What do you call a GUI widget that slides out from the left or right?
In mobile applications, many times you have the main content taking up the entire screen but there is a settings page also. To reach the settings page you can to put your finger on the left or right and swipe to the center.
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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…
Student Project – Need your answers on just a few questions about your experience in organizing/attending meetings!
What type of settings are you in when you normally have to attend meetings/get togethers?
How often do you have to attend these meetings/get-togethers in these settings ?
How many times have you organize meetings/get-togethe…
Should page titles be consistent?
I’m facing a consistency problem on my current project. The name of the same page differs from place to place.
For example, a page with the calendar events has title My events, a sidebar menu link is Calendar, and a breadcr…
Examples of list tables or management tables with complex filtering
I’m looking for a solution to the problem of having a large table with complex filtering options. I just want to know what patterns are currently popular for presenting large amounts of tabular data with customizable filters….