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Graphical User Interface design (GUI-design for short) refers to the visual aspect of designing computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user's experience and interaction. Generally refers to digital rather than physical design.

GUI-design,

user interface design or user interface engineering is the design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user's experience and interaction. The goal of user interface design is to make the user's interaction as simple and efficient as possible, in terms of accomplishing user goals—what is often called user-centered design.

Reference: Wikipedia, retrieved 2011-04-25

While GUI design is based on research, information architecture, prototypes, usability considerations, it refers to the design of the graphical user interface, i.e. the look and feel of the actual implementation.

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Why did old websites make use of so many images as UI elements?

I've wondered this for a little while: Why did old websites make use of so many images as UI elements? If you use the Wayback Machine to go back to some of the most popular websites in the past, you'll see that a lot of the UI elements were mostly…
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Why are graphical user interfaces considered user-friendly?

Why are clients usually attracted to graphical user interfaces? Why aren't more applications developed using a console (command line / terminal) interface?
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In GUI/UI design, why is the clock on the right?

I've been trying to design a new User Interface for the Desktop, while at it a friend has told me about his thoughts on UI design and we had a discussion about the placement of the "clock". In various UIs such as the Windows taskbar, or the OSX…
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What do you call embedded dotts/lines which indicate sliding in GUI?

I have attached an image which explains which element I am talking about. I am trying to find out it's proper name. Can anyone help me please?
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How do I show margin and padding values?

I'm writing an application to create road signs (it won't be obvious to most people), and a certain interaction involves the user clicking an object on the workspace (in this case the text "Newmarket", labeled 5), and the window labeled (6)…
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Why put the controls in the bottom (or the top) of a music player UI?

Among alot of the music players around the player controls have usually been arrange to the top of the application window, or to the bottom. What is the rationale behind the positioning, the choice of placement? Edit ↓ In which cases should one go…
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When users ignore icons is it poor design or distracted users?

I maintain an enterprise intranet application which has extensive logging. After reviewing months of error logs we focused on one trouble spot where the user must enter mandatory activities before completing a transaction. New users and users with…
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How should a dangerous action be presented to the user?

Consider a simple spyware detector that detects a suspicious activity by a program and needs the user to decide, whether it is OK or not. I came up with the following dialog. download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups Since the…
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Tabbed content vs Scrollable list

Let's say I have a web content builder and I am adding a tab element with multiple tabs. This can be also accordion element, or any kind of web element with multiple child elements. Is it a better solution to have tabs on top, where you can add a…
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Include/Exclude interfaces

I am trying to design an interface where the user can choose to include certain items from a long list and also exclude certain items. The usual interfaces that I see are of this type: This interface is functional but seems very clunky. Does…
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Choices for users who don't read

I'm building a touch UI for a timesheet program. Requirements: 1) Record the start and end time of a break. 2) Determine if the user is leaving the work place for their break (for safety reasons we can get an accurate count of who is on site at…
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Are side borders abused or they are actually useful?

Lots of desktop applications and websites add a border at the edges of the application area. Some are clearly made for a good reason. For example, a left and right side border on User Experience.SE actually serves as a tab and shows the current…
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Crisp GUI Look and feel for developing applications like spotify

Am wondering if anyone has any recommendations on what GUI library can be used for developing cross platform applications such as Spotify. I have a feeling Qt-Quick might be the best answer but am not aware of most of the newer UI technologies so if…
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Best design to display a school timetable

I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to display a school/subject timetable. When designing a timeline it's sensible to use time as columns across which will indeed define activities across a period of time. But when it comes to a time table…
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Designing a table with multiple "primary" rows

I'm trying to design an input table with more than 1 "primary" (so to say) row. What I'm trying to design is complex, so I'll describe it with a real world example. Let's say I want to create an UI that would allow a user to define the measurement…
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