What are some recent advances in UI design and better interfaces?
Recently (Jan 2012) came across a couple of innovative UI’s on the mobile front:
1. Clear for iPhone: http://vimeo.com/35693267
2. Scorekeeper XL:
http://www.youtube.com/wa
Update: There’s a similar Quora question with some great examples of leading UI over time: What are examples of innovative UI design?
Extensive filtering on search results page
I’m just working on a quite complex interface. There are/will be tons of items in it and there is a massive search feature. Search is filterable just like on Ebay or Amazon etc. Filters are very complex (in fact different even by categorie…
Building an UX design portfolio?
I have been thinking of rebuilding my portfolio since its pretty outdated and I wanted some views on the approach I should take
Option 1 : Have an approach in which I list all the projects (major ones) on the front page and…
What’s a better way to refer to an Intranet site?
I’ve found most of our users are totally unaware of the term, though it’s plastered on the front page of our Intranet site and the desktop icon they use to get to the site is labeled “(Company) Intranet”.
In fact many users I’ve met have …
How should large table columns be handled on a responsive design?
Related to This Question, I’m interested in what I should do with a responsive design theme where the users have control over the columns which are displayed in a tabular, data rich page. Users are able to manipulate which columns are disp…
Are grayscale buttons with icons usable and effective?
The image here is
old gmail
new gmail, when no mail is selected
new gmail, when mail is selected
new delicious
To me, the buttons are unlabeled and tough to discover.
I don’t believe the icons do a good enough job to make labels r…
What company’s UIs are at the forefront of design, and why?
Mark BurtonPath 2.0 has changed the way people think about social networking on mobile devices forever. It will be exciting to see what the team does from here.See how a sample Path menu was made in CSS3 here (pretty amazing): http://lab.victorcoulon….
Alternative term to "Blacklist" and "Whitelist"
In short, my company is developing a management tool for managing SIM cards. One of the features of the tool is to block the SIM card if it’s put into a none allowed device by device IMEI validation.
The feature for this was mocked up us…
When is it appropriate to autoplay music or video on a web site?
Never! If your website doesn’t encourage people to click play on the video then you need to rethink your strategy. People now expect the option to opt-in, i.e click play on your video rather then have it play automatically for them.
What is a “UX Unicorn”?
Let’s get this straight. A UX unicorn is a mythical object. A UX unicorn can solve not just an unusable interface, but also, poor strategy decisions, lack of management vision, an under resourced development team, a woefully inadequate budget, and a complete lack of design thinking.
UX unicorns don’t exist, but this does not stop product managers from their eternal quest to find a magical solution for problems.
However, if you are determined to find a UX unicorn, here are some places to look. UX unicorns tend to live in the misty mountains next to the Portal of Unlimited Creative Freedom. UX Unicorns can also be lured into your cube farm with Large Pots of Gold and Bonuses of Unusual Size.