Difference between "callout" and "popup" (terminology)
I noticed that many in web development talk of “callout” and “callout menu” but they all seem to talk of different things.
According to Wiktionary one meaning is:
An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body…
Checkout system with offline payments
I’m trying to find the best way to handle offline payments (e.g. internet bank transfer) into a site which offers services like courses.
At present there is a course registration form, when successfully completed the user receives a confi…
On/off switch with middle state?
We’re using an iOS-style on/off switch to toggle selected items on/off. This switch will also reflect the state of the selected items. If you select items that are on, the switch will show on. Select items that are off, the s…
What symbol can be used to denote "contains"
Our UI has a table of data, with the first row containing input fields in each column for searching based off the data in that column. We want to add a dropdown that determines how that search text is used. We want to be able to do the fol…
User choosing frequency-based thresholds
As part of a site’s advanced filters, I want to give people the ability to filter based on the frequency of results. i.e. “show only results that occur at least once per month” or “show only results that appear at least weekl…
Different ways of entry points in a form or one way?
So I am trying to digitalise a business form for my client.
I will quickly explain the workflow:
User fills a form which has:
shipping address
payer address
billing address.
2.They create a new form for each shipping address they ha…
What to name a system
We are launching a new performance system and I have recommended the name should be descriptive of what you can do in the system to assist new employees to the organisation and those that only use the system one a year i.e. i…
Should a web-based UI rely on the browser back button?
The back button is a great “get out of a flow’s dead end” option that browsers provide. Should a UI rely on the back button as the only method to allow a user to get to the previous page or should the UI provide an additional, site-specifi…
Sharing a link in iOS: where to place an action button if not in a bar?
I’m going to explain what I’ve been told to meet: I need to add a kind of “tell a friend” option within a settings menu the app already has (which is a table view). The purpose of such “tell a friend” option is to share a lin…
Rationale behind off-center trackpads?
Many laptops come with an off-center trackpad as seen below:
What’s the rationale behind this design? Has any research been done into what end-users prefer?
As my personal and very subjective opinion, it’s the number one t…