What is the ideal height of a button in regular desktop applications?
On most GUI creator (I just checked Qt Creator and Flex Builder), it seems the default button height is about 22 pixels. This is what I use for most desktop applications I create except those I make for myself. In this case, I use bigger b…
Should I use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on my message box?
Semantically, the Yes/No buttons are roughly equivalent to the Ok/Cancel buttons, but in general what would you recommend to use? Should I always use Yes/No or always use Ok/Cancel? Or does it depend on the case?
Should I use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on my message box?
Semantically, the Yes/No buttons are roughly equivalent to the Ok/Cancel buttons, but in general what would you recommend to use? Should I always use Yes/No or always use Ok/Cancel? Or does it depend on the case?
Selection of multiple items and then selected one as default
I’m trying to design a web interface in which users pick particular “items” and set one of them as default. The textbox for searching uses autocomplete to find the matching item. I’ve come up with the following design to allow the user to …
What do you put in a country list for countries with more than one common name?
I’m from England, which means in drop-down lists I have to search for United Kingdom, then England, then Great Britain… it’s generally the UK, but it does vary from site to site. What is the best practice for cases like thi…
What is the difference between wireframing and prototyping
What is the difference between wireframing and prototyping? Am I right to think that prototypes should be interactive and wireframes should be static?
What is the difference between wireframing and prototyping?
What is the difference between wireframing and prototyping?
Am I right to think that prototypes should be interactive and wireframes should be static?
How many designers work at Twitter?
Right now, there are around 20 people on the design team, including our creative director, several product designers, a few interaction designers, two interns, and two design researchers. We’re growing fast, too, and looking to add another 10 or so folks in the coming months.
The @design team is a distributed team within the company, meaning nearly every designer sits with his or her team. For instance, our designers on the Clients teams sit with those engineers and PMs.
If you’d like a bit more details, feel free to email me and I’d be happy to share a bit more.
International Currency Formatting Guidelines — Currency Codes
While developing a web application that presents monetary data for a variety of locales, I am inquiring about the differences of currency formats. In particular, I’d like to know when it is appropriate to use currency codes, either in addi…
Progressively Filtering Options
I am modelling a selection from a product matrix. The customer envisions this as a series of dropdowns, which progressively filters what is available in a subsequent dropdown.
So for example, the first dropdown could be of "Vehicle Ty…