Alternative questions to the Net Promoter Score or better metrics of User Experience
There are some very detailed discussions about the validity of the NPS. But the take home message is that you can’t really improve what you can’t measure effectively, so it is still important to come up with metrics (preferably from a numb…
Why are most game controllers left handed?
Most game controllers (game pads, joysticks) use the left hand for directional control, which is also the task that requires the most dexterity. Most people are right handed, but end up using their favoured hand for button mashing.
Back i…
"New" vs. "Create"
For buttons that initiate some content creation interaction, which label is better:
“New X” or “Create X”? Are there specific uses that in which one is better than the other?
Standard headshot and thumbnail dimensions and width/height ratio
Is there a preferred size and ratio for images that represent a headshot/mugshot of a person? I have a project where we’re taking photos of people, generate thumbnails, store the thumbnails and print them on identification cards. Those c…
Best UI for horoscope/zodiac Android app
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
I want to make horoscope Android applicaiton, and I’m not sure which navigation I should use.
I’m thinking about these two options:
ListView/GridView with two …
Best practices for address item ordering for user forms
We are currently re-designing a profile portion for user signup to our Saas, and was looking for some insight into best practices for ordering location information.
Right now our currently ordering metric is:
– Address (Free Text Field)
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Is there an accepted or commonly applied UX practitioner’s code of conduct/ethics guide?
Often in our line of work we are asked to do things that do not serve the user’s benefit and are not in line with UX design best practices, but is there a specific line that we should not cross as UX professionals, or something that we can…
When a button contains text and an icon, which should come first?
Assuming I’m optimizing for making it as fast and easy as possible for most users to find the button they need, what’s the optimal ordering?
what do you think about that comment delete screen UX/UI?
we have an android app that lets you share thoughts with friends without revealing who you are. It’s in developing processes now!
I designed comments delete screen, but I’m not sure it’s good for UX.
What do you think about?
What’s the point of closing windows by double-clicking their top-left?
In Windows, you can double-click the top-left of a window to close it.
But why?
It’s not intuitive. At all.
What sort of advantage is there by using this kind of behaviour for closing windows? I even happened to accidentally close windo…