Best Text for "Select All"/"Unselect All" Buttons with CheckLists
What would “better” text for buttons that select all items in a checklist:
“Check All” / “Uncheck All”
“Select All” / “Unselect All”
or perhaps other text
When to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links?
Are there any rules on when to use icons vs. icons with text vs. just text links in a web application?
For example:
vs.
save
vs.
save
Extra question: Is save -or- save preferable?
In a grid, how to display long column headers
When displaying data in a grid (each row contains a record, each column a different record field), vertical space need is easily solved with scrolling or paging.
We are usually sooner missing horizontal space as the number o…
What is a good way to display infinite nested comments?
Is there a way to do infinite nested comment threads in a way that doesn’t look horrible? I realize that one could simply restrict the levels of nesting, but perhaps there’s a better way of indicating some comments are replie…
Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it’s current state or the state to which it will transition?
I think people are u…
Using "Sign in" vs using "Log in"
Is there any research in this area, it seems “Sign in” is more common and hence more recommended.
One scrollbar or two for content + sidebar?
I’m working on a website design and trying to decide whether to have the sidebar scroll independently of the page content, or have just one scrollbar control both divs. What principle should I use to guide the decision? In which situations…
Best practice for Anonymous Donation forms?
Donation forms are meant to be easy to use. Easy enough to use implies that it may convert the casual website visitor into a donor. We are currently using the fields:
Card Type
Card Number
Card Expiry
Name on Card
CCV Number
$ Amount
…an…
Design: What are the best resources for learning bleeding-edge web, UI and UX design?
- Studying psychology and HCI (behavior and perception)
- Studying art and industrial design (interfaces)
- Studying anthropology and sociology
- Studying popular culture
- Studying the virtual and physical environments of your target audience
The “resource” is experience and knowledge of human behavior, our visual and tactile senses, our emotional response mechanisms, cultural norms for our age groups (do we trust banks? what do i define as “private”? do i know how to use a digital camera?), and so on. Anybody with a pirated copy of photoshop and a few Top 10 tutorials can make the pixels that sit on top of your engineering pretty, but user experience, and the interface with which your users interact, isn’t something that comes from an O’Reilly’s book or Sitepoint article.
If there is one single book I will recommend, it is this:
Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology. MIT Press, 2004
http://www.amazon.com/Tho
But do not expect it to have all the answers you seek…It’s just the first book I recommend to people learning how to design with empathy.
Design: What are the best resources for learning bleeding-edge web, UI and UX design?
- Studying psychology and HCI (behavior and perception)
- Studying art and industrial design (interfaces)
- Studying anthropology and sociology
- Studying popular culture
- Studying the virtual and physical environments of your target audience
The “resource” is experience and knowledge of human behavior, our visual and tactile senses, our emotional response mechanisms, cultural norms for our age groups (do we trust banks? what do i define as “private”? do i know how to use a digital camera?), and so on. Anybody with a pirated copy of photoshop and a few Top 10 tutorials can make the pixels that sit on top of your engineering pretty, but user experience, and the interface with which your users interact, isn’t something that comes from an O’Reilly’s book or Sitepoint article.
If there is one single book I will recommend, it is this:
Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology. MIT Press, 2004
http://www.amazon.com/Thoughtful…
But do not expect it to have all the answers you seek…It’s just the first book I recommend to people learning how to design with empathy.