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 …
Good UX/UI for scheduled reports sliding time window
You know how in many analytical tools one can schedule a report of a certain kind to be delivered every X days (or similar)? What are good UIs for setting what’s the date range that the report is generated with?
Here are som…
Determining which product features provide UX
Does anyone know of any papers/articles where the effort is focused on determining UX features (for any type of product) using scenarios/narratives. The key is that the article needs to be focused on DETERMINING a set of fea…
What is a suitable naming convention for a series of product image views?
I would like help with a naming convention for product images. The images are currently given names like ‘widget – front left 2.jpg’ and so on. These are not user friendly!
In this instance the UX is part admin – it is a pro…
Ideal default content area width for a site with tons of forms
I’m doing work on a staffing related website that uses lots of forms. The forms are pretty integral to every aspect of the site–from entering work history to filling out job applications.
This has presented an interesting d…
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…
Material design – icon size in navigation drawer
I was wondering, in material design, what should be the icon size for navigation drawer.
I had gone through https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/navigation-drawer.html# , but they didn’t mentioned on icon size.
Some…
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?