We have a mixin so named, and since my project requires more of these types of dialogue boxes, I created a lot of tickets for myself with the term “Chicken Box” in the titles.
It’s basically just a Yes/No dialogue with as ominous a war…
I have a form that consists of an input box and a button. The button says “Search”. For sighted users, it seems that no label element is required for the input box as it is obvious that you enter search terms into the box and submit the fo…
I was reading this handy answer about Light on dark vs. dark on light: which is better for attention span? in the Graphic Design SE site and while reading the most voted answer I discovered that my attention focus point was almost a 100% j…
There are a lot of mobile UI design patterns that support swiping, and these are designed based on interaction and animation that indicate the behaviour. Examples include the ‘swipe/pull down to refresh’ and also the page flip when users s…
Say you have a side menu that opens from one side after clicking on an icon in a website. This menu would take more than 40% of the view-port in the horizontal direction.
If the user scrolls down, is it better to let the user click on the…
AZERTY-style keyboard layouts in France and Belgium have a dedicated key for typing the Greek small letter mu (μ). While not having a dedicated (μ) key, keyboards in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden provide a means to…
There are some very detailed discussions about the validity of the NPS. But the take home message is that you can’t really improve what you can’t measure effectively, so it is still important to come up with metrics (preferably from a numb…
Most game controllers (game pads, joysticks) use the left hand for directional control, which is also the task that requires the most dexterity. Most people are right handed, but end up using their favoured hand for button mashing.