Why are X, Y and Z axes represented by Red, Green, and Blue?
It is pretty standard that 3d axis, XYZ, is represented as red green blue, respectively. Why is this and who first proposed the colors in that configuration?
Why are X, Y and Z axes represented by Red, Green, and Blue?
It is pretty standard that 3d axis, XYZ, is represented as red green blue, respectively. Why is this and who first proposed the colors in that configuration?
Does visual design really affect UX?
I am really concerned about the effects of visual design on user experience, but as this may seem too broad, let me clarify it a little.
My statement is that, if the user can find the information he or she needs, because of thoughtful in…
Material design ajax error messages
The material design specifications define the placement and look of error messages related to invalid input on forms as shown below.
I don’t see a specification for error messages that may occur after the form is submitted…
Is it good to automatically sign up a user if he doesn’t have an account?
On some sites when you don’t have an account, you are asked: "Sign in with Gmail" or "Sign in with Facebook". When you click and your account isn’t found, it automatically signs you up using the selected social network,…
Designing For Explicit Choice
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If you’re a UX designer, you’ve probably designed a lot of forms and web (or app) pages in which the user needs to choose between options. And as a designer, you’re likely familiar with best practices for designing forms. Certainly, much has been written and discussed about this topic. So, you probably know all about how best to label and position form fields and so on for optimal usability.
But have you thought about how the design of a form affects the user’s decision-making? Have you ever considered to what extent the design itself affects the choices people make? As always in design, there are a variety of ways to design a form or web page.
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Why do so many websites do majority language redirects?
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In being here I’ve noticed an awful lot of websites, including big names like paypal and google, breaking a major usability rule- try as I mi…
What is the iOS alternative to a radio button?
There is a radio button in android and WEB but what is the best alternative in iOS? And please don’t say segmented control becuase it’s not working in my case.
The case is a list of items 3-6 which have 1-3 words of text eac…
Is there any use case (except submitting a blurred input) when you can’t do without visible SUBMIT button for a form?
I don’t want to waste limited screen space for duplicated elements, so I want to ask: can you imagine a situation when the client demands to see a visible SUBMIT/GO!/OK button that is placed somewhere near the input?
- If you use a physical keyboard, you probably don’t want to switch to mouse, point to a button on the screen and click it.
- If you use a keyboard on a touchscreen, you probably expect it to have an ENTER key for doing an implicit submission.
- If you use a voice to command, you expect to have a possibility to never touch any key.
If you have JS enabled, you can delegate a submit event to anything you want. But even if JS is disabled, the user must have a way to do an implicit submission without being forced to see a separate and visible button.
The only use case that I can imagine is when you want to submit a blurred input, that is, without focusing it, but in my situation, I want to disable such action. Is there another use case?
EDIT
As I said in a comment, there will be no secondary/additional functions. Just one function, especially start a search. For example, the browsers don’t have such a button near the URL bar.
And I’ll clarify: I’m asking about a situation when the user can’t do (that is, can’t use a form) without an explicit, visible input…
Notes On Client-Rendered Accessibility
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As creators of the web, we bring innovative, well-designed interfaces to life. We find satisfaction in improving our craft with each design or line of code. But this push to elevate our skills can be self-serving: Does a new CSS framework or JavaScript abstraction pattern serve our users or us as developers?
If a framework encourages best practices in development while also improving our workflow, it might serve both our users’ needs and ours as developers. If it encourages best practices in accessibility alongside other areas, like performance, then it has potential to improve the state of the web. Despite our pursuit to do a better job every day, sometimes we forget about accessibility, the practice of designing and developing in a way that’s inclusive of people with disabilities.
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