA01 has a hunch on question comments, most probable answer is "because someone on the OS UI team decided to make it that way". But why such a choice was made? The same can be asked about links, why they are blue.
I have always explained the reaso... |
74,759 | <p>Here is the summary of the contents of the website:</p>
<ul>
<li>There is a single page for every business per country.</li>
<li>Every single page is available in different languages.</li>
<li>There are users that can log in to review said businesses.</li>
<li>Businesses are created and managed by the admins, not u... | [
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* There is a single page for every business per country.
* Every single page is available in different languages.
* There are users that can log in to review said businesses.
* Businesses are created and managed by the admins, not users.
* Users have profile pages.
*... | If there are two businesses named "ACME" (one from USA, one from Germany), why would they want to advertise their URL as `/acme` and not as `/us/acme` and `/de/acme`?
The US business would know that users coming from Germany looking for their business would end up at the unrelated DE business, which would be some fo... |
74,784 | <p>I have a list of tasks that can be dependent on each other, e.g. task #2 cannot be begun until task #1 has completed.</p>
<p>In schematics, it might look like this</p>
<pre><code>Id | Dependency
----+-----------
#1 | -
#2 | #1 // #2 cannot begin before #1 is completed
#3 | -
#4 | #2, #3 // #4 c... | [
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In schematics, it might look like this
```
Id | Dependency
----+-----------
#1 | -
#2 | #1 // #2 cannot begin before #1 is completed
#3 | -
#4 | #2, #3 // #4 cannot begin before bo... | **1. This is a well-trodden problem**
* Digital designers have been grappliing with this problem since scheduling, project management, and manufacturing planning apps were written in the 80's.
---
**2. Graphical representation is non-trivial**
* When you have multiple, arbitrary dependencies, it becomes very diffic... |
74,854 | <p>I'm not certain I understand what differentiates a user story from a use case. It seems like a very fine line to me. What is a use case and how does it differ from a user story?</p>
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---
**Use case** refers more commonly to the procedural steps a user takes to get something done:
```
Example: Knead the flour, add some salt, place in oven, wait 30 minutes.
```
---
**User story** attempts to capture the experience narrative of the use... |
74,875 | <p>Suppose a user wants to display a QR code on their screen, but either the screen is dirty, or cracked. I want to allow the user to have the option to split the QR code into sections so it can be scanned.</p>
<p>Technically this means I'll be displaying much less data, increasing the QR error correction rate, and i... | [
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Technically this means I'll be displaying much less data, increasing the QR error correction rate, and increasing t... | I'm going to assume that you will take care of the entry point to the app, and this question is about displaying the QR codes.
The question of how to detect and display a broken screen is much too broad.
**Observations**:
* High redundancy QR codes are [very resilient](http://datagenetics.com/blog/november12013/in... |
75,022 | <p>We are creating a few very, very long articles (4000 - 6000 words) for our website and I am wondering what I can do to make it easier for readers to navigate it and decide what to read and what to skip.</p>
<p>My idea so far is to structure each article very well with headings and subheadings and include a table of... | [
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My idea so far is to structure each article very well with headings and subheadings and include a table of contents ... | Depends on the content and the reader.
Often Google documentation has ability to be content rich but feel very accessible. [Material design docs](http://www.google.com/design/spec/layout/structure.html) is an example, note the [Layout > Structure page](http://www.google.com/design/spec/layout/structure.html#) is more... |
75,113 | <p>I am working on a web application where I am using a picture as a substitute for both the text (label) and the checkbox. For example, this is what normally displays, and is universally recognized as a checkbox:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GFWnV.png" alt="normal checkbox"></p>
<p>Instead of that, I w... | [
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Instead of that, I would like to use a picture of a... | I suggest that you use borders on hover. Links have a border-bottom on hover (compare on wikipedia) and a `cursor: pointer;` that helps the user associate that the image is clickable. At second, add a checkbox to the image. This helps the user understand that it can be checked:
![enter image description here](https://... |
75,341 | <p>I'd like to show a big button, indicating the current state of a view and some kind of a hint to what will happen when clicked.</p>
<p>Some combination between a regular button and a checkbox - a button with a check mark.</p>
<p>For example, a button to indicate if the air conditioner is working:</p>
<pre><code>-... | [
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Some combination between a regular button and a checkbox - a button with a check mark.
For example, a button to indicate if the air conditioner is working:
```
-------------
| Works | V |
-... | I like Facebook's pattern:
 
Mine would probably be to just change the text from `Like` to `On`.
See a more complete answer [here](https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/75413/63697). |
75,367 | <p>How to better put this message to the user:</p>
<pre><code>All files loaded.
Click the "analyze for duplicates" button to analyze the files for duplicates.
['analyze for duplicates' button here].
</code></pre>
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```
All files loaded.
Click the "analyze for duplicates" button to analyze the files for duplicates.
['analyze for duplicates' button here].
``` | "Click the button below to analyze the files for duplicates."
and have the button also labeled "Analyze for duplicates". |
76,112 | <p>I have a grid of ~20 checkboxes which users can utilize to select features. Typically, user might have ~15 features selected ~5 unselected for a co configuration.</p>
<p>Deselection of features which a user doesn't have is important for the overall use of application, because removing unnecessary features makes the... | [
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Deselection of features which a user doesn't have is important for the overall use of application, because removing unnecessary features makes the applicati... | **Scenario C** (This is Scenario B with a slight twist)
* **No** questions: **Turn on/off features** is used instead.
* All checkboxes are **unchecked** as default.
+ If there are mandatory features that the user can't turn off, they shouldn't be included.
* If user doesn't have a feature he **checks** the checkbox.... |
76,349 | <h2>Context</h2>
<p><em>N.B. Herein, the terms "tool", "application", and "program" are used interchangeably.</em></p>
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-------
*N.B. Herein, the terms "tool", "application", and "program" are used interchangeably.*
This question is not concerned with CLI tools that are intended to be useful when called without arguments (e.g. `ls`, `echo`); it only concerns command line interface applications that, when called without argumen... | It seems to me, most CLI tools will show "use --help" when its `--help` information contains multiple pages of info.
`rm` might be an anomaly (its man page is small in comparison).
I try to use my own "will it scroll" test when deciding whether or not to give usage when a user provides incorrect or no parameters. |
76,391 | <p>The typical address block on a form contains two fields for address:</p>
<pre><code>Address
-------------------------------
| |
-------------------------------
Address Line 2
-------------------------------
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-------------------------------
City
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Address
-------------------------------
| |
-------------------------------
Address Line 2
-------------------------------
| |
-------------------------------
City
------------------------... | Keep it for business addresses
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In business contexts it is often used for 'Attn:' lines or department names. In large metro areas, it is also commonly used for building ID, eg 'West Tower'. You could mask it until business address is checked. Unfortunately, people don't always catch that ... |
76,528 | <p>In all the programming languages I have ever used, the comparator for testing a mathematical equivalence is <code>==</code>. For example, in <code>python</code>:</p>
<pre><code>if 7 == 8 - 1:
</code></pre>
<p>Why are all, as far as I am aware, programming languages designed like this? Wouldn't it make so much more... | [
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```
if 7 == 8 - 1:
```
Why are all, as far as I am aware, programming languages designed like this? Wouldn't it make so much more sense to have only one `=` sign? I understand t... | I have a feeling this question might be moved to the Stackoverflow site but Its an interesting question.
The reason behind this was because Fortran introduced the concept of using "=" as assigning values from one variable to another which led to a lot of confusion about what to use as an equality operator. To quote th... |
77,071 | <p>We do iterative releases, and thus I see a good number of user UI/UX requirements come in. Which is great so we can focus on the key areas.</p>
<p>Naturally these requests are in the format <em>"The system should have button at place Y that does X"</em>. Occasionally this is spot on, but often the suggestion would... | [
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Naturally these requests are in the format *"The system should have button at place Y that does X"*. Occasionally this is spot on, but often the suggestion would be a poor way to ... | I've tried to solve this same question in the past. Here's my solution.
Keep it short. Direct them to activities.
=========================================
1. **Focus the issue with a choice:**
"I'm trying to do something that's not currently possible"
OR "I'm doing something and the app isn't doing what I expe... |
77,268 | <p>I'm working on a project which will let a user create reports by building up numerous rules, so they can see the data they're interested in. The UI needs to be powerful yet simple. The Balsamiq's below will hopefully explain it a bit better than I can using words!</p>
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It starts off pretty simple. You can select the fields... | I ended up changing the database to accomodate a simpler UI. One example of a nested query may have been, "Show me all regions where member data hasn't been uploaded in the last 30 days". The query would look like (pesudo):
```
SELECT region_name
FROM region
WHERE region_id NOT IN (
SELECT region_id
FROM... |
77,291 | <p>I am building a simple tool which accepts a URL, a username and a password. The URL contains one or more sets of data. After the users enters the URL, username and password. The tool then retrieves the list of data sets from the URL. The user then has to chose one of the items of the list. And then user clicks on a ... | [
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In your use case, there are important things missing. Those are the feedback from system. For example, after entering the URL, username and password, there must be confirmation to user, that he/she has been logged in. And ready to fetch the data from... |
77,323 | <p><em>(I'm not 100% sure this is the place I should be posting this but I do need help on the UI part of the problem)</em></p>
<p>We have an ASP.Net MVC5 application. It has one page for profile information and that page has 52 fields on it.</p>
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We have an ASP.Net MVC5 application. It has one page for profile information and that page has 52 fields on it.
I've had the form separated in tabs before but it led to validation problems when the form w... | Separate the UX from the implementation concerns
------------------------------------------------
This will help simplify the problem by clarifying priorities and through decomposition.
1. Usually, the first priority with a complex form is to **design the optimal user experience**. UX makes a **huge** difference wit... |
78,490 | <p>I am building a filtering system for a report and am trying to find a way to incorporate and/or logic when both are to be mixed.</p>
<p>In essence, a very simple filter might be:</p>
<pre><code>Select field 1 from table where field2="123" OR field3="123"
</code></pre>
<p>In that scenario, I am using something lik... | [
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In essence, a very simple filter might be:
```
Select field 1 from table where field2="123" OR field3="123"
```
In that scenario, I am using something like the below and it is fine:
![en... | Nested blocks in a vertical layout
----------------------------------
This pattern tested very well with our users. It uses common language to explain what you are looking for and allows any level of complex grouping where individual blocks can be moved around, changed from `AND` to `OR`, or deleted.
This level of cl... |
78,494 | <p>I am working on some wireframes for a webportal. In a form in this webportal there is an enormous list (120 items) of options, and users have to go through (and read) all of them.</p>
<p>It's not possible to devide these options into catogories, and the length of the labels is very variable.</p>
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It's not possible to devide these options into catogories, and the length of the labels is very variable.
The goal of these wireframes I'm... | This is where UX is being tasked to fix something that isn't fixable at the UX level. I'd go as far to say this is where a back end system is unfairly asking a user to make decisions that they shouldn't have to.
If the issue is that people enter items they sell under a different name than what's already in the system... |
78,502 | <p>On a product web-page on a mobile device (in this context this is limited to mobile phones and phablets. Tablets and desktop machines are exempt) the main product image is still quite small. Implementing a "zoom" feature. Which is considered better practice -</p>
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* open a modal window showing a scroll-able full-sized imag... | This is where UX is being tasked to fix something that isn't fixable at the UX level. I'd go as far to say this is where a back end system is unfairly asking a user to make decisions that they shouldn't have to.
If the issue is that people enter items they sell under a different name than what's already in the system... |
78,835 | <p>I am presenting tabular data. One column represents the size of a shape, however the shape itself may be a line, area, or volume. So size values can be in units mm or mm<sup>2</sup> or mm<sup>3</sup>. However, I only display the values, not the units, in the table. For example:</p>
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```
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|--------|-----------|
| Line | 1... | When mixing data units, explicit is better
------------------------------------------
It's very easy to confuse mixed units in a table, so best practice is to **make the units explicit**.
* If you can avoid this situation (e.g. using sections or different columns) that is usually better. But sometimes it's unavoidabl... |
78,912 | <p>I have a list of "Texts" being displayed on a list. The user can reorder it when click on an action button, and when do that, an animation works as a feedback to the user. The Texts move, changing their positioning. All done with Ajax. </p>
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This animation is a good feedback for 99% of the users, they see the animation and... | The approach would be to put it in a hidden div with text which can be read by screen readers only but wont be visible to people without Visual impairments. To [quote this webaim article](http://webaim.org/techniques/css/invisiblecontent/)
>
> **Positioning content off-screen** The following are the recommended style... |
78,957 | <p>I'm currently sketching a report module.</p>
<p>The options for one value you can add are:</p>
<pre><code> - Object ex New York Office
- Device ex My Awesome Weather Station
- Value ex Ambient Temperature
- Aggregation AVG/MIN/MAX
</code></pre>
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The options for one value you can add are:
```
- Object ex New York Office
- Device ex My Awesome Weather Station
- Value ex Ambient Temperature
- Aggregation AVG/MIN/MAX
```
You can add as many values as you wish.
... | I'd probably separate this out into two separate views: Viewing the date range data, and creating/editing date ranges.
The latter might use an accordion-style setup to create blocks for the dates and create some visual/logical separation:
...where ... |
79,018 | <p>I have an sidebar similar to this example</p>
<pre><code>Home
Objects
Management*
Foo
Bar
Baz
</code></pre>
<p>Objects > Management is basically a list of all objects. Each object has a detail view. Workflow:</p>
<pre><code>Navigate to Objects > Management
Click *details* on a single object
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```
Home
Objects
Management*
Foo
Bar
Baz
```
Objects > Management is basically a list of all objects. Each object has a detail view. Workflow:
```
Navigate to Objects > Management
Click *details* on a single object
```
No problem so far.
Problem: The detail view ... | You could try using an accordion instead of tabs ([here](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/6093/accordions-vs-tabs) are some pros and cons), but it won't always work.
Can't say that I see a good way of integrating tabs into the sidebar. As you mentioned,it doesn't look very good, and for a good reason - if all yo... |
79,090 | <p>I am looking for an easy-to-read San Serif font that manages to make the normally similar looking characters (o, 0; 1,l,i) still clearly differniated to the eye.</p>
<p>This sill be used for very short text lengths (letters, word, or maybe a sentence)
(For longer passages we may consider a Serif font)</p>
<p>An... | [
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This sill be used for very short text lengths (letters, word, or maybe a sentence)
(For longer passages we may consider a Serif font)
Any suggestions?
Upda... | Consider the following fonts:
* Droid Sans
* PT Sans
* Noto Sans
* Ubuntu
Here's a preview: <http://typecast.com/preview/google/Noto%20Sans/Droid%20Sans/PT%20Sans/Ubuntu>
They are all available on [Google Fonts](https://www.google.com/fonts). |
79,134 | <p>I have a list view of jobs that need to be sorted alphabetically by name, or numerically by due date. </p>
<p>Currently sorting is done by toggling ascending or descending sorts for these attributes, but not all of our users understand how this should work. Eg. Are ascending due dates closest to now, or farthest aw... | [
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Currently sorting is done by toggling ascending or descending sorts for these attributes, but not all of our users understand how this should work. Eg. Are ascending due dates closest to now, or farthest away?
A po... | I dont see an issue with the naming. We had a similar issue in one of our applications, the solution was to display a column after the sorting with the number of days remaining along with the actual due date.
>
> Due in *X* Days.
>
>
>
Although, I believe these labels are more common:
```
Due date soonest first... |
79,259 | <p>I want to make it easier for a user to read and be able to insert an item into a list of sorted items that can start with a capital letter or a lowercase letter.</p>
<p>Does the case matter in this case?</p>
<p>Imagine that I want to add the word <code>bananas</code> to the following list of fruits:</p>
<pre><cod... | [
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Does the case matter in this case?
Imagine that I want to add the word `bananas` to the following list of fruits:
```
apples
Blackberries
oranges
peaches
P... | **Capitalization frequently matters for sorting algorithms, but seldom matters for end users.**
Trying to explain why "a" comes after "Z" to someone who doesn't know what ASCII is can make for a very frustrating user experience.
Your first example is the best way. It makes it easier to find a specific word since th... |
79,521 | <p>Forms made by and for the government that concern an individual or family/household often – usually in one of the first questions – ask for the family/relationship status of the applicant. The predefined answers reflect legal statuses for tax and subsidy purposes. In Germany, for instance, there are these categories... | [
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... | Be careful what you're asking the user to provide.
The application in this case needs to map things to those legal categories. You may think you're asking *"What is your relationship status?"*, but in this case the application really needs to ask *"Which of these legal statuses applies to you?"*
Because that's what ... |
79,672 | <p>Would a logarithmic volume control surprise or shock users?</p>
<p>The lowest volume settings on a Mac, or on a YouTube video control the volume in a very heavy handed manner, and once you've turned the volume up past 50% a change in volume is almost negligible.</p>
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The lowest volume settings on a Mac, or on a YouTube video control the volume in a very heavy handed manner, and once you've turned the volume up past 50% a change in volume is almost negligible.
Is there any reason why these applications don't favour a loga... | Working as a sound designer in the games industry the response I have get from most programmers regarding this is that they simply don't realise that linear volume scaling is wrong. Once shown the difference they are converts (I've seen this multiple times).
It's an incredibly easy (one line) fix that will make your c... |
79,688 | <p>I have a tree where the user can check/uncheck each item. Since there's many items, I would like to provide a way to filter the tree to display:</p>
<pre><code>all items
only selected items
only unselected items
</code></pre>
<p>Today, I have three radio buttons:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yZ2pA... | [
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```
all items
only selected items
only unselected items
```
Today, I have three radio buttons:
[download bmml source](/plug... | I'd suggest a filter with the checkboxes like so:
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fNhmMh.png) – Wireframes created with [Balsamiq Mockups](http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups)
The "display all" option seems red... |
79,715 | <p>I have a website form in which user can enter details of a flight he wants and my website will scan flight companies to find a flight that matches user's criteria.</p>
<p>One of the details user should enter in the form is the period for which he wants to travel. For example, if he wants to go to vacation on anytim... | [
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One of the details user should enter in the form is the period for which he wants to travel. For example, if he wants to go to vacation on anytime on June,... | "Notifications" is what you're talking about. As for rules, it's basically the scenario you outlined: use notifications when you just want to tell the user about something and no action is required on his or her part. A separate but related thing are "push notifications" on mobile devices (typically showing up on the p... |
79,809 | <p>I have a simple question about the best resolution to consider when developing a website.</p>
<p>Usually I consider the <code>max-width: 1920x1080px</code>, but now TVs are smart and some of them allow you to browse the internet and view websites. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolutio... | [
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Usually I consider the `max-width: 1920x1080px`, but now TVs are smart and some of them allow you to browse the internet and view websites. According to [this wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution "Wi... | I have never designed with something like a television in mind, so you bring up a great question. For instance, is there any kind of standardization among TV sets for displaying pixels? Even if it expands beyond 1920x1080 in pixels, does it display websites at that resolution or do handle things at 2x (or even 3x, 4x, ... |
79,812 | <p>There are a lot of cool <a href="http://www.the-art-of-web.com/html/html5-form-validation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">client side validation options</a> in HTML, and even more now in HTML5. </p>
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While these don't change the amount of server side validation required, they **give an instantaneous feedback loop** to the user for basic mistakes, basic mistakes w... | Use both methods, just make them look the same. It's not the difference in client-side vs server-side the tester/user notices, it's the different text, position and markup. Not the method, but the endresult.
So just style your server-side message like the client-side one; text bubble floating over the field with a red... |
79,895 | <p>I have a client who's using a table to present several row of data. The data has one row showing how often certain activities should be performed. </p>
<p>It looks something like this:</p>
<pre><code>+---------+----------------+------------+
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It looks something like this:
```
+---------+----------------+------------+
| Name | Frequency | Date |
+---------+----------------+------------+
| Value 1 ... | I would not use icons for this purpose because they are difficult to understand without labels.
If you're worried about scannability, adding bars to ease visual comparison can help.
Here is a palette of options that use bars with different scales, and also different text representations of the frequency:
![enter ima... |
80,065 | <p>I'm looking for an intuitive, user-friendly way to enable users to select (and switch between) two possible values.</p>
<p>Normally, in a form, this would be done with radio-buttons, but I will have table with this choice in every row. Using radio buttons would make the table look very cramped.</p>
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Normally, in a form, this would be done with radio-buttons, but I will have table with this choice in every row. Using radio buttons would make the table look very cramped.
A drop-down is also a possibi... | I don't think radio buttons are that bad, but as an alternative you could use a slider with the labels outside it.
 |
80,070 | <p>Which radio option is better for a web application in real estate?</p>
<p>Choice A)</p>
<pre><code>List property publicly?
( ) Yes. Make the property viewable from my home page.
( ) No. Hide the property from my home page.
</code></pre>
<p>Choice B)</p>
<pre><code>( ) List property publicly. Make the proper... | [
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Choice A)
```
List property publicly?
( ) Yes. Make the property viewable from my home page.
( ) No. Hide the property from my home page.
```
Choice B)
```
( ) List property publicly. Make the property viewable from my home page.
( ) Do not l... | Neither.
--------
Settings are different from questions.
--------------------------------------
This may seem obvious, but it drives a difference in UX design. Yes and No may be reasonable answers to a question:
>
> Are you a muggle? Yes / No
>
>
>
However, in your case you are really asking the user to **make ... |
80,116 | <p>I have a newsletter that includes a question at the end. I created two buttons. One is YES (the one I want people to click) and the other one is NO.
I put the two buttons side to side and I'm not sure if the positive button should be on the left or on the right?</p>
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I put the two buttons side to side and I'm not sure if the positive button should be on the left or on the right? | First, I'd consider being more explicit than yes/no, try to semantically enhance your buttons and maybe even add an uncertainty element ("don't know" or the likes)
Second, see, how you mentioned "yes", then "no"? Well, IN YOUR CASE this is how it should work, you're using natural language applied to your layout, so pe... |
80,242 | <p>I'm designing an input field for IPv4 addresses and netmasks. My problem is that when you enter a IPv4 address with its netmask you can type "192.168.0.1/24" or you can type it like "192.168.0.1" and then netmask "255.255.255.0" or just 24. In my application all three ways are allowed. It's just a simple form like t... | [
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First, the input form should display the formatting, so that users only have to type in numbers, like so:
```
___.___.___.___/___
```
Second, I'd recommend that the user be able to configure their pref... |
80,417 | <p>So in my application, a user can select a Widget, and select tags that describe that widget (Fast, Slow, Expensive,i.e). As of now, the plan was to use a dual-list with a bag of "unchosen" descriptors, and a bag of "chosen" descriptors. Essentially, my UI currently looks like the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com... | [
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80,584 | <p>I've played quite a lot of console games, and some of the game menus tend to go pretty deep. It might go something like:</p>
<p>Home Screen -> Play -> Multiplayer -> Online -> Create Room -> Customize.</p>
<p>I was wondering if that is acceptable in the mobile world (Board game genre)? On paper, the design looked ... | [
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Home Screen -> Play -> Multiplayer -> Online -> Create Room -> Customize.
I was wondering if that is acceptable in the mobile world (Board game genre)? On paper, the design looked great and isolati... | Some designers says putting lot of call-to-action together is better. Because the user can get their goals more easily and quickly.
**It's not true**. It's not important how many actions as it is how productive those actions are. Because every action or interaction should take the user closer their goal while elimina... |
80,810 | <p>I have an video tag with an div displayed on top. The div is pretty nice looking and visible for the most part, only dark images are a bit problematic.</p>
<p>For the sake of testing I searched out 3 pictures and overlay them with my div.</p>
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For the sake of testing I searched out 3 pictures and overlay them with my div.
The question is, how would someone create this overlay layout, so it is discreetly and... | @Vince was a huge help, ty for this great resource.
Solution I ended up doing:
<https://jsfiddle.net/p89buajq/>
I am still fiddling with the color but the concept is nice, ty everyone. |
81,525 | <p>I'm wondering about the perennial problem that arises when presenting multiple options, where the user can select none, one, or several options. </p>
<p>Using checkboxes, it's not clear whether a user </p>
<ul>
<li>intentionally selected none of the options</li>
<li>or just ignored the question.</li>
</ul>
<p>Lik... | [
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Using checkboxes, it's not clear whether a user
* intentionally selected none of the options
* or just ignored the question.
Like so:
![mockup](https://i.stack.imgur.com... | I can't answer your direct question as to whether or not mixing radios and checkboxes in one list has any conclusive testing data. But I will say it's not something I've seen.
I'd suggest considering some alternatives.
**Visually separate the 'none of the above' checkbox from the rest**
```
Select the fruit you li... |
81,577 | <p>Imagine a simple site, containing numerous <em>News Items</em> and numerous <em>Galleries</em> which both comprise of some text, some tags, and both of which contain one or more <em>Photos</em>. Each <em>Photo</em> can also be tagged.</p>
<p>In terms of URLs:</p>
<pre><code>example.com/news_items
example.com/news_... | [
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In terms of URLs:
```
example.com/news_items
example.com/news_items/alpha-item
example.com/news_items/alpha-ite... | Another way to get around the navigation between projects (when you're already looking at the detail of an individual project) would be to split your page - one part of the page can hold a thumbnail gallery, the other shows the content for the currently-highlighted project, with a multiple image selector and your descr... |
81,622 | <p>We have a web product that displays "widgets" in a table. Each row has the name of the widget along with other attributes such as color and size. In order to keep a manageable number of columns, we chose to omit certain attributes from the table. </p>
<p>We want to allow users to search on everything in the table a... | [
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We want to allow users to search on everything in the table along with ... | No, it's not odd and happens quite often. For example, let's say you browse an online book store and look for a **ravioli recipe**. You probably won't get many books called ravioli or that have that word in a visible place, but you may get results like *Italian Cuisine* or *Mediterranean Recipes* or whatever. This is v... |
81,666 | <p>I want to give the user a list of possible options to select with checkboxes. But what if I want him to provide a way to select only one without having to deselect the others?</p>
<pre>
Eg:
X OptionA
X OptionB
OptionC
X OptionD
</pre>
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```
Eg:
X OptionA
X OptionB
OptionC
X OptionD
```
I'm thinking something like "shift-click". If he shift-clicks OptionC, the other 3 a... | **Don't hide functionality in shortcuts.**
If your user's work flow demands the need to quickly and easily deselect all options, make the option explicit. Provide a button that does what it says:
[download bmml source](/plugins/mockups/download?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stac... |
81,776 | <p>After loading some files I get a table that looks like the following:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nFr6K.png" alt="Screenshot of table"></p>
<p>The picture above shows that 49 rows were processed, of which 33 are okay, 8 have warnings and 8 have errors. Now, each rows with warnings or errors can have... | [
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The picture above shows that 49 rows were processed, of which 33 are okay, 8 have warnings and 8 have errors. Now, each rows with warnings or errors can have a list of errors. I want to sh... | From a technical standpoint, you'd use javascript: [onbeforeunload](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowEventHandlers/onbeforeunload)
When they close the window, first prompt them to check in (or discard) their checkout.
From a UX standpoint, I'd strongly argue that you *never* check in automatica... |
81,788 | <p>I work on a gaming web app. The user (player) has to assign people to different kind of activities on multiple views. Each view has 1 to 5 activities and a max amount of people. The user can assign 0 to MAX people split between the activities. The max amount of people will increase through the time.</p>
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Here a example for... | From a technical standpoint, you'd use javascript: [onbeforeunload](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowEventHandlers/onbeforeunload)
When they close the window, first prompt them to check in (or discard) their checkout.
From a UX standpoint, I'd strongly argue that you *never* check in automatica... |
81,865 | <p>As you may know, with HTML5 when an <code>input</code> has <code>type="number"</code> the field is "customized". Two little arrows are added to the field (<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_input_number_step" rel="noreferrer">w3school example</a>) but the numbers are still left aligned... | [
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I saw that numbers should be right aligned (as dis... | Number fields should not always be right-aligned
------------------------------------------------
1. It often makes sense to right-align numbers when they are being compared to other number fields (e.g. in financial statements). This can help comparability and scannability.
2. However, sometimes number fields are unre... |
81,926 | <p>Are there any studies that having some space between two tiles would improve readability in an app experience?</p>
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I've included two wireframes that give an idea of what I mean, which is better spacing between or no spacing between?[](https://i.stack.imgur.co... | Let's scroll through your first design and stop somewhere in the middle:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fbsv4.png)
Now, quick: Which button applies to the card? The one above or the one below?
This is the advantage of having a clear division between e... |
82,056 | <p>When displaying white text on a colored background, I guess that the text is more-or-less legible depending on some kind of <em>contrast</em> between that color and white.</p>
<p>My question is, is there a formula to measure such a contrast?</p>
<hr />
<p>The following is <em>an example</em> of what I'm asking about... | [
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My question is, is there a formula to measure such a contrast?
---
The following is *an example* of what I'm asking about.
Consider these three colors:... | The attribute you are looking for is “[relative luminance](http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#relativeluminancedef),” L, which, for a standard monitor, can be calculated as:
>
> L = 0.2126 \* Rg + 0.7152 \* Gg + 0.0722 \* Bg,
>
>
>
Where Rg, Gg and Bg are R, G, B values transformed as follows:
>
>... |
82,361 | <p>In most ordinary forms, there is some addition information or notes that the form owner want to tell users. For example,</p>
<pre><code>* Required
/ Staff only
</code></pre>
<p>I have seen different sets of symbol used in different forms, such as</p>
<pre><code>* <some note>
** <some note>
*** <s... | [
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* Required
/ Staff only
```
I have seen different sets of symbol used in different forms, such as
```
* <some note>
** <some note>
*** <some note>
```
Or
```
* <some note>
/ <some note>
... | Asteriks (\*) are broadly used in form for specifying required fields, but that's the only thing that seems to be -more or less- a convention, there isn't any for notes in general.
Other notation like `*`,`**`,`***` and [1].[2],[3] are used frequently in "Terms and conditions" and in books respectively, so it's not th... |
82,410 | <p>There are several resources divided into groups with different count (from 1 to 10).
User has to enter an approximate usage of every resource in group, so average group cost can be calculated. This requires percentage utilization of resources inside the group, which is unknown, but user has to enter some assumption ... | [
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User has to enter an approximate usage of every resource in group, so average group cost can be calculated. This requires percentage utilization of resources inside the group, which is unknown, but user has to enter some assumption as ... | As [myself](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/82386/how-to-encourage-honest-user-behavior-in-ui) and [others](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/82466/cumulative-percentage-between-4-controls) have mentioned recently, a good way to intuitively represent and modify percentages is a vertical bar chart with slide... |
82,495 | <p>I'd like to show a date range in a succinct way but also have it look good in other countries, are there any standards for formatting date ranges in other countries? So far for the US I've found that this seems the most correct...</p>
<pre><code>Aug 2 - 9 2015
Aug 2 - Sept 15 2015
Aug 2 2015 - Jan 6 2016
</code></p... | [
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```
Aug 2 - 9 2015
Aug 2 - Sept 15 2015
Aug 2 2015 - Jan 6 2016
``` | [This Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country) should be what you're looking for.
A good chunk of the countries use DMY format (i.e. 2 August 2015), so using that would cover a pretty large amount of people. Quite a few also use the YMD format (i.e. 2015-8-2), however, and America uses ... |
82,556 | <p>A company I'm working for offers widgets for measuring users' emotional reactions to web content (mainly articles). </p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PmcmG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PmcmG.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
<p>We found that 5 reaction... | [
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PmcmG.png)
We found that 5 reaction choices was the optimal amount, and currently we offer these 5 emoti... | tl;dr
=====
3 positive options, 1 neutral and 1 negative, and that makes 5 in total to strike a balance. The **choice of labels** and emoji/smiley should **target** the **least negative** emotion and the **least positive** emotion; because you have to cross the minimum threshold to be in the extreme/maximum. If you ar... |
82,559 | <p>The Canadian postal codes is formed from 3 letters and 3 numbers, interposed.
Example: M1K 3H7</p>
<p>The Canadian postal code is quite tricky for a user to enter into an input form field, especially on mobile devices where the user needs to switch between the keyboards (Alphabet to Number keyboard). He needs to sw... | [
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Example: M1K 3H7
The Canadian postal code is quite tricky for a user to enter into an input form field, especially on mobile devices where the user needs to switch between the keyboards (Alphabet to Number keyboard). He needs to switch 5 or ... | Just use a standard text field. Entering a postcode is not as hard as it may seem.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can use [regex](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/164979/uk-postcode-regex-comprehensive) for whitespace separation and auto numeric and character ... |
82,875 | <p>In a reporting client I'm working on now, there is a need to filter data by different conditions, among which are conditions based on date/time. Decided, that user first selects a predicate from a drop-down menu, then enters an absolute or relative date/time value in a textbox. </p>
<p>My issue concerns <strong>rel... | [
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My issue concerns **relative** date/tim... | Personally, I have to say I find the plus and minus symbols somewhat unintuitive... to me, "earlier than minus 2 hours" is a double negative that combines to mean "later than 2 hours", or something :)
Are you restricted to two fields? With a second dropdown at the end, you could be more explicit, e.g.:
```
[up to ] ... |
82,877 | <p>Most people say upper left is the best, due to recognizability issues. I saw a video on <a href="https://teamtreehouse.com/library/aesthetic-foundations/elements/space-balance-and-unity" rel="nofollow">Treehouse</a> and showed that CNN did the bold move, to put it in the middle. Then i checked <a href="http://editi... | [
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Are you restricted to two fields? With a second dropdown at the end, you could be more explicit, e.g.:
```
[up to ] ... |
82,893 | <p>My question is kind of related with <a href="https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/48600/24837">this other one</a> but with a big difference: the zebra striping of my table does not depend on the <code>odd</code> or <code>even</code> rows, but on the grouping of them. </p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/F0EAg.png" ... | [
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[](https://i.stack.im... | I'd recommend getting rid of zebra striping. It's often considered [chart junk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartjunk) more than it's considered helpful.
If you need to group rows, do it with a visual divider line:
```
---------------
apples 12
bananas 47
oranges 16
---------------
sausage ... |
82,907 | <p>For a ready only form that is also designed to be responsive, some fields are long and some short. Currently, the default behavior is truncating long fields based on the space constraint. And on hover, tooltip kicks in to read the truncated text.</p>
<p>How does this work with tablets or mobile devices where there ... | [
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How does this work with tablets or mobile devices where there is no hove... | I'd recommend getting rid of zebra striping. It's often considered [chart junk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartjunk) more than it's considered helpful.
If you need to group rows, do it with a visual divider line:
```
---------------
apples 12
bananas 47
oranges 16
---------------
sausage ... |
83,046 | <p>I am looking for a sentence or two to define the word "parse" to a non-technical user.</p>
<p>The file they upload may contain three types of lines and I need to recognize the type and parse accordingly.</p>
<p>What would be a good definition / explanation of "parse"?</p>
<p>They know what Load File means (button... | [
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The file they upload may contain three types of lines and I need to recognize the type and parse accordingly.
What would be a good definition / explanation of "parse"?
They know what Load File means (button).
Then they Parse (b... | For your purposes, parse can be defined as: converting data that is in one format into another format that the computer prefers. You might add that some data may be lost in the conversion. |
83,054 | <p>So, For our app, we have a 'matchlist' screen where all the people you've matched with are listed. We are now introducing timer/countdowns. You will have 24 hours to initiate a conversation to your match or he/she will disappear. Once a conversation is initiated, the countdown will disappear, but the match will expi... | [
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"text": "<p>This is a complex situation and I feel like a lot more info is needed. However, there's a part where an answer can be p... | 2015/08/14 | [
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Check your own screen capture: you have **22h**, then **14d** and even **13m**. And according to your description, these ... |
83,222 | <p>Often times, elements in a design are relatively easy to implement (such as changing the color of a button, or updating an error message).</p>
<p>However, there are other times when implementing a new design principle will involve a lot of coding and time (such as redoing the header of the website)</p>
<p>The time... | [
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However, there are other times when implementing a new design principle will involve a lot of coding and time (such as redoing the header of the website)
The time spent improving ... | Determining specific value of a design solution usually comes after implementation, rather than before. Prior to implementation you need to rely on industry research and the like.
What you *can* do prior to implementation, however, is prioritize. Your team and business likely have a lot of ideas as to how things can ... |
83,367 | <p>Background:</p>
<p>I'm designing a search UI for power users and I'd like to visualize the selected criteria and result counts. The list of actual search results are shown below in the UI.</p>
<p>The user can add search terms that are then AND'd together. The search terms are built with a UI and represented as tex... | [
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I'm designing a search UI for power users and I'd like to visualize the selected criteria and result counts. The list of actual search results are shown below in the UI.
The user can add search terms that are then AND'd together. The search terms are built with a UI and represented as text.
*For simplici... | What you are trying to do is show the magnitude of flow or the transfer of flow within a system. In your case, search results Between A to Z, where the sub systems can be A to D, E to G, H to Q, Q to Z; and by using a funnel you can show with hierarchy how you got the 100% for A to Z from the sub systems.
I'd argue yo... |
83,419 | <p>In a situation where an image is an important feature of the page, but also acts as a link to a page containing a high-res version, how should its <code>alt</code> tag be populated. </p>
<p>In this instance it needs to fulfil dual purposes:</p>
<ol>
<li>A description of the image (as it is important in the context... | [
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In this instance it needs to fulfil dual purposes:
1. A description of the image (as it is important in the context of the page)
2. An indication ... | My recommendation would be to set the:
* image's alt attribute to specify a text equivalent for the image
* link's title attribute to describe the resource being linked to
```
<A href="https://lebowskifest.com/fests/lebowski-fest-new-york"
title="Lebowski Fest New York in August 2014">
<IMG src="http://cdn2.scr... |
83,447 | <p>I'm working on production line management software for a small factory that deals with various kinds of stock. Stock generally decreases one-by-one and I want to show these stock levels visually in an intuitive way.</p>
<p>Is there any previous work in this area, which does not take up much more space than a number... | [
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Is there any previous work in this area, which does not take up much more space than a number, but make... | Where corresponding users start to read and where their sights are landing on the page intuitively to start processing the page. For LTR users that would be left, for RTL users that would be right. |
84,123 | <p>Say for example we have</p>
<pre><code>Path A > Path A1 > Path A2 > Final Thing A
</code></pre>
<p>and</p>
<pre><code>Path B > Path B1 > Path B2 > Final Thing B
</code></pre>
<p>and these are things that can be selected by a user up to <code>n</code> times and then placed in a list. Currently o... | [
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```
Path A > Path A1 > Path A2 > Final Thing A
```
and
```
Path B > Path B1 > Path B2 > Final Thing B
```
and these are things that can be selected by a user up to `n` times and then placed in a list. Currently our UI for the list is restricted on width like this:
```
+-------------------... | You can use this solution to provide full view of the path selected
Keep the last added list item in expanded view and as the user add new one collapse the last one....
You can use my solution to show details at every time
**Just keep in mind that always show association between data items**....Like i have showed one ... |
84,377 | <p>For visually impaired users using a screen reader does it matter if the label for an input control be placed before or after the input?</p>
<p>For example, is there a difference (as far as the screen reader is concerned) between:</p>
<pre><code><label for="name">Name:</label>
<input id="name" />
... | [
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For example, is there a difference (as far as the screen reader is concerned) between:
```
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input id="name" />
```
and
```
<input id="name" />
<lab... | If you include the correct ID (unique name, used only on 1 set of input/label) for both elements, the order of elements doesn matter. Alternatively you can use aria to describe the input like this:
`<input aria-labelledby='id-of-my-label-located-elsewhere'>` |
84,403 | <p>A long time ago links and actions on web pages only served to navigate you to another webpage or process something on the server. Nowadays, many links and buttons are used to interact with the current page: expanding content, launching modal dialogs, showing popups, or toggling display settings. </p>
<p>This intr... | [
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This introduces a new... | How about a dashed underline for the hyperlink?
```
local link
- - - - -
link to another page
____________________
```
This is how Help files did it in the 90's. This also has the advantage of keeping the most common use for a hyperlink (linking to another page) the same, and changing the affordance for the "new... |
84,518 | <p>When you have a table with sections, the sections denote a hierarchy for instance:</p>
<pre><code>Name Corners Perimeter
- Standard Shapes 7 105
Rectangle A 4 25
Triangle B ... | [
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```
Name Corners Perimeter
- Standard Shapes 7 105
Rectangle A 4 25
Triangle B ... | I really liked an example from [this article](http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/ultimate-guide-to-table-ui-patterns/) regarding table patterns:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Ocb7.jpg)
I think the grey text of the cells that are clearly in the same row ... |
84,624 | <p>As far as I know, in English titles each word should be capitalized.</p>
<p>Should each word of the text in buttons be capitalized if it is a title (e.g. "Add Job Offer"), or should the button text be treated the same as a sentence when there are more than one word (e.g. "Add job offer")?</p>
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Should each word of the text in buttons be capitalized if it is a title (e.g. "Add Job Offer"), or should the button text be treated the same as a sentence when there are more than one word (e.g. "Add job offer")? | I would say this is more of a stylistic decision based on branding as oppose to a UX decision.
Majority of systems do capitalize, or use [title case](http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/capital_letters_title_case.htm) on buttons labels. This may help in making button labels stand out as stand alone actions that are... |
84,854 | <p>Currently the delete confirmation dialog has this: </p>
<pre>Are you sure you want to delete?
<kbd>Yes</kbd> <kbd>Cancel</kbd>
</pre>
<p>Should there be a close [x] icon at the top right for the delete confirmation dialog? Is it a best practice? </p>
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```
Are you sure you want to delete?
Yes Cancel
```
Should there be a close [x] icon at the top right for the delete confirmation dialog? Is it a best practice? | Besides the scenarios of an application spawning lots of dialogs and the user trying to deal with them in a hurry, there is another perfectly legit situation:
**What if the user doesn't understad your question? Where should they click?**
Imagine your app happens to ask a musician wheteher it should rebase samples rep... |
84,941 | <p>Developer here to pick the brains of the UX pros out there (so please excuse the general lack of UX knowledge on my part).</p>
<p>I am developing a code generation engine that will, out of the box, create forms for complicated data entities that a user might have. Let me explain what I mean by that via example. S... | [
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I am developing a code generation engine that will, out of the box, create forms for complicated data entities that a user might have. Let me explain what I mean by that via example. Say I sell sh... | It depends on the nature of your desired interaction.
Do you need your user to focus on that particular item? If so, a full screen/modal-like interaction is still appropriate on desktop. e.g. <http://interaction16.ixda.org/> (click on the hamburger menu). Another example is you're showing the user something complex, o... |
85,004 | <p>I am designing a website and have to decide on width of the screen and I need to know the distribution of the screen widths - i.e. <strong>how many people are using screen of width equal or less than X</strong> (= 1024, 1280, ...).</p>
<p>But all I can find is just the distribution of screen dimensions, which is pr... | [
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But all I can find is just the distribution of screen dimensions, which is pretty useless for this p... | W3 counter posted this information Jan. 2017:
```
> Top 10 Screen Resolutions
> 1. 640x360 - 26.54%
> 2. 1366x768 - 13.00%
> 3. 1920x1080 - 5.73%
> 4. 1024x768 - 5.52%
> 5. 667x375 - 4.86%
> 6. 568x320 - 3.52%
> 7. 534x320 - 3.16%
> 8. 1280x800 - 2.73%
> 9. 1280x720 - 2.44%
> 10. 800x600 - 2... |
85,037 | <p><em>I apologize for the ambiguity of the question title.</em></p>
<p>I have a dropdown list which users must select from. The list goes from 0-55 in increments of 5.</p>
<p><em>Further information:</em> </p>
<ul>
<li>In my specific case, the dropdown represents fuel remaining in an aircraft.</li>
<li>0 and 55 a... | [
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I have a dropdown list which users must select from. The list goes from 0-55 in increments of 5.
*Further information:*
* In my specific case, the dropdown represents fuel remaining in an aircraft.
* 0 and 55 are both valid **but highly unlikely** choices, sinc... | Since 0 is such an unlikely choice, might there any value in having it as a specific value by itself? I don't know about your specific application, but my first impression is that it would be useful to keep track separately of times where the remaining fuel was actually 0. i.e. your dropdown options would be:
```
0 (... |
85,289 | <p>We have a system that allows a customer service representative(CSR) to create a note on a customer. Sometimes these notes are very similar in nature or wording. </p>
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I am programming a few forms that will allow the CSRs to pick common notes from a drop down. They may also go in and create their own notes that will be avai... | You can either use 'tags' or 'parameters'.
But whatever you choose, try to test it with a couple of CSRs, and see if they understand it.
My guess is that most of them will not bother to mess around with these. From my experience, CSRs tend to be focused on their current task, trying to end the call as shortly as po... |
85,350 | <p>I received an Android app design for a login form that accepts four different types of logins. Our system (unfortunately, IMO), accepts four ways to login in</p>
<ul>
<li>Username/Password - For protected profiles</li>
<li>Username only - For unprotected profiles</li>
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* Username/Password - For protected profiles
* Username only - For unprotected profiles
* Password only - For locking the default profile (locking the device)
* ... | For Mobile? Why not something like the mock-up below?
Allow them to tab to their preferred login type, and to make it even more friendly:
* Cache the most recently used tab, and default to it on startup
* Have an active state for tabs
Side note: to create "mock ups" or "sketches" without using some external tool, th... |
85,426 | <p>Given the following code, which is an error message on an invalid field entry:</p>
<pre><code><i class="attention" aria-label="alert">Please enter a valid email address.
</code></pre>
<p>The icon font is an alert icon (red exclamation in a circle). </p>
<p>Is the aria-label on the icon font necessary, or is... | [
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```
<i class="attention" aria-label="alert">Please enter a valid email address.
```
The icon font is an alert icon (red exclamation in a circle).
Is the aria-label on the icon font necessary, or is there enough context for understanding... | The icon is there to draw someones attention to the label, it is not a label itself. The label should speak for itself and doesn’t need an aria-label attribute either.
To quote [W3.org](http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/states_and_properties#aria-label):
>
> If the label text is visible on screen, authors **SHOULD** use... |
85,576 | <p>Considering accessibility, can I use:</p>
<pre><code><a href="about.html" title="About"></a>
</code></pre>
<p>without any content, instead of:</p>
<pre><code><a href="about.html">About</a>
</code></pre>
<p>Associated with this CSS rule:</p>
<pre><code>a[href="about.html"]:before {
/*... | [
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```
<a href="about.html" title="About"></a>
```
without any content, instead of:
```
<a href="about.html">About</a>
```
Associated with this CSS rule:
```
a[href="about.html"]:before {
/* 1F6C8 CIRCLED INFORMATION SOURCE = information */
content: "\1F6C8";
}
```
S... | You could, but assistive technologies handling of title tags isn't perfect (more on [WCAG](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H33.html)).
A better solution is not to use a title tag and instead [hide the element text using css](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H33.html).
CSS:
```
a span { height: 1px; width: 1px; po... |