Reset password, appropriate response if email doesn’t exist?
It is common on login forms to see “Email or password is incorrect” when the user types in their account details incorrectly instead of just “password is incorrect”. This is, for among other reasons, because it is a security vulnerability …
User Experience Design vs Design Thinking: What’s really the difference?
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about “Design Thinking” as a “thing” but every time I look up information on it, it seems to be exactly what we do in UX design but just in other areas.
A definition floating out there is “Design Thinking …
Are Germans a different kind of human?
My title is facetious, but my question is serious:
I’m being told by a client’s business-analyst team that Germans WANT to read every detail on a website and WANT to read every word in a contract—more so than people from other cultures.
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How to allow two actions per list item?
I’m developing a mobile application which function is basically to let the user fill in forms. What forms and how many different forms varies per user.
Obviously, the primary function of the app is to let the user create a new registrati…
Where to put logout in an Android app?
I have an app that relies on a particular web service. It can’t be used without login in, so the first screen users see is the login screen. Until recently I didn’t thought that users would ever want to log out, but indeed that can happen …
Using genders in physiologically oriented UCD
I’ve this problem: as a policy, we usually strive to leave out gender considerations if possible. If not possible, we use a wide range of genders . Not as extreme as Facebook, but something more rational around physiological genres (Male, …
Filtering option with 3 states
I’m working on a filtering capability for venues. One group of filter options requires me to account for 3 different states.
Unselected (neutral, user doesn’t have a preference)
Selected, Yes
Selected, No
User may only select one item …
Hero banner for mobile eCommerce VS surfacing actual products
Is there any evidence that displaying a hero banner for mobile eCommerce results in more conversion / engagement that surfacing actual products in place of said banner? I have a hunch the latter will convert better, but would be curious to…
Allow user to manipulate objects in 3d space using touch screen
Our app Iyan 3d, lets user to create 3d animation using their Touchscreen Mobile devices. We are targeting the casual market so we are trying to find the easiest way to allow users manipulate something in 3d.
The biggest challenge is, for…
Why are the titlebar buttons on the left side in OS X?
When I moved from Windows to OS X the first thing that I noticed was that the titlebar buttons are on the left instead of right side. It took me some time to get used to it.
Is there a reason why they put them on the left side?