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How to overcome feature blindness
I work on a product called AwesomeAds, a marketing platform that specializes in kid industry where users can create an ad campaign and monitor the performance of their campaign (engagements, budget spents etc)
A year ago we decided to implement…
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Showing both your answer and the correct answer on UI
In this case it's a mock betting site, but my question applies to any multiple choice QA site.
This is the best that I came up with so far:
It is horribly confusing.
The colored rectangle is "what did you bet". Green means "you were right". Red…
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Using asterisk (*) when all fields are required
I have here:
In terms of UX, do we really need to put asterisk or tell users that the fields are required where in fact all required and none is optional?
I am thinking aesthetic wise, just remove it and warn the users that all of it are required…
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Scrollbar on the left
Is there a deep study that suggests to place a scrollbar on the right? Personally I move it to the left whenever possible (Firefox allow this, as well as xterm and emacs).
I know that placing a scrollbar on the left is considered useful only while…
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Recommendations for good resources on writing good error messages
Writing good error messages which help users understand how to use the system is difficult. Often we get bug reports stating "Error message x is confusing" which usually sparks a long debate in the team over how to reword it.
Are there any good…
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Alphabetical grouping of accented words
We have a list of countries in our UI where the design prototype groups the countries by initial letter. The country names change by language, so the grouping also changes. This also means that the groups themselves change.
In some languages,…
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Should I specify type of downloadable document?
On my personal website I have an "About" page. At the top of it there is a "Download CV" link.
Should I put the type of the document in the brackets like "Download CV (PDF)"? Does the lack of extension affect usability?
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What is it about our mental models that app-centric seems more intuitive than content-centric?
I always thought that content-centric was the easiest for people to deal with, i.e. "I want to change this document", and not "Let's run this app so I can then change that document".
It seems that the popularity of iOS (as opposed to say Windows or…
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Is missing match in autocomplete feature counter-intuitive?
Our application provides a way for administrators to authenticate as a specific user.
It provides a text field to type a username you want to authenticate.
When you type 4 letters or more
the autocomplete list appears with a list of matching…
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Menu with dropdown, root element clickable?
I have two options for a dropdown but I'm not sure which one is the best from an usability standpoint. In option (A) there is a explicit "Our services" link which goes to a page with general information about the services. In option (B) this link is…
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Why is the Google Search Results page not responsive?
As every web developer/designer, I read many articles about why responsive web design is important. We are also often told, that you can learn a lot by observing the UI (and optionally the code itself) of large, successful companies.
Today I wanted…
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Should disabled options ever be hidden?
Comments from this question prompted me with this other usability proposal. In my opinion, tt's a bad idea to hide disabled options.
I like to see all the available options regardless whether some are disabled. I don't want to see options appearing…
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Underscores vs. hyphens in URLs
I'm trying to come up with a page-naming convention so that each page in a web application I'm developing has the human-friendliest URL possible. The current URL structure of the web application is:
http://foo.example.com/webapp/pageName
The only…
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When requesting a donation, is it better to have a prefilled button or enter their own value?
A non-profit organization is selling tickets to an event. I suggested they add an opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation line along with the ticket purchase, like:
2 Tickets .... $45
Make a donation!
Your tax deductible donation blah…
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Senior Usability and Navigation
Does anyone have any current resources for senior usability? I'm specifically researching navigation: tabs and accordions. The Jacob Nielsen site has a report that's over a decade old. I'm looking for resources that are less than 3 years old.
Let me…
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