Reusable solutions for commonly occurring problems in user interface and user experience design.
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Why is the Quick return design pattern utilized in Google+, Google Now, Chrome but not in Gmail on Android?
The Quick return design pattern is a feature that makes the action bar/split action bar to dissipate as a user begins scrolling down content, just to reappear as soon as the user starts scrolling up. ...
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Forgiveness Enabled Dialog Pattern?
I'm working in some workflows, and we've caught a number of possible exceptions (before actually implementing) that might allow the user to correct their actions.
We're debating between just sending ...
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Handling space constrained interfaces with many meta data options
I have the equivalent of a timeline with individual objects that can have many options. The issue is that the visual representation must remain constrained to easily read the timeline. The current ...
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Are mega footers good UX? [duplicate]
I've noticed that several websites — especially universities and web development sites — have recently started placing mega-menus in their footers.
Here are some examples of what I ...
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Alternative to a columns of checkboxes in a table
Here's the scenario:
A Person has a bunch of Accounts. Accounts may (or may not) have Services attached to it depending on the type of Account. Currently there are two types of Service (indicated by ...
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Adopting sidebars in iOS apps
It looks like several known apps for iOS (Foursquare, Spotify) now adopt the sidebar that already was present in Facebook app (screenshot is from Spotify for iPhone):
AFAIK, this is not a standard ...
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UX for encouraging naming of an auto-saved item
I’m working on a web application where users can generate results after answers questions in a workflow. Over time, they will use this workflow to generate additional, different results. Our goals ...
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Is there a standard way to indicate a suggestive search (autocomplete) in a wireframe form?
I'm designing an interface, and I'm currently creating a wireframe to guide me before developing it. I know that a particular form will make suggestions, but if I were to, say, get another developer ...
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Is it OK to have a global navigation tab link to another site?
My organisation, which provides information and advice, is starting to sell things online as well. The 'shop' will be run on a different platform and is effectively a different website (but will be ...
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Which is the best UX Mobile OS [closed]
I want to buy a best UX operating system mobile. We have many os mobiles like android, iphone, windows,... Which one is the best UX mobile.
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Zebra striping for body text?
The general consensus is that zebra striping a table makes it a little easier for people to keep track of which row they're on...but is this reduction of cognitive taxes only for table rows? I at ...
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Examples of similar sites as gap.com [closed]
I'm looking for e-commerce sites that have a similar structure/UX as gap.com. different companies/brands that live under a parent brand.
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strategies for applying properties to many items
I'm working on a web application where one of the workflows centers around the configuration of a large number of items. An important part of this configuration is applying one or more properties to ...
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Using a table within a mega drop down
I've a quick question about combining a mega drop down with a tabular list view. Ideally I'd prefer jut to have the list to pick from but the list also requires sorting. I'm not really sure that this ...
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Should Desktop UI Patterns include Keyboard Shortcuts?
Not much to describe here. But I think that it'd be a good idea to have UI-Pattern documents to suggest relevant keyboard shortcuts. However, I haven't seen it anywhere and I'm wondering whether this ...
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Consistency in Mobile App [duplicate]
Should we maintain same design for all different native app platform? Or can we change depends on mobile design flow? Please clarify my comfussion.
Ex:
1. facebook same in both android and iphone
2. ...
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Mobile pattern library with animated IxD examples? [duplicate]
Can anyone suggest a blog or pattern library that demonstrates interaction design examples? Everything I've seen to date uses static screenshots, but nothing that actually animates the interactions or ...
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Do you know some interesting patterns galleries for tablets? [closed]
I need to find some good examples of patterns for tablets. I know already a list of mobile patterns websites that I find really usefull but now I need something specifically oriented to tablet design. ...
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Using scrolling up from pageload to reveal additional content
There are certain sites have a pattern where the page loads, and then if a user scrolls up, additional content is presented. I know that NBCNews.com does this with certain pages, and I've been told ...
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When is it appropriate to split functionality into separate apps?
I'm a designer and my company has a single app that serves two different types of user.
One group is the general public, who uses the app to navigate big events (e.g. annual user group meeting ...
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Examples of patterns for multiple file uploads using drag and drop?
I've been working on an app that involves making an application for a permit. Applicants typically need to upload 5-16 documents (drawings and specifications) before they submit their applications. ...
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Assigning tasks to user based on work load
I'm working on a pop up where you can assign percentages of applications to users based on current work load. For instance, I have 100 applications that need to be worked on and are not assigned to ...
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Design paradigm for order process where customer has no existing record
I'm creating an intranet app (MVC and razor) for a jewellery business. One of the forms is for creating a custom piece of jewellery, sometimes these are made for display purposes and have no initial ...
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UI patterns for data composition
More specifically, I would like to create an interface which
Takes input from one or multiple sources.
Makes it possible to process on these inputs
Provides a way to capture the output.
One way I ...
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Similar Template Design Causes “Imitation” Concerns
I'm new to the web design and web comic fields.
A little while back I posted this article on how to change my site design because it looked like it was from the 90s...
How to not make my website ...
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Interface to merge suggested updates with existing information
I'm building an application that will let a record administrator merge updates submitted by the general public with an internal record. Records include contact information, qualifications, etc. ...
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What is a name for this “plate” scrolling functionality?
The Google Ventures website at http://www.googleventures.com/ has interesting functionality -- when you scroll down the page, the upper "masthead" stays fixed to the window but is slowly covered up by ...
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How to define/classify messages and notifications
I have seen content from various style guides and UX guidelines about this, and was wondering if there is a much more simple system to create a consistent and easy to implement design for various ...
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Providing multiple paths/flows for the same Action
We are developing a complex platform with heavy functionality, and I am having a dilemma, concerning whether or not to add a button for the same functionality one-step earlier in the User Flow.
As ...
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Best way to communicate an abstract app concept such as a 'workspace' to users
The issue I'm struggling with is fairly specific, but it touches on a general UX topic, which is how to help users grasp some abstract app concept, such as some information organization or structuring ...
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New search pattern for eCommerce website, will it work?
I'm trying a new kind of search navigation (sort of tag based) where a user selects already populated options (relationships and occasion) and search.
Already populated options are on the left ...
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What is the correct meaning of “slider”?
I'm confused by the word "slider". It seems to be used interchangeably for two quite different types of UI control.
An input allowing selecting of a point on a numeric scale, as in the jQuery UI ...
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Action buttons for mobile — ok to go full width?
Is it acceptable to use full width mobile action buttons, say in the footer, like in the 1st example? It's nice and simple but I'm afraid users might mistake it for a regular footer. The 2nd example ...
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Look and Feel Consistency for existing app with new features
I have an existing app, which is almost two year old and I am planning to build new UI screens using bootstrap framework. I start to realize that new UI screens are NOT having the same look and feel. ...
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What is the name for a pattern featuring helper text in a semi-transparent overlay?
I am seeing an emerging design pattern in web apps that is used for helping new users get oriented to a page or application.
It consists of showing a diagram with succinct helper-text over a ...
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On news apps, how does using a different colour for each category help the user?
On news websites and news apps, a specific colour is often used for the link to each category (background colour or underline colour), and I would like to understand how this is helpful for the user, ...
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UI Options for Displaying Connected Apps / Managing App Connections
I am searching hard to find a nice way to show connections/interactions between various individual apps within an app store.
This is important for two reasons:
Certain apps exist mainly to ...
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Is there a pattern for cycling or toggling through time periods?
I'm looking for a pattern for toggling between different periods of time. Currently I've prototyped an example which is a single button that, when tapped, will cycle through 3 time periods: by month, ...
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What to do about “occasional” recommendation in a decision support application
I am designing a clinical application which displays a list of potential actions for clinicians to take ranked by their appropriateness to the clinical scenario (i.e., it looks like Google). ...
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Rarely used translation function placement
I have just been looking at the analytics of one of the websites I work on, and one of the features is required - but rarely used. There is a Microsoft Translate button, with their "Powered by ...
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Displaying links to other profile pages, while maintaining good white space
I am designing a profiles page for a website where by the names and position of company employees should be displayed on all profile pages for easy navigation.
I do not want to put a <ul> to ...
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What should be the difference between enabled and disabled buttons? (especially if they are grey)
What is the best way to show that a button is Enabled or Disabled? (especially if it has grey color)
For example what do you feel about the following button? Is it enabled or disabled?
How could it ...
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Clicking twice to edit filename - what are the reasons for this pattern?
Like we all know, one can edit a file or folder name in Windows Explorer by either right clicking and choosing "Rename" from the context menu OR by highlighting the file by left-clicking, and clicking ...
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Master details form in Android
I have an activity that is used a lot, that requires a lot of input fields and it can be updated when the user wants, although it won't be very common.
In this moment, I have something like this:
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Tooltips to shorten your content
At my job there is no UX expert, which can be frustrating since most of the daily discussions I have with colleagues is about user experience / interaction.
Right now there is a discussion regarding ...
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In place editing in search result and searching again
I am looking for existing solutions to a user interface problem. My users have the ability to search in a list of items. The items can be either single or composite items.
In the search result the ...
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What is a good UI metaphor for switching roles user plays in the application?
I am building a conference/tradeshow application where a user can assume multiple roles within the application and within a particular conference. For example a user can be an attendee, and have ...
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Evidence of Button-action and Link-action in the same scope?
When I started to know GUI in the early 1990s there were always the same type of control to perform an action of the same type, even though the action was different as in [OK] [Cancel] and [Yes] [No]. ...
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Group settings depending on state
I'm working on a settings screen for a web application which consists of a list of features that can be either enabled or disabled. To be able to easily distinguish features that have been enabled ...
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How early should you funnel users in a registration process?
As part of a registration form I am building I need to, at some point, differentiate between whether the user is a 'student' or 'professor'. I've seen this handled in two different ways and was ...
