Using genders in physiologically oriented UCD
I’ve this problem: as a policy, we usually strive to leave out gender considerations if possible. If not possible, we use a wide range of genders . Not as extreme as Facebook, but something more rational around physiological genres (Male, …
Filtering option with 3 states
I’m working on a filtering capability for venues. One group of filter options requires me to account for 3 different states.
Unselected (neutral, user doesn’t have a preference)
Selected, Yes
Selected, No
User may only select one item …
Hero banner for mobile eCommerce VS surfacing actual products
Is there any evidence that displaying a hero banner for mobile eCommerce results in more conversion / engagement that surfacing actual products in place of said banner? I have a hunch the latter will convert better, but would be curious to…
Allow user to manipulate objects in 3d space using touch screen
Our app Iyan 3d, lets user to create 3d animation using their Touchscreen Mobile devices. We are targeting the casual market so we are trying to find the easiest way to allow users manipulate something in 3d.
The biggest challenge is, for…
Why are the titlebar buttons on the left side in OS X?
When I moved from Windows to OS X the first thing that I noticed was that the titlebar buttons are on the left instead of right side. It took me some time to get used to it.
Is there a reason why they put them on the left side?
how can i obtain a cut off value in 5 point likert scale
how can i find a cut off value for attitude using a 5 point likert scale where i have 20 statements.The scale ranges from strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree and strongly disagree, each with a value of 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. A…
Is it permissible to toggle selection of items in a table with a single click?
I am working on an (existing) UI that has a feature where the selection in one table drives the content of a second table:
Table 1 shows a list of notifications, Table 2 shows a list of bank transactions
If an notification is selected in…
How to determine the value of design
Often times, elements in a design are relatively easy to implement (such as changing the color of a button, or updating an error message).
However, there are other times when implementing a new design principle will involve a lot of codin…
Is "user-select: none" bad UX?
I was having a discussion today with a colleague. I showed her “user-select: none” – a CSS property that stops a user from selecting text.
To me, this property allowed a more app-like experience to be created on a page – ensuring that eve…
The difference between mock-up, prototype and wireframe
I am a freshman in UX design and find it difficult to understand the difference between mock-up, wireframe and prototype. Are they referring to the same thing?