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Defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond.

Interaction design (abbreviated as IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. The practice typically centers on "embedding information technology into the ambient social complexities of the physical world.

References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_design, retrieved 2011-04-25

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How should I indicate that the user correctly chose the incorrect option?

I have a language-learning app that shows the user a sentence with an extraneous word added that doesn't make sense in the context, and they have to choose which word doesn't belong: When they tap a word, it marks it with a red X, indicating this…
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What is the most common user interface in the world?

Please explain: (1) What leads you to believe the interface is the most commonly used, and (2) Why do you believe that it is an interface. UPDATE: Leonardo Herrera's answer "The button, and its cousin hyperlink" had been selected as the answer,…
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Have you witnessed a UX/IxD fail recently?

This is the UX equivalent of the firehouse burning down. IxDA Website UX Failure http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4027341/ux/Images/ixda-fail.png Please, allow me to rename my file for you...if you were human, I'd slap you in the mouth. Do you have any…
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Brain computer interface

Do you believe brain computer interfaces (e.g. Emotiv Epoc, OCZ NIA) are good enough to be used in designing a useful user interface and if so could you please name some examples? Tnx.
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Should i use "Be the first to like this" when there are no likes for a content?

I have a web application in which there are contents like videos and other types. Let's focus on videos for this case. The videos have the "like" option. The phrasing is like: (Bold means there's a link) "You like this video" "12 people like this…
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What is the use philosophy behind app-based computing environments?

The Unix philosophy, and the less frequently articulated Windows philosophy of programming greatly affect the way that users interact with these systems. Despite their differences, both the Unix- and Windows-based approaches seem more similar than…
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Best practice for no records found?

While working with large grid tabular data we often time thinking about no data found message. Currently we are using the following formats Item Specific (no folder found) Generic (no records found) Generic(search query return 0…
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why is microsoft word so hard to use?

genuine question for seminar I am preparing... Does anyone else find the workflow and interaction with microsoft word incredibly confusing? For example: the seemingly random autoformatting of fonts on carriage return; the nightmare of aligning…
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What's the deal with the "Shake to send feedback" on Google Maps for Android?

Google Maps for Android has a feature by which shaking the device opens a "send feedback" dialog. This baffles me. What could possibly be the rationale behind this? Why would one want to shake the phone to send feedback? One does not want to send…
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UI metaphors for a collection of books

The web application that I'm working on presents a collection of books which the user may read or annotate. These books tend to be legal documents or tenders, not novels. At the moment, the user may select a book using a traditional tree view (they…
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Examples for setting a person's availability (such as an employee)

I am designing a web application that includes functionality for indicating an employee's availability to work. This is an easy concept for two people to communicate to each other verbally: "I am available Monday's Tuesdays all day and Wednesday's…
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Interaction design for copying subtrees

Suppose we have two data trees A and B visualized in the UI along these lines: The user wants to copy the highlighted subtree nodes from A to B. The two trees have some shared nodes as indicated by the id's. How would you design the interaction for…
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Icons in action buttons

I am designing a system of products, where the home page is presented a list of products with various filter options, and such filters selected through various buttons. I would like to emphasize and differentiate these buttons using unique icons for…
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How do you come up with a 'new' interaction as a designer?

So, we know that all the platforms (good ones) have their guidelines for creating interfaces and interactions to make the apps seem an integral part of the OS. But, every now and then you see new interactions popping up in the market space. Some are…
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Good practice to divide items into groups

I am currently working on an enterprise project, and I've come across a puzzle like this. There are a range of items (about 10) I need to group. What I do is like a wizard in a single page, letting a user pick several to form the first group by…
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