When you have to fill up the rest of the page
I’ve noticed that I often run into the same problem in many projects I work on: It seems like I always end up having that extra space that I have nothing to fill up with.
It usually ends up with an additional space that I h…
Are "print" links needed on a website?
What do you think, does a website for a general audience need a “print” link or will the users know how to print the page for themselves (using the browser controls)?
Some background:
It’s not a content-heavy website, so
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Is a confirm email address field still considered a best practice?
Having an input field to confirm an email address is pretty standard. However, I would like to know if using a confirm email address field still considered a best practice.
The Email and Confirm email input controls account …
Save vs Save & Exit
We’re designing an application for creating personalized photo books through a Flash-based interface. When the application first opens, we display a dialog encouraging the user to give their project a name (if they don’t, it …
Search Vs. Filter- what is the difference
From the view of the user (not from a technical view)- What are the main differences between searching and filtering data, in order to get specific results?
i.e.- in both cases the user is looking for specific data so why sh…
Are ‘share this’ buttons really effective?
On a lot of websites (especially blogs), we find ‘share it’ buttons like this –> .
Personally, I never used one. If I want to share something online, I copy the link and manually share it through SNS or IM. Other people cl…
Are ‘share this’ buttons really effective?
On a lot of websites (especially blogs), we find ‘share it’ buttons like this –> .
Personally, I never used one. If I want to share something online, I copy the link and manually share it through SNS or IM. Other people cl…
External links: Whether & how to distinguishing them from internal links, and to open them
How do other IAs/UXD’s treat external links & what are the perceived pros/cons of different options. Specifically looking for recommendations on:
whether & how to visually distinguish external links from internal li…
What should be included in a standard web UX/usability audit and recommendation?
UXers here probably audit existing websites or pieces of software that are already established. Sometimes, we are involved in designing them from the start, but for times when we are not, we just have to audit and list recommendations for …
Should alert boxes be avoided at any cost?
Thanks to Gabriel Svennerberg and Sam K for this one – raised in a comment here.
I was fairly casual about alert boxes until a run of user tests where an alert box was put up to warn learners that if they left an online cou…