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How do you take into account usability and user requirements for your application?
Our team supports BackOffice application: a mix of WinForm and WPF windows. (about 80 including dialogs). Really a kind of a Swiss Army Knife. It is used by developers, tech writers, security ...
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What is a proper way of building Winform apps with multiple “screens”
What's a proper way of building a Winform app that has multiple 'screens'? For example, I'm trying to write a small backup program (mainly for giggles), and I've been dumping controls and containers ...
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Developing web sites that imitate desktop apps. How to fight that paradigm? [closed]
Supposse there's a company where web sites/apps are designed to resemble desktop apps.
They struggle to add:
Splash screens
Drop-down menus
Tab-pages
Pages that don't grow downward with content, ...
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What options are there for splitting UI layout from code logic using a markup language?
What tools similar to GWT's UIBinder exist in other languages? By this I mean a system where you can define your UI layout in a markup language (preferably html+css) and attach the functionality to ...
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What is the best way to allow a non-coding designer to design intranet web pages?
We have an intranet site which was done in .net with plenty of functionality but management wants it to look more visually attractive and get the graphic designer involved. The graphic designer is ...
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Desktop GUI loading slow
I am developing desktop based GUI (single form) using wxPython and loads it using remote citrix access from client private network.
Suppose, the GUI has certain group of select and text boxes which ...
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Do people use any tools to make Rich UI on Web Application?
As titled, take ASP.NET/Perl/PHP for example.
Because I don't have chance to work with UI Designer/or know anyone like that, so I really wonder do they use any tools to do the UI design?
I don't ...
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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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Are there any GUI or user interface design patterns? [closed]
I was curious about GUI design patterns, so I searched and got some information, including a list of UI patterns for the web. This UI patterns website says that:
UI Patterns is a growing ...
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How do I find UI ideas for a reporting system
I am developing an OS reporting system for PHP, it's main emphasis is right now on the server side of things.
I am trying to look for examples of good UIs for reporting systems. The problem: there are ...
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Looking for recommendations to outsource GUI development (Adobe Flex, Illustrator, PHP, C, etc.)
I'm new to this website and don't know if the following question is acceptable or frowned upon.
I'm coming from a start-up in the scientific/engineering community, and I need to outsource the ...
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C++ GUI Design & Programming
I am familiar with the basics and fundamentals of C++
and now I would like to move on to designing and coding
GUI features of it, interactive dialogues, etc...
like VB or Delphi
Where do I start ...
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Desktop GUI Design/Prototype/Mockup/Wireframe
I'm working on a project at the moment and I'm currently looking for some sources regarding creating GUI mockups. In my case, I'm creating basic diagrams with the intended layout of the design to ...
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When is an application too customizable?
Say you are developing a desktop application, and you want the user to be able to customize menus, buttons, keymapping, and other commands and components. How much customization should be allowed?
I ...
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Good resources for web form design and usability
Can anyone suggest good resources about web form design and usability for web applications?
Especially complex forms with 15+ fields etc.