Best practices or patterns for "Saved Search" and "Edit Saved Search"?
I have been tasked with redesigning our saved search function, as it has been deemed confusing (and I can’t find another site that works like ours does currently). Are there any standard ways of handling both Saving a search and then allow…
Cursor usage in different application elements
I am working on an application that is mostly used by desktop users. So I am trying to perfect the use of the cursor css-rules.
First of all, I have read and try to follow the practice of having pointer-cursor only for external (href) lin…
General design principle to assist functionality but be out of your way
I don’t have the language to even ask this question appropriately. I am designing a spec for a design of a UI that will assist the functionality of another device. I’d like to state in words that a design goal of this application in genera…
Displaying Continuous and Discrete Time Series Data
I have an existing analysis tool which compares two datasets:
An Input message log
An output message log
The tool compares the differences between the two sets by looking at:
The number of each type of message
The time each message c…
Responsive UI Pattern for selecting from a list of exact values greater than 5?
I’m designing a page where users should be able to sort between exercise videos categorized by “phase.” (see image). These phases start with “Pre-Op” then proceed linearly 1, 2, 3, etc. Since these phases can exceed 4 or 5, i’m hesitant to…
How to show a segmented control and multiselect buttongroup at top of a list
I’m struggling on how I can present the following to my users and that they understand how it works:
In a desktop app, we have a ‘Recent’ phonecalls list. This list shows all calls that came in and went out. A user is able to see just his…
Best place for notification preferences
Today I am working on a new feature inside our web app to allow users to set up their notification preferences. However, I am struggling to find an appropriate place to include this feature, which will be sent out by email.
The feature i…
On macOS, why does closing windows not quit the app?
I’m on macOS and I’m trying to understand the usability decisions behind the close action on some application windows. I have just started terminal:
Nothing to see here of relevance: terminal has been opened, and it’s clear in the botto…
How to help Quality Assurance team to validate designs against development environment in an Agile project?
I wanted to know how you deal with similar situations. We are working using agile methodology so we design piece by piece of the designs. But it happened a lot that when later QA wants to check if what it is developed with our designs of c…
Is there a use case for overriding/overpainting the OS-provided system menu?
An app developed by another team here at Acme Software overrides – in fact, erases – the operating system-provided system menu (it also custom paints the minimize, maximize, and close button, but that’s another issue). My opinion is that …