What should I call a Switch (UI component) for users?

Mar 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #visual-vocabulary #instructions #terminology #controls #toggle

When displaying statistics to a user, is it better to bold the data or the label?

Jun 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #typography #layout #font #data

How many visually distinct colors can accurately be associated with a separated legend in a figure?

Feb 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #info-visualisation #psychology #perception #contrast #color

red checkmark vs. a red X

May 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #perception #web-app #alerts #icons

My forum has many views and Facebook likes but very few users are actually logging in or posting topics

Nov 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #registration #forum

Accordion registration form - Should the user be able to go back to the previous step?

Feb 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #signup-signon #registration #multi-step #accordion #forms

User Experience for Image crop/resize/position

Jan 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interface #usability

User interface for either/or text input

Mar 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interface #css #html5

Responsive Nav: How to show user login status on mobile phone width?

Nov 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #responsive-design #responsive #navigation #mobile #login

What is a great way to display a user's email address in a small amount of horizontal space (in a user

Feb 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #profile #cards #user

Why do users erase all the password when they hit one wrong key, instead of just the last wrong character

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior #password

Tracking Shipment Progress

Jul 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #shipping #progress #timeline #transit #user

Encouraging the user to hit the NEED A RIDE button

May 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation

What do you call a form that changes based on users answers?

Dec 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #terminology #feedback #forms

Inviting users to send crash reports instead of bad reviews

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior #feedback #mobile

How to ask for a user's identity?

Oct 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #authentication #tone-of-voice #copywriting #login

Data-Visualisation and the Users Expectations

Feb 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #info-visualisation #user-expectation #graphs

Is the lack of interactive design in SLA a barrier to helping users to understand the information?

Apr 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #ux-designer #software

Would an inline page search field (ctrl + F) be useful or not to users?

Oct 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #ui-element #search #tools

What does an folded corner (earmarked page) represent to a user?

Aug 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #design #icons #page

How to lead users through a mandatory 3 step list select?

Nov 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #filtering #lists #sort

Making user recognise they are writing a public note / message rather than a private note / message

May 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #confirmation #cognition #alerts

Should you paginate content for screen readers or allow the user to navigate on their own?

Jan 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #screen-reader #accessibility #pagination

How to visualize Air Quality Index on physical widget to be easily recognized by pedestrians

Jan 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #info-visualisation #perception

How to test perception of specific elements on a page?

Jul 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #perception #testing

How can I make the relationship between rows in two tables more obvious to the user?

Sep 2014 ⋅

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I need a suggestion to separate two forms on user details

Apr 2015 ⋅

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How can I allow users to easily pair items from long lists?

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #gui-design #usability #lists

Auto Execute form or wait for user action dilemma

Feb 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #autosave #submit #forms

What voice should an option you don't want users to change be written in?

Apr 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #settings #options

Prompt user to edit an inline-edit field

Oct 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #copywriting #inline-edit #prompt

How do you make it very obvious that the user should click on a text input that has an onclick event?

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #usability #html

How can I encourage users to authenticate?

Aug 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #customer-support #authentication #psychology

Alert colors are really user-friendly to color-blind users?

Sep 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #usability-testing #color-blindness #user-research #notification #alerts

Animation as user feedback: how to do accessibility here without being redundant?

May 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-feedback #accessibility #ajax #html

Battery - what percentage range to use for each color?

Apr 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #progress-bar #perception #color #icons

In a Q&A feature is it best to allow users to select the Best Answer or...?

Dec 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #usability-testing #website-design #usability #interface

Tooltip for a User-Set URL

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #design-patterns #input-fields #tooltips #forms

How to translate a visual experience to screen reader users

Apr 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #radio-buttons #screen-reader #accessibility #sorting #tables

Tell users to right click on the map (As call to action)

Apr 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior

Desktop application problem: how to present a new option without confusing existing users

Aug 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #desktop-application #layout

Is the Three Toggle button on Bothsider easy for users to understand?

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #intuitive #buttons

How to show progress towards goal?

Apr 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #info-visualisation #website-design #progress-bar #perception #intranet

Asking a user to make an iOS app full screen for functionality

Nov 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #fullscreen #search #ipad #ios

How to best understand users' emotions?

Aug 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #analytics #emotion #content #ratings #voting

Does the average user understand the standard HTML multiple select box?

Apr 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #multi-selection #website-design #forms #html

Left-align or right-align a Call to Action button?

May 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #perceived-affordance #call-to-action #perception #alignment #layout

What is Cognitively Stimulating in User Experience goal means?

Aug 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #ux-field

After touch interaction, which location does user's eye most likely go to?

Oct 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #touch-screen #eye-tracking

How to show links on wireframes during user testing?

Mar 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #wireframe

Handling a user double clicking on a single click menu item

Dec 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #right-click #click

Need ideas on Version number position for web application

Sep 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #versioning #position #users

How do you communicate the location of a user in a tabbed environment when they've navigated to a page

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #web-app #tabs

Managing Users With Multiple Roles & Properties

Feb 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #tables #roles

Is there any research on whether users understand ellipses (...)?

Aug 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #gui-design #research

Asking users to sign in when already logged in

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #user-expectation #user-behavior #login

In user instructions, which term is more widely understood to mean a character A thru Z, letter, alpha

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #instructions #copywriting #terminology

Taking input from user on the homepage

Nov 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #expert-review #forms

Anything I could do to improve my sign up form?

Apr 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #user-behavior #usability #forms #user

Is this mobile slide menu user-friendly?

Oct 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #human-interface-guideline #mobile-application #user-expectation #android #ios

What is an effective way to present System Update Progress to a user that also lowers frustration?

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #real-time-updates #user-behavior #progress-bar #windows-os

Why do my / sent text messages appear on the right of the dialogue?

Jun 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #perception #placement #iphone

Why take user all the way to App store to rate an app?

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #applications #ratings #iphone #apple

Complex Automated Wizard using filenames User Interaction Problem

Jul 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #wizard #input #forms

Should we tell users that a link or button will open in a new tab or window & how to do so?

May 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior #modal-windows #hyperlinks #feedback #tabs

user experience for a dynamically updating list of items

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #dynamic-ui #lists

How to simplify the UI to prompt user for tiers of information?

Nov 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #data-mapping #input-fields #gui-design #tags

How to present weighted values

Apr 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #info-visualisation #infographic #perception #forms #data

Best way to approach user regarding phone number formatting?

Sep 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #internationalisation #phone-numbers #formatting

Suggestions for menu mockup with user options

Dec 2010 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #menu

What is the best way in letting a user set a default to an enabled function?

Apr 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #radio-buttons #user-behavior #default #toggle

Alternative method of displaying notification alert to user with awkward icons

Dec 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #mobile-application #notification #gui-design #icons

How do I present on/off indicators without leading users to believe they are buttons?

Oct 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #android #mobile

How do you convert computer users to mobile users?

Nov 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #call-to-action #browser #android #mobile

Are HTTP error codes user-friendly?

Jan 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #usability #standards #errors #web

Why do my users 're'select the amount in the cart?

Mar 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #shopping-cart #user-behavior #e-commerce

Should a user be prevented from making an invalid selection or denied with an error message after the

Nov 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #application-state #user-behavior #error-message #gui-design

Layout changing without user control

Nov 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #consistency #layout

Energy Labeling Rule - how to make it user friendly?

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #design-patterns #guidelines #e-commerce #standards

How to tell a user how many characters remaining for a form input

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #input #text

How to help users avoid making conscious mistakes?

Jun 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #error-prevention #design-patterns #navigation #errors

Do users recognize slideable areas with dots as indicators for multiple images?

Aug 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #mobile-web #e-commerce #web-app #mobile

How do you nudge users to download your native app?

Apr 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #psychology #native-app #mobile-web #mobile #nudges

Survey builder - How to handle users navigating away from questions in invalid states

Nov 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #validation #surveys #forms

Do users always update Flash?

May 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #updating #flash

When do users understand that a wizard navigation bar is clickable?

Mar 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #perceived-affordance #progress-bar #gui-design #navigation #usability

Styling a calendar with/without border lines to help users pick a date

Feb 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #usability #calendar

Is requiring the user to social share your website in order to access your content a good practice or

Jan 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #social

Allowing the user to add input fields

Apr 2016 ⋅

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How to signal the user must add a minimum number of images to continue?

Apr 2015 ⋅

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You app is empty man! / How to modify UI/UX to stop this kind of feedback?

Jun 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #mobile-application #user-expectation #user-behavior #users

Rely on user awareness by autoselecting or prompt the user to actively choose?

Jun 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-awareness #user-behavior #selection

How do I represent the minimum contribution percentage while allowing users to change the figures on

Mar 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #controlled-vocabulary #numbers #sliders

Conveying another user's vision impairment

May 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #accessibility #serious-game #conventions #symbols #games

Do users object to homepages which contain a full section consisting of a contact form?

Apr 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #natural-language #website-design #conversion #layout #forms

Should users be able to customise everything or should the UX team decide for them?

Jan 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #customisation #forms

Should I redirect the user if there's only one search result, or still show the results list?

Apr 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #search-results #redirect

Do nested hierarchies of folders make sense to novice users?

Jan 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #operating-systems #folders #lists #files #cloud

Is it a good idea to show a warning to users who are typing tags incorrectly?

Oct 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior #warnings #tags

Ask user for a repeat frequency

Mar 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #data-frequency

How can I avoid placing a legend on top of the table to tell the user what each icon means?

Aug 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #comparison #tables #icons

Is this safe scrolling area for a mobile menu, so users don't accidentally click an option while scrolling

Jan 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #scrolling #mobile #menu

How to tell a user that a search is being performed when they stop typing

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #input-fields #forms

Should the user be able to press disabled buttons on a touch screen?

Sep 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #touch-screen #disable #buttons

Long web forms - for Data Entry power users

Aug 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #data-entry #forms

What's the best way to show 'too many options with checkboxes' to user?

Jul 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #many-options #checkboxes

Do users understand when a title is a button

Apr 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #input-fields #gui-design #filter #input #sort

Will users know to click the top item in navigation menu?

Jun 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #navigation #click #users #menu

Some ajax vs full ajax and user feedback

Feb 2015 ⋅

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What are the pros/cons of showing a Tip if User-Not-Used-Feature-in-X-Days

Dec 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #tooltips

Are my thumbs up and thumbs down buttons clear enough for the user?

Aug 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #buttons

Would leaving a due date field blank mean No due date to a user?

Jan 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #forms

Should I hide settings behind a settings menu or allow the user to edit inline?

Oct 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #settings

Is the message Data cannot be recovered. when reformatting misleading to users?

May 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #deletion #warnings #android

Placing buttons on section headers is correct or not?

Oct 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #gui-design #usability #user

How to warn a user they are approaching the character limit for a text input field with a soft maximum

Apr 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #input-fields #visual-cues #warnings #forms

Dynamically Adding Fields For Searching Upon User Entry

Mar 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #faceted-search #interface

Why does my choice of typeface degrade the user experience?

Oct 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #typography

Would having a generic waveform be too confusing for users?

Oct 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #info-visualisation #interface #data

Is there a nice way to deal with geo-restricted access?

Feb 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #localization #perception #experience #content

Should system prompt user to save though no changes were made

Jan 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #dialog #prompt #save

Make the user decide number of rows/columns beforehand or give the user an excel like sheet?

Apr 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #tables

How to effectively communicate to the user that a status will periodically refresh

Jun 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #visual-cues #updating #refresh #status

Indication for dummy data for new user

Apr 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #onboarding #data

User Interface for assigning times throughout the day

Mar 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #gui-design #time

What is the best way to ask user if they would like to proceed to a new step after completing a wizard

Mar 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #confirmation #wizard

Best way to ask the user which dictionary he wants to use

Jan 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #desktop-application #ease-of-use #mobile #css #web

Can stairs have a user experience?

May 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #accessibility #physical

Why would Amazon only allow users to add 30 items in a shopping cart at a time?

Aug 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #shopping-cart #e-commerce

Is Gmail verification really user friendly?

Jul 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #authentication #experience #login #users

How would you show separate items (products) that are on a single photo?

Jan 2017 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #interaction-design #user-expectation #e-commerce #hover #users

Only show table columns when users are filtering its specification?

Jan 2013 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #faceted-search #tables

How can I make this user selection screen offer a better user experience?

Apr 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior #selection #mode #menu

Invite users to inline edit not only on hover?

Jul 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #visual-cues #inline-edit #discovery

Should I use a modal prompt/dialog for user input?

Mar 2016 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #modal-windows #input-fields #input

Where to redirect the user after a password recovery email has been sent

May 2015 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-expectation #user-behavior #password #workflow #login

Does user care about the details while loading?

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #progress-bar #loading

User Testing Framework and Questions for comparative tests

Feb 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #qualitative-analysis #usability-testing #sus

Make user aware that he cannot enter arbitrary values into textbox?

Dec 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #validation #numbers #textbox #web

What's the best design to get a number from a small range from user?

Aug 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design #input-fields #web-app #forms

Will users actually leave sites that they find boring?

Dec 2011 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #website-design

Best way to show tabs in UI

May 2014 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #human-interface-guideline #user-behavior #gui-design #user #tabs

Are users less likely to engage in a site where the content they are posting take some time to write?

Dec 2012 ⋅

⋅ ⋅ #user-behavior