Describing 3D swiping hand movement as curve on a XY plane
I’m trying to describe a 3D swipe gesture (only vertical or horizontal, no diagonals) above a given flat surface using as much conventional geometry or similar non-machine-learning techniques (Hidden Markov model, artificial neural network…
Showing item-level & order-level offers/promotions on Details page (PDP) &/or Cart page?
I have 2 types of offers (promotions) applicable on my eCommerce website:
Item level offers (example: Item belongs to Brand XYZ. Buy any 2 items from brand XYZ to get 30% off)
Order level offers (example: $10 off on total purchase of $10…
How to associate color with accuracy for segmented gauge?
I’m writing a personality test app and am thinking of a way to implement the UI for recording answers. The test requires the user to answer how accurately terms like “kind” or “cold” describe their personality, using the following scale:
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Why are Progressive Web App Icons circular compared to their App counterparts
Working on a PWA (progressive web app) and coming up with the app icon for it. There aren’t many others around since it’s pretty new but it seems a lot of PWAs use a circular icon to differentiate from the native app.
Is there a particula…
How to address a user in an email?
We would like to send users of our service an email after they have availed our service. We get the bookings through online website or through offline medium. We have the users name ( just first name or full name) and the email. But, we wo…
Form Field Shape & Usability/Conversion Rates – Boxes vs Material Design Lines
I was wondering if there has been any usability research on the shape of form fields. I’m mainly interested if using the line form field popularized in material design introduces any usability issues.
My gut tells me older, less savvy u…
Player and Avatar: Video Game Interactions For Web UX Designers
Technology users tend to form surprisingly social and personal relationships with their technologies, and with good reason. Gamers and their avatars are one specific example of the social relationship between a user and an interface, whether on a game as simple as Mario Brothers or as complex as Second Life. As UX designers, we can […]
"Link", "Alias" or "Create shortcut" in WP Media Library
Introduction
Here you can see a folder structure within a media library (Wordpress). Now, I want to make it very userfriendly to make it possible, that a file can be in multiple folders. The user should know, that the files are not dire…
Ask user to check categories of an item and then display category-specific options
Problem
In my Web application I have a form in which the user must fill some information about a generic item, let’s say a car. Between all the standard information (name, description etc) I am asking the user to check the categories of w…
Do negative words impact UX?
I’m interested to know if using negative words impacts the UX.
Let’s say you have a headline for your website. Should you consider "We can help you" instead of "We solve problems" because the word "problems" i…