Notify a user why nothing happened
I’m writing a content filtering application that operates at the hardware level. The UI is basically out of the picture once the user starts the filter, as it is hidden in the windows task tray.
As a consequence of the filte…
Google Design Cards – Rich Media Giffs Acceptable?
Going by the specs for Google Design Cards, does anyone know if animated gifs are acceptable for the rich media?
Why are visitor counters for websites not used any more?
I remember in the early days of the Internet one of the most prominent things on a website was the visitor counter. These days with so much analytics and obsession about how many people visit or follow websites, I wonder how …
Is it permissible to toggle selection of items in a table with a single click?
I am working on an (existing) UI that has a feature where the selection in one table drives the content of a second table:
Table 1 shows a list of notifications, Table 2 shows a list of bank transactions
If an notification is selected in…
Responsive Upscaling: Large-Screen E-Commerce Design
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The responsive design revolution is truly upon us (if it hasn’t already happened!), and even though e-commerce websites haven’t picked up responsive design quite as aggressively as in other industries, it’s becoming increasingly popular.
So far, most of the responsive design thinking has revolved around covering the range of experiences from mobile to desktop. Yet little attention has been paid to the opportunities for expanding that range beyond the standard desktop screen, to create an experience optimized for modern large-scale displays.
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Why do USB flash drives never provide for labels?
Floppy disks had stick-on labels. Optical discs can be written on with a Sharpie, or printed with special ink-jet printers, or round stick-on labels applied.
USB sticks have zero affordances for labeling. They are often bu…
Why do USB flash drives never provide for labels?
Floppy disks had stick-on labels. Optical discs can be written on with a Sharpie, or printed with special ink-jet printers, or round stick-on labels applied.
USB sticks have zero affordances for labeling. They are often bu…
Google Design Website- What are these Card like components?
On https://design.google.com/ it looks like they are using titles instead of cards, because the edges are square. But they function as cards. Can anyone tell me what they are? Are they whitespaces? Speaking strictly on the gu…
How to determine the value of design
Often times, elements in a design are relatively easy to implement (such as changing the color of a button, or updating an error message).
However, there are other times when implementing a new design principle will involve a lot of codin…
Is "user-select: none" bad UX?
I was having a discussion today with a colleague. I showed her “user-select: none” – a CSS property that stops a user from selecting text.
To me, this property allowed a more app-like experience to be created on a page – ens…