When you have a side panel open, and the user scrolls, is it better to leave it open or to auto close the panel?
Say you have a side menu that opens from one side after clicking on an icon in a website. This menu would take more than 40% of the view-port in the horizontal direction.
If the user scrolls down, is it better to let the user click on the…
What is the best way to deal with very long form labels?
I have very long labels in some forms, including forms in modal windows. There are some cases we have labels with more than 80 chars, which is bad because:
Users need to read/track all the labels to identify the fields, and…
How Long Does a Usability Study Take from Start to Finish?
This question will likely have no single correct answer, but I’m looking for personal estimates on how long it takes you to complete a usability study from start to finish, including research, writing the plan, recruiting use…
Why Greek letter mu (μ) on European keyboards?
AZERTY-style keyboard layouts in France and Belgium have a dedicated key for typing the Greek small letter mu (μ). While not having a dedicated (μ) key, keyboards in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden provide a means to…
what’s the downside of too many forum threads?
What’s feasible as per users perspective- a forum with a number of random threads or the one with only a few main threads? Why it’s impossible to keep a track of too many threads?
Alternative questions to the Net Promoter Score or better metrics of User Experience
There are some very detailed discussions about the validity of the NPS. But the take home message is that you can’t really improve what you can’t measure effectively, so it is still important to come up with metrics (preferably from a numb…
Verbiage and Icons for Delete vs Remove
In the application I’m working on, we have two forms of getting rid of an item.
Delete: Permanently deleting an item from the system. Once removed, the data is gone.
Remove: Removing a linked item from a group within the sy…
Information architecture for a restaurant menu for a mobile application
I’m currently designing a mobile application (android) for ordering food. The purpose of the application would be similar to the justeat app.
The biggest challenge as yet is structuring the menu and items available so that th…
Why are most game controllers left handed?
Most game controllers (game pads, joysticks) use the left hand for directional control, which is also the task that requires the most dexterity. Most people are right handed, but end up using their favoured hand for button mashing.
Back i…
"New" vs. "Create"
For buttons that initiate some content creation interaction, which label is better:
“New X” or “Create X”? Are there specific uses that in which one is better than the other?