One scrollbar or two for content + sidebar?
I’m working on a website design and trying to decide whether to have the sidebar scroll independently of the page content, or have just one scrollbar control both divs. What principle should I use to guide the decision? In which situations…
Interesting user interfaces from sci-fi movies & tv? [closed]
This Ars Technica article discusses the design principles of the Star Trek LCARS touch-based user interface from The Next Generation as it was imagined in 1987 and how it relates to Apple’s iPad.
Reading this article led me …
How to represent a numeric input that is limited to increments of some number
I have a requirement for a form that restricts a field value to fixed increments of 50 and I’m not sure what would be the most elegant way to represent that constraint in a meaningful fashion.
The simplest solution that come…
How to represent a numeric input that is limited to increments of some number
I have a requirement for a form that restricts a field value to fixed increments of 50 and I’m not sure what would be the most elegant way to represent that constraint in a meaningful fashion.
The simplest solution that come…
Does the ‘mile high menu bar’ still apply to web apps?
In this article from Joel on Software, Joel talks about how the easiest parts of the screen to click are the edges, and how putting menu bars at the absolute top of the screen increases usability. Can this principle still be …
How to optimise the space used by tags in the right column of StackExchange sites?
In this meta question about what the StackExchange UI site should look like, I’m working on (read: messing around with) a design for the site. I’m using a web-based tool to edit the page’s CSS, which is giving me a lot of fre…
Font Size Amender
Is there still any need for a font resizer in web apps?
Modern web browseers easilly allow you to zoom in on content. Older browsers such as IE6 and IE7 require you to change the font size via changing the text size in th…
What is some general advice for demoing wireframes to clients? [on hold]
I’ve been working on a web app, and have gotten the wireframes pretty far along, based on initial in-house research & discussion. The biz guys are eager to set up some demos of the wireframes to potential clients, and I’m…
What is some general advice for demoing wireframes to clients? [on hold]
I’ve been working on a web app, and have gotten the wireframes pretty far along, based on initial in-house research & discussion. The biz guys are eager to set up some demos of the wireframes to potential clients, and I’m…
Submit a Button and Cancel a Link… Too Confusing?
I have noticed in the last couple years a lot of web forms, if they have cancel at all, it is a link. I assume this is to drive the person to the UI element, a button in this case, that 99% of the population would want, but s…