5
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4answers
98 views
What must I put into my portfolio to make it an INTERACTIVE DESIGN portfolio?
If I were to apply for Interactive Design positions, I would certainly include a portfolio. However, coming from a background of Web Design, I don't necessarily have the best ideas …
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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 …
4
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4answers
67 views
Cataloguing and categorising products
Has anyone come across ecommerce sites that catalogue and categorise vast numbers of products really well? Aside from Amazon, very few sites seem to cope with this issue well, with …
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5answers
236 views
Examples of radar graphs in user interfaces
Have you seen any examples of user interfaces that use radar graphs to convey information?
By 'radar graph', I mean something like this:
Thanks in advance.
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8answers
254 views
Worst UI You’ve Ever Used
I was very impressed by the same question at Stackoverflow. So I'm eager to hear about your experience.
What is the worst user interface you've ever had to use (or test)? What mad …
5
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5answers
90 views
When should you use task-based navigation over topic-based navigation?
What are the pros and cons of each? Thanks ux exchange!
3
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7answers
115 views
How would the next generation OS look like?
If you could decide how an operation system should be structured what would you want it to be able to?
Just a couple of ideas.
Messages, IM's, feeds would integrate directly with …
2
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7answers
171 views
Feature redesign
If you were tasked with fixing a feature that all users (beginner - expert) found difficult to use, is it best to assess where things are going wrong and correcting that, or go bac …
4
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6answers
67 views
Considerations for implementation versus design
All the projects I have worked on to date were creating websites or software from conception to launch. Lot's of design (visual and interaction). The usual litany of sketches, wire …
2
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1answer
63 views
Design dilemma over UI complexity vs backend simplicity
I am working on a small piece of code where the objective is to look up a particular web feed.
There are three ways a feed can be found using the API's I'm using:
direct url to …
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2answers
58 views
Interactive viral contest (aka viral marketing) ux: Examples & recommendations?
What is the best, most engaging interactive, viral contest/marketing ux design you've seen?
What made it/them great?
Any guidelines/best-practice recommendations re viral contest/ …
5
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3answers
93 views
Breadcrumb navigation recommendations?
1) What recommendations do folks have re path-based (vs location and attribute-based) breadcrumb navigation?
2) Does anyone have any stats or findings on what percentage of users …
4
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8answers
186 views
When should you use a modal dialog box?
Hi,
There seems to be an increasing use of modal dialog boxes on the web, but when should you use them? Why would you choose to use them instead of inline controls or another page …
2
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7answers
129 views
First Time User looking at a Dashboard
Anyone can design a nice dashboard or "post login page" with data. But I'm searching for examples of these pages for the first time user that have no data in the app. How are the b …
4
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4answers
110 views
Suggestions about editable data tables
I'm thinking about the best UX solution for editing data presented within more or less large data tables.
What is your preferred method? Direct edit within the data tables, open a …