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7answers
82 views
How do and/or should you measure the quality of UX work?
The title says it all. What are your key performance indicators when you do UX work? How do you think should the quality of UX work be judged?
Guide questions:
How do you measur …
0
votes
3answers
45 views
Best practices of online credit/debit form designs
Me and my team are considering changing the way in which users carry out credit/debit card transactions on our website.
Currently if a user would want to purchase an item,they wou …
3
votes
2answers
53 views
Logged In UI vs Persistent Nav
I'm working on a project for my company right now that includes a fairly large "My account" type of section. The original sitemap has "Login/Account" in a less prominent, smaller t …
3
votes
5answers
97 views
User experience of Tooltips
Hi,
About tooltips, I was wondering what would be a better user experience:
1 - An '?' image, which, on mouse over, displays a box with a brief explanation. It disapears on mous …
9
votes
2answers
110 views
Does ISO 9241 really matter?
Hi
I've been using ISO 9241 over the years to provide some structure and rigour to my UX process. It suits the (standards driven) industry I'm currently working in and seems to h …
8
votes
25answers
3k views
The best UI you have ever used…?
There are loads of 'FAIL', 'Bloopers', 'bad experience' and similar sites out there that cataglogue all the crap that is produced - and they are easy to populate.
There are sites …
2
votes
3answers
81 views
Best practices and recommendations for “Share” or “Invite” functionality
Hi all,
Just to clarify, I don't mean the "Share this" links that let users forward content via their favorite social network. I'm wondering about the process of sharing a web-bas …
3
votes
5answers
115 views
Wireframing: How far down the rabbit hole do you go?
Hello
Currently wireframing up some very complicated forms and a thought has struck me.
I've noticed a perception with some clients that a wireframe should be produced for every …
8
votes
7answers
213 views
What is Confirm email address best practice?
Hi
Having an input field to confirm an email address is pretty standard. However, I would like to know if this is still best practice.
The Email/Confirm email input controls acco …
1
vote
3answers
49 views
How far should Visual Consistency go?
Visual consistency means having the same look and feel throughout the platform. My compulsion for interfaces made me prefer the GNOME Desktop, where all the apps I use (except Bals …
7
votes
7answers
123 views
Showing relative dates vs actual dates in a menu
We're using a menu to enable the user to view a graph of system performance for a specific date. They can select to view today or a date within the last 7 days.
Should all dates …
6
votes
6answers
159 views
Carousel/rotator/slider best practices & recommendations
I'm looking for best practice recommendations regarding website carousels (aka rotators, sliders) specifically answers to all 3 of the following:
1) Maximum # of 'slides' to inclu …
3
votes
3answers
82 views
Where should a ‘recalculate’ button be ideally placed in a web form?
What's the best practice for positioning a recalculate button in a web form page? The back end systems are not AJAX, so we have some Javascript-based in-line validation that ultim …
3
votes
9answers
120 views
Quoting participants who use offensive language
If you're writing a report about a usability test, how do you present otherwise useful quotes or comments from participants which include swear words or other inappropriate/offensi …
4
votes
5answers
191 views
Best practice for “remember me” links at login?
Hi,
I'm creating a login screen and was wondering what the best practice is for having a "remember me" checkbox.
I've noticed that a few sites don't even have one, like:
Vimeo
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