Should a cross platform desktop application use a uniform UI and design language across platforms? Or entirely native UI and design language?
I’m designing a cross-platform, desktop engineering app. I’m wondering whether I should make the apps follow native design practices (a la MS Office) or use the same ones for all platforms (a la Discord).
This has been discussed a few tim…
Getting Answers to Your Web Development Questions
Regardless of our education, experience or skill level, every one of us will run into a situation where we could use some help. It might be a bit of code…
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What is the preferred way of displaying interactive information in a small space, eg table cell?
I have a list of athletes that have competed in a race. For each athlete, I want to be able to do a couple actions for each athlete, like
View Time Online
View Team of Athlete
View Time Splits
View Athlete
A large number of athletes me…
If a search result is a place that only people who live in a certain area can visit, what’s the best way of explaining that?
For example there’s a community doctor’s surgery in a town, it’s free for people who live in town 1 and town 2.
As someone living in town 3 who has searched and found this community doctor’s surgery but it won’t be free or available to me…
What My Old Design Projects Have Taught Me
I’ve felt embarrassed when looking through my old projects. But time brings perspective. Eventually, you start to see things in a different light.
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Use variable font to thin larger headings
I remember Microsoft Office 2007 introduced a style of headings that got lighter as the heading size got bigger. Now we can use variable fonts in websites, what about keeping the colour the same, but varying the font weight for each headin…
Imagining a Single-Browser Web
It is often said that competition brings out the best in all of us. Whether we’re running in a race or building software, knowing that others are out there doing…
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How to present filtering items in a sidebar?
I have a site where I need to present filtering items in a sidebar. These items work as “filters” for the site’s content on the right. The user can click these filters on or off (selected are highlighted), and the content on the right side…
Large Cursors: Pointing the Way Towards a Better Web
Various experiments are conducted these days with mouse pointers. Consider our recent posts regarding cursor effects and the use of circular cursors in web design. It feels like we are…
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Inferences you can make about users leveraging footer navigation vs main nav?
I am using FullStory to study some user behavior on some client sites and have noticed a trend in a few client sites where users will opt to use the links in the footer navigation over the main menu.
My initial reaction would be to asser…