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Naming categories/features

Hi, I'm working for a site that is basically a regional/provincial hub for everything from events to classified ads. When you first get on the homepage you get provincial news, e …
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Suggestions for an inexpensive usability lab?

I need to spec out a fairly inexpensive usability lab. Here's what I need: Document camera Monitor camera Participant camera (for picture-in-picture) Microphone to record partici …
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What are some alternatives to “hover” on touch-based devices?

Came up recently in a 37signals podcast: http://37signals.com/podcast/#episode18 The straightforward, "brute-force" solution is to just use the first touch on a UI object as the …
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Are there any design patterns for interacting with 3D objects on a multi touch surface?

I'm in a project were we would like users to interact with a 3D object. Users should be able to zoom, pan and rotate in all dimensions without using extra tools. I'm looking for be …
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Does a tablet need a lockscreen?

Hey guys I can't think of a valid reason for a tablet to have a lockscreen... Could a hardware button that turns the screen on and off be enough? The only reason for a lockscreen …
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what colors would you recommend to inform user about status?

for error, warning, notice, success, risk. I'm asking thing question because I'm confused because according to accessibility we should not rely on color. so i have 2 question Sho …
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Strategies for avoiding the ‘box of tools’ style of UI (i.e. no clear workflow)

In short: the software I develop has a nicely guided workflow for the first half of its process, but is very back-and-forth in the latter half. How can I improve this? Background …
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Action Bar, Toolbar

Any guidelines/pattern for when to use only icons into toolbar? Or when to use both label and icons ?
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In what form do you deliver your conceptual models?

Do you use mostly diagrams or do you create them as a document? Or a hybrid? Any other tips or pitfalls? Cheers, Tej
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is it possible to mask or crop an object in omnigraffle?

In other words, I have an object, I'd like not to show part of it on a particular page. It's a "master object" created using the Copy As PDF > Paste method.
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Best UI Pattern for a Search Form with several Defined criterias…

Hello.... Actually we need a Form so our clients search differents places to go out at night. We just begin with a DropDown for categories, then a second DropDown for Location, la …
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Web apps behavior

Should a web apps loose is header when there is a need to scroll to see more content? Does this web apps should be using more the web behaviors (like, lets say Overstock.com) or sh …
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Use of “Read More…” links

For professional blogs etc it is quite common to provide the first paragraph of text along with a "Read More..." hyperlink to view the full article. However, is there not an access …
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Web apps should use desktop behavior or web behavior

We all heard that when building web apps we should help the user’s transition from the desktop to the browser as much as possible in a seamless and natural way and try to mimic the …
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Best book that covers GESTALT’s theories?

I've been doing some research on Gestalt, and I've seen a number of articles online that merge User Experience and Gestalt theories, but I haven't seen an entire book with the same …

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