User Interface _ the application interface designated for the end users
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Which desktop UI frameworks support keyTips like Windows Ribbon Framework? [closed]
I would like to know which desktop UI frameworks support KeyTips like Windows Ribbon Framework.
I mean , among QT,GTK,FLTK,LGPL,wxWidgets which one do support it or is there any other Desktop UI ...
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Courses for UI Designer [closed]
Hi Currently i m working as a UI designer and looking for some related courses or certification.
please let me know if you know any.
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Custom templating in a web application
I want to understand the pros and cons in generating dynamic web application controls.
The idea is to generate all the controls dynamically based on the database procedure output and populate the ...
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Why doesn't CSS natively support variables and hierarchy?
I am new to UI development, but I feel very uncomfortable with how CSS works.
My use case is that I wanted to apply some specific styles inside a particular div on a page.
CSS attempt:
div.class1 ...
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Looking for input on a daily scheduler app UI and implementation
I'm currently evaluating different asp.net components for the main UI in a “Daily Employee Scheduler” app I'll be making. The tool will be rolled out at a few different locations, which makes it ...
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Lightweight, dynamic, fully JavaScript web UI library recommendations [closed]
I am looking for recommendations for a lightweight, dynamic, fully JavaScript UI library for websites. Doesn't have to be amazing visually, the end result is for simple demos I create.
What I ...
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What is Declarative UI?
I keep seeing this term being thrown around in blogs about frameworks. While I understand the difference between declarative and imperative programming, how does this apply specifically to UI? Why ...
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Author's work and copyright. in UI design
Typical situation in UI design: you do design of some UI and, say, came up with some bright new idea like "ribbon" or "kinetic scroll past end".
What would be the strategy about such thing? Register ...
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Is it possible to use RubyGnome2's/QtRuby's HTML renderers to make UI for a Ruby script?
I'd like to make a graphical user interface for my script, instead of running it from the console. I'm aware there's a wealth of UI libraries for Ruby, but I'm quite familiar with HTML and CSS and I'd ...
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How should UI layer pass user input to BL layer?
I'm building an n-tier application, I have UI, BL, DAL & Entities (built from POCO) projects. (All projects have a reference to the Entities).
My question is - how should I pass user input from ...
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prism and multiple screens
OK - I am studying Prism a little because of a "free weekend" offer on Pluralsight. As this is proving too complex for me, I went to the Prism book and looked at the forward, and this is what it said:
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What is the rationale behind entering email twice for registration?
Many web sites ask users to enter their email address twice, sometimes taking the trouble to disable copy-pasting.
What is the logic behind this? Is this e.g. a security measure?
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Design Pattern for Skipping Steps in a Wizard
I'm designing a flexible Wizard system that presents a number of screens to complete a task. Some screens may need to be skipped based on answers to prompts on one or more previous screens.
The ...
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Future of WPF and free controls ? [closed]
I am willing to work on a personal project that I would like to release publicly. I am working with Silverlight and have experience with XAML, as it is my full-time job.
It is enjoyably for me to ...
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How can dev teams prevent slow performance in consumer apps?
When I previously asked what's responsible for slow software, a few answers I've received suggested it was a social and management problem:
This isn't a technical problem, it's a marketing and ...
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User interface design tool [closed]
Are there any applications that can help me design a user interface in conceptual way?
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What is the purpose of “re-type your email” field? [closed]
Many web sites when you registering an account present you with a form where you put in your details such as name and other profile data. One of the fields without a change is email address. It seems ...
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UI patterns in functional languages
I would like to start fiddling with ClojureScript, but I am puzzled about some points. My problem is what is a good way to deal with state changes coming from user interaction, when you trying to work ...
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Tool for work between UI/UX Designers and developers to show animations [closed]
Are there any standard tools for work between designers and developers, especially for designer to explain flow and animations (e.g. animation of components on ipad)?
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Display rich text in tool tip
In this particular website, when you hover your mouse over a particular region, it displays something that is clickable. I know of tool tips, but in my experience, I have only used tool tips to show ...
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Separating model from UI
I have a Swing application with a custom TreeModel that can refer to domain instances. I'm wondering what changes I could make if I consider moving to a web interface later on. Would a pluggable model ...
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Is it a good idea to do UI 100% in Javascript and provide data through an API?
My primary day job is making HTML applications. With that I mean internally used CRUD-type applications with lots of editable gridviews, textboxes, dropdowns, etc. We're currently using ASP.NET ...
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How could I make automatic tests for GUI?
How can I check automatically what is seen and what not? Or at least, how can I organize some partly automatic tests?
IDE: Eclipse (could use also IntelliJ Idea if necessary)
Testing tool: Junit ...
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Comparing Qt vs. MFC [closed]
For C++ (Win) devs, what is your case for preferring Qt vs. MFC (or vice versa) for UI development on Windows?
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What should a GetSelectedIndex method return when no rows are selected
I'm creating a UI table component that returns an array of selected indices.
Some typical return values would be
var myRetVal1 = [0];//one value selected
var myRetVal2 = [0,1,2,3,8,11];//multiple ...
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UI Developer Interview Question
I keep getting the following question in interviews; and judging from the reactions I've gotten, I'm not giving the best answer. "What methodology do you use for developing user interfaces?" Which ...
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How come the design process is so different for Web Design and GUI Design?
I had the opportunity to develop applications in several niches:
server back-end, desktop clients, and recently a small scale website.
Once indulged in the website design I am asking myself and you
...
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What should be included on an About page/form?
I was looking to add a simple form that states my project's build number on a form to quick identify what version I am running. Then I realized I'm not sure what fits on an about page.
In my ...
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How can programmers improve their UX skills?
As programmers we can solve very complex problems, but then, when we have to design a user interface we tend to fail on making them easy to use.
In small companies they can’t afford having designers ...
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Organizing large Javascript applications - The view layer
Today Javascript application of a relevant size become more and more common, and as the need arises, certain patterns are identified to manage the code complexity.
I try to follow good advice, but I ...
