Top new questions this week:

Does make a self-learning UI sense?

If have searched the questions, if I have missed a similar or duplicate question please tell. Let say we have an appliction with 50 functions. Six of them are directly accessable as top menue items, …

usability user-behavior ux-design

asked by developer10214 12 votes answered by Alexey Kolchenko 14 votes

Is Shift+Click for item selection a historical mistake?

I recently encountered a proof of concept demonstration which used the mouse to "drag and select" multiple items in a list. The current, widely accepted solution for multiple item selection is to …

selection keyboard keyboard-shortcuts mouse

asked by AR. 12 votes answered by peterchen 13 votes

Do web users understand the 'sandwich icon' for side bar when used on a desktop site?

I'm aware that the usage of the sandwich icon and side bar for mobile apps is wide-spread and well known by the users (so it seems, anyway), like this one from the Facebook app: I'm developing an …

navigation web

asked by gustavofritsch 9 votes answered by Lorenzvs 4 votes

How to explain keywords creation to a user who doesn't "get it" intuitively?

Short version: If somebody has to create a new pool of keywords from scratch, but doesn't understand how to do it, what is a good way to teach them how to pick good keywords? TL:DR version My …

education tagging

asked by Rumi P. 8 votes answered by DallonF 11 votes

What do you think of gauges to display information in web dashboards?

I'm redesigning a reviewer-type website for college entrance exams - there are different categories such as math, science, english. Students can take as many review quizzes/exams as they want, and …

website-design usability gui-design web-app dashboard

asked by Daryll Santos 6 votes answered by DA01 5 votes

Selected group item - How should collapsed group indicate selection?

Requirements: . selectable groups and items . click on the arrow expand and collapse groups . click on row selects the item or group . click on group row select all items within download …

usability information

asked by Taly Emmanuela 6 votes answered by L. Mller 7 votes

Pop ups soliciting user comments on websites, good or bad?

Recently I was browsing a well known British high street shop's webshop and in the middle of my session a pop up appeared asking if I had any comments on the site. From a recent survey I did on mobile …

website-design popup user-feedback

asked by KitP 4 votes answered by Jeremy Tunnell 3 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Why should we ask the password twice during registration?

It would be easier to ask for a user's password only once during registration. The problem: The user could make a mistake while typing the password once because of hiding letters. The solution: The …

login registration password wordpress

asked by webvitaly 68 votes answered by Roger Attrill 79 votes

How can I highlight errors when bright red is the main color of the brand?

I'm working on a mobile website for a client whose main brand color is red. The website header and headings are all red. CTA buttons are red too. How can I effectively separate errors (mostly in form …

gui-design color feedback error-message errors

asked by bernk 38 votes answered by AndroidHustle 41 votes

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N-level tree structure in android

I have a list of categories and subcategories and items under each category individually and also items under the subcategories. I would want to display this in a sliding layer , such that it only …

layout android hierarchy

asked by Dhara Shah 1 vote

Best way to display date and time in a table with massive amounts of data?

I have a table of massive amounts of data. Each table row is a time sensitive order that our users need to cover on a day to day basis. Order's appear from all around the country and we have orders …

tables dates time data-tables

asked by Jason Frade 1 vote

How to make mass mutation intuitive?

We are redesigning an existing application in which the user has a typical master-detail view with basic CRUD operations for a certain entity type. (Actually, the majority of screens are of this …

usability input multi-selection multiple-data

asked by blubb 2 votes