Number/Date/… Standards for International English
We don’t know (yet) where the user is located (browser detection is out of the question), so the user need to go from a global site to a country-specific site to select their prefered language and local.
In the global site, we will offer …
Should I use a single or double space after a period?
In a paragraph of multiple sentences, should there be one or two spaces after each sentence’s period for readability?
The paragraph is typed in Arial font. It is size 11 font. The monitor it is being viewed on is Ultra 4k HD…
Should I use a single or double space after a period?
In a paragraph of multiple sentences, should there be one or two spaces after each sentence’s period for readability?
The paragraph is typed in Arial font. It is size 11 font. The monitor it is being viewed on is Ultra 4k HD…
What are the disadvantages of Material Design?
I’m generally a fan of Google’s Material Design UX framework. Its positive aspects have been well-covered by the press and Google’s own design group and evangelists.
But, the disadvantages of the system are much less docume…
Making Time: Redesigning A Calendar Experience For Android
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In UX design, few things are more intricate than time and personal time management — only a good arsenal of mobile design patterns and information architecture principles can save you. This is the story of redesigning the UX for a popular calenda tool on Android: Business Calendar. We’ll cover designing systems, interaction design problems, scaling across screens and platforms, research, and big business decisions and their outcomes.
Business Calendar started out as a side project, a one-man show, and is now run by a team of eight in Berlin. The app was very successful right from the time Android entered the mainstream market, and it now has an active user base of 2 million. But instead of modernizing the design and usability regularly, the developers focused on implementing user requests and customization options.
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In-content tabs and nesting
My intention is to present installation instructions for a software to the user. The document has 3 versions, the second of which has 5 sub-versions:
- Binary installation (default for windows and OSX, possible only there)
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Source installation (default for linux, possible everywhere)
- Ubuntu/Debian
- Arch
- …
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Development installation (possible everywhere)
And I want it so that only one consistent and relevant version of the document document is seen (and can be linked to) at once, e.g. “Binary installation” or “Source installation for Arch”
Here is what I have now (It’s cropped so ignore the wonky purple header,a nd i already fixed the indentation in the second code sample):
I like it except that (a) I should switch the long-form description (“Installing from source (…)”) to text instead of a header, and (b) it’s not clear that switching between the binary/source/development tabs replaces everything until “Running the notebook”.
Questions:
- Is there better UX that more clearly shows that you can switch out the whole “Installation” section? Putting a frame/shadow around it (like in the nested tab area) would fix it but look bad imho.
- I don’t think that nested tabs in general are a bad idea, but some people seen to think so. I think this is a valid use case for them, except for the shortcoming mentioned in the first question. Do you agree?
Requiring User Login for Mobile App
I am working on a series of utility mobile apps whittle residential real estate investors manage their businesses. The apps I am developing are highly specialized and impactful. I plan on making them fremium in that the users…
Requiring User Login for Mobile App
I am working on a series of utility mobile apps whittle residential real estate investors manage their businesses. The apps I am developing are highly specialized and impactful. I plan on making them fremium in that the users…
Should bulk-editing functions be hidden until a table row is selected, or is there a better solution?
As an example, MailChimp displays subscriber lists in a table/data grid. Notice that while the user can select one or more rows using the check box at the left of each row, he doesn’t know what actions might be available once the row is se…
Is it a good idea to use a Floating Action Button for non-actions?
Google Material Design guidelines recommend to use Floating Action Buttons primarily for a promoted action. However, recently there seems to be a rather solid emerging trend to use these buttons for triggering transition betw…