Mixing true/false and open-ended settings
I’ve been handed a settings page to review. The settings mix true/false and open-ended items. Some of the open-ended items can be long and wordy. This is an example of the current design:
Mixing the booleans with the long-form attributes …
Mixing true/false and open-ended settings
I’ve been handed a settings page to review. The settings mix true/false and open-ended items. Some of the open-ended items can be long and wordy. This is an example of the current design:
Mixing the booleans with the long-form attributes …
Too many expanding panels, not enough room
The scenario: An enterprise software platform uses a collapsible left panel for its navigation and a collapsible right panel to show customer info. The customer info panel would be used side-by-side with the information in the main section…
Card sorting: Use labels, or examples?
When running a card sorting exercise, would one receive better feedback by asking participants to group cards showing similar labels, or similar examples? I’m seeing both recommended. When using examples, let’s assume that the participant …
Icons for indication vs. icons for action
I’m working on some tables that use both non-clickable indication icons (the R and the Repeat icons on the left) and clickable action icons (the dollar sign and printer icons on the right). I think users will learn and understand while onb…
Icons for indication vs. icons for action
I’m working on some tables that use both non-clickable indication icons (the R and the Repeat icons on the left) and clickable action icons (the dollar sign and printer icons on the right). I think users will learn and understand while onb…
How should sub-items behave with multi-select controls?
The scenario: A user can add individual items to an order, or use a template to get started, which preselects several items. If a template is used, the user can de-select items that they don’t want to include in the order, and adjust the q…
Expander before selector? Or other way around?
The scenario: I’m designing a table that will have both expanders (chevron icons) and multi-select action checkboxes on each row.
Expanded, the rows look like this (and will eventually have more data in them.)
The user can also delete ea…