Expand truncated table cell content on hover

I’m working on a project using Google’s Material Design and am running into an issue where we need to truncate table cell content. There is a spec for truncating table headers and showing the full label on hover, but nothing …
What are these "badges" called?

They’re usually used to tell the user that a list is empty, or a resource could not be found, or that a resource may be unavailable.
SoundCloud has one here for tracks without any comments:
Or if there are no tracks on a …
New user registering with an existing e-mail

Suppose that a new user goes to register on a site and enters an existing e-mail address.
What message should be presented to that user from a UX point of view?
Bear in mind that in the above case(as I see it)…two type of …
Inventory system with multiple quantity values

I have built an inventory system and I am working on adding a feature to it that will allow groups of parts to be reserved. I need a way that I can display the quantity of the item, how many are reserved and the final availab…
Is there a standard for capitalization of Android app menuitems?

For menuitems in Android apps, is there a standard for capitalizing (or not capitalizing) each word within each menuitem?
For example:
Open
View log
Exit
versus:
Open
View Log
Exit
Should I display all boolean values in a datagrid or only the ones that matter to the user?

One of my colleagues presented a new design for boolean values in a datagrid to me. It shows both positive and negative values (with emphasis on the positive). Now it is my understanding that for good UX, if a value doesn’t m…
How to compare different user research resources and findings?

I would like to create my own persona(s) for my research. While due to some limitations, I don’t do any formal user interview or observations myself. What I have as resources are the user research which have been done by anot…