Is using a sentence as a search filter better to engage the user compared to showing featured items?
In a marketplace, what do you think will be better: Making a sentence that the user completes by picking from several options that lead to results base on his request, or just showing featured items (most sold, most popular, etc.)?
For ex…
Has user testing found that the "three horizontal bars" for main menu on mobile is commonly understood?
“Three horizontal lines” aka “hamburger icon” seems to be becoming a convention for the “main menu” button, especially on mobile sites:
Has anyone done any user testing of this convention, or got any A/B testing results? (i.e. is there …
Should I disable google maps scroll wheel zoom?
In most applications of google maps the scroll wheel will zoom the map instead of scrolling it. Personally I find this confusing, and after years of using google maps, both on the google maps web site and embedded google map…
What font is best for full screen closed captions?
I’d like to upload some closed caption audiobooks to YouTube where the video is simply the subtitles for the text being read. [Here’s an example].
What design would best suit this purpose?
I’m pretty set on a simple design: single fo…
What factors to consider when picking a color theme for a short user survey?
I fairly frequently create short, google-doc surveys with 3-5 questions. Before today I always used the default template and never thought to change colors.
However, considering I also work at a concert venue running stage l…
Silly Saturdays: Jimmy Fallon, Robin Thicke And Company Cover “Blurred Lines”
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Colin Harman: How Would You Like Your Graphic Design — Fast, Cheap Or Good? Pick Two.
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What are best practices for blocking UI when application is busy
I’m writing a web app using Twitter Bootstrap with PHP on server side.
My app makes regular ajax requests via jQuery and i want to disable certain parts of the UI until the server completes processing and hands back the control to Client-S…
The Redesign: Questions To Ask Before You Start
Redesigning your application the right way means putting pieces in place to make sure you can change culture and keep your job. Doing it wrong can get you fired or kill a company.
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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…