How do you conquer the challenge of designing for large screen real-estate?

This question is a bit more subjective, but I’m hoping to get some new perspective. I’m so used to designing for certain screen size (typically 1024×768) that I find that size to not be a problem. Expanding the size to 1280…
How do you conquer the challenge of designing for large screen real-estate?

This question is a bit more subjective, but I’m hoping to get some new perspective. I’m so used to designing for certain screen size (typically 1024×768) that I find that size to not be a problem. Expanding the size to 1280…
Desktop software design patterns

There are a lot of resources on the web about web applications design patterns, but only a few about desktop applications.
And this is quite strange as most of the business targeted software is (still?) desktop based.
At th…
Desktop software design patterns

There are a lot of resources on the web about web applications design patterns, but only a few about desktop applications.
And this is quite strange as most of the business targeted software is (still?) desktop based.
At th…
Button bar: criteria and position

Me and my team are (re)thinking some UI details of our main application.
It’s a “traditional” desktop application for the Windows platform. It’s a business targeted application, and our customers are accountants, professiona…
How do you choose a font for extremely limited space, i.e. will fit the most READABLE text in the smallest space?

I often have very limited space when creating reports and dashboards for users. I usually use Arial, or Arial Narrow, but UI isn’t my area of expertise, so I want to know, how do you determine an optimal font for fitting the most readable …
How to best represent a ToggleButton (representing on/off) with the ability to be locked

I’m designing a ToggleButton control that has the ability to be in a locked state in which user interaction will not be able to further toggle the control. In general I would like the button to appear somewhat natural in the …
How to best represent a ToggleButton (representing on/off) with the ability to be locked

I’m designing a ToggleButton control that has the ability to be in a locked state in which user interaction will not be able to further toggle the control. In general I would like the button to appear somewhat natural in the …
What is the best color combination for on screen reading?

I work at an airline as a pilot and I am involved in the “paperless” project which aims to have no more paper in the cockpit – all the data should be accessible from tablet devices.
We have a lot to read during flights (chec…
How to present Actions (eg. CRUD) buttons without taking focus away from main content?

I am looking for a way to present Actions (eg. CRUD) buttons while not taking focus away from main content. It’ll be great to see examples of good application design (I am doing a web app (probably with a mobile site later), …