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Why don't we auto-save for users instead of having them save manually?
With the advent of Apple moving to auto-saving in its newest release Lion, should everyone start adopting the convention of auto-saving?
At first it is definitely awkward and the user can feel like they have less control, but if widely adopted this…
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Is "user-select: none" bad UX?
I was having a discussion today with a colleague. I showed her "user-select: none" - a CSS property that stops a user from selecting text.
To me, this property allowed a more app-like experience to be created on a page - ensuring that events like…
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How to "force" users to upgrade their browser?
I couldn't think of a better title for this question, but please don't jump to conclusions - I don't really want to point a gun at my users heads!
I have a site that works well with the modern browsers like IE9+, FF12+, or Chrome.
Due to the lack of…
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Why do door knobs still exist?
As far as I know, in US, grip-and-turn style door knobs are still the most popular, as opposed to lever-style handles, which dominate in the rest of the world.
Is there some UX advantage to door knobs that I am not aware of, which is the reason for…
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What can we do to make UX Stack Exchange badges accessible?
In Stack Exchange, the three main Badge types (Bronze, Silver, and Gold) are differentiated with color alone. This would be challenging for users with color blind related issues to identify Badge types.
According to WCAG 2.0 SC# 1.4.1
If the…
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CAPTCHA on mobile: what are the alternatives?
From a UX perspective, CAPTCHA's are bad, bad, bad.
But let's say we have this as a requirement. And it's for a hybrid app (compiled app, but built upon an HTML5 platform).
I'm trying to find out:
is bot traffic from an iPhone (or Android device)…
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Toilet flush buttons
This question has been bugging me ever since I've started learning usability.
I am talking about the two buttons for the flush : Full and half container.
On one hand, the button shape has to represent its function. Thus a bigger button must mean the…
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Update vs Modify vs Change - Create vs Add - Delete vs Remove
I am working in a human resources management application and I have to often work with the creation/deletion/updating of people from the web interface.
I'd like to know whether Update, Change and Modify have slightly different meaning and what is…
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Do unique icon contours help people scan?
Many years ago, I ran across a good icon design tutorial. It said that having unique contours to icons help users scan for the item they're looking for. If this is true, why don't iPhone and Android app icons use unique contours?
iPhone
iPhone icons…
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Why do my users 're'select the amount in the cart?
After looking at some heatmaps and recordings I discovered that a lot of my users reselect the amount in their cart. It's already listed as 1, and they reselect it to be 1 again.
My target group is mostly 40+ year old users that aren't overly…
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Is there any reason to send "no-reply" emails?
As a customer of one of service, I just got an invoice for services I ordered and paid. It always surprises me that at end of such mails containing invoice, you will find sentence like this:
This is automatically generated e-mail. Please do not…
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Why did the mouse beat the light pen, paddle, and other pointing devices?
I recently watched the mother of all demos from 1968 which did an excellent job of showing how computers can be personal.
Something that stood out to me was the mouse. This device has remained pretty much the same since 1968. The inventors…
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What do the 3 close horizontal bars (not hamburger menu) represent and what is the origin of the design?
For some reason, those 3 horizontal bars centered in this Jabber client application is something I associate with something you can drag down, but I can't remember at all why I associate 3 bars with something that can be pulled down.
My question…
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Psychology behind $0.99 for paid apps, but $1.00 for donation apps?
I've noticed a trend (at least on the Google Play store) of application prices ending in x.99, while 'donation' apps usually end on the dollar. I see the reasoning behind the psychology that makes a user purchase a $0.99 item over one that costs…
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Ideal column width for paragraphs online
There is nothing worse than coming across a website with paragraphs that span the width of your screen resolution. They are usually so hard to read, I don't even bother.
A lot of web designers use generic grid and column systems, but I don't feel…
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