International Currency Formatting Guidelines — Currency Codes
While developing a web application that presents monetary data for a variety of locales, I am inquiring about the differences of currency formats. In particular, I’d like to know when it is appropriate to use currency codes, either in addi…
Progressively Filtering Options
I am modelling a selection from a product matrix. The customer envisions this as a series of dropdowns, which progressively filters what is available in a subsequent dropdown.
So for example, the first dropdown could be of "Vehicle Ty…
Optimal interface for specifying a mapping between known field set and fields discovered in CSV file?
We are building a data import feature in which our users will open an arbitrary CSV file and define a one-to-one mapping of its fields to a list of known fields in our database. The list of fields is very long (around 30 know…
Why doesn’t the iPod Devices have a stop (■) button?
Because it is redundant. There is nothing you can accomplish with a stop button that can’t already be done using the pause, menu, next track, and/or previous track buttons.
This is not the case with media players that are physically interacting with their storage, such as VCR’s or DVD players. According to ecoustics.com [1]:
On a VHS machine, pausing the tape kept the same segment of tape rubbing against the playback drum, which if done for a long enough time could wear that spot in the tape. This could cause any number of picture and sound hiccups, or worse, cause the tape to break.
With a DVD, there’s little mechanical difference between pause and stop unless you keep it paused for more than a few minutes, after which a stopped DVD motor will spin down but a paused one will continue to run [1].
What is the name of this combined button/popupbutton?
This button is in the new Firefox, but what is the name of it?
What is the name of this combined button/popupbutton?
This button is in the new Firefox, but what is the name of it?
In which cases does it make sense to use an explanatory video on a homepage?
I am a junior designer and I working on a web service’s site design. I am not sure what should I place at the homepage i.e.:
Some services like dropbox and readability have a quick video tour which explains what the product …
In which cases does it make sense to use an explanatory video on a homepage?
I am a junior designer and I working on a web service’s site design. I am not sure what should I place at the homepage i.e.:
Some services like dropbox and readability have a quick video tour which explains what the product …
Font Size For Mobile Sites?
I am designing a mobile site, and I’m wondering what I should set the font size as. Any suggestions?
How do I restructure content to be more user friendly?
I’ve got a content management system that isn’t the most usable at the moment, but it is pretty intuitive for the end user. The front facing content is a mess, however, and someone decided that most of the pages should be sty…