usability

Tooltips in the era of touch

感情迁移 提交于 2019-12-17 15:32:13
问题 Tooltips are an incredibly useful interface paradigm to know an application. They are the mapping between the visual control and the application specific action associated to that control. The user can explore the action without invoking it just by hovering the mouse pointer. The touch devices make this paradigm basically impossible. This limits the usability of the app, which becomes in some cases pretty mysterious. Do you know if a substitute for the tooltip concept exists for touch devices

How do I customize the Add button in jqGrid?

吃可爱长大的小学妹 提交于 2019-12-17 10:46:48
问题 I have a jqGrid and when I do a seach I get a small dialog. There is a Add button at the top which has a "+" sign to add rows for advanced searching. Is it possible to change this button text to a plain old school "Add" without hacking into js library. Is there any way by writing an extendion? Is so how? <input type="button" value="+" title="Add rule" class="add-rule ui-add"> 回答1: The method navGrid has some parameters which can be used to change the look of navigator buttons. I used

What's the best UI for entering date of birth? [closed]

六月ゝ 毕业季﹏ 提交于 2019-12-14 00:14:59
问题 Closed . This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 4 years ago . What is the best method for date of birth selector? 3 text inputs (month / day / year) or one mask input. User MUST use keyboard 3 select boxes. User can use keyboard or mouse. One nice datepicker. I want to know what is the most usable and problem free solution, so user wont

Which colors go well together? [duplicate]

↘锁芯ラ 提交于 2019-12-13 21:31:35
问题 This question already has answers here : Closed 8 years ago . Possible Duplicate: Application Color schemes Is there a tutorial of sorts that covers which colors go well together? That is, color mixing that will increase usability and consumer appeal. 回答1: Check this website out http://colorschemedesigner.com/ It basically has the most common color schemes used. It also gives you the percentage of the population who will not be able to see the current selected colors (which is really cool!).

Enable GPS without forwarding the user to “settings”?

北城余情 提交于 2019-12-13 17:59:45
问题 I know this question has been asked in similar forms before, but I found no real answer about the following issue: On my Nexus One there's a widget to toggle on/off several things on my phone like wlan, bluetooth, gps,.. Why does this widget has access to the GPS, without forwarding me to the settings screen? And how can I use this functionality in my own apps? On many sites it is mentioned, this is done because of security reasons...but in a strage way, this widget may do this? why? and the

Share good examples of Web-GUIs

我只是一个虾纸丫 提交于 2019-12-12 19:19:59
问题 I am probably at the edge of etiquette here since the question is somewhat subjective, and not stricly about programming, but usability - but in the end, what is more important than the usability of the solutions we create? The idea is to "work backwards" from usability to technology : I want to see an impressive Web-GUI (show URL if possible) and then learn what technology enabled it. 回答1: http://stackoverflow.com :) never seen such a usable site They are using: Framework: ASP.NET Language:

In a user interface, is it better to “gray out” or hide features that are unavailable? [closed]

我怕爱的太早我们不能终老 提交于 2019-12-12 07:58:17
问题 Closed . This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed last year . In my particular situation, I have a comment form than cannot be used until the user has logged in and joined a specific topic. Then, they can comment on that topic. In your opinion, should I hide the comment form completely, or disable it and prompt the user to complete the

How to implement a blinking label on a form

旧时模样 提交于 2019-12-12 07:13:26
问题 I have a form that displays queue of messages and number this messages can be changed. Really I want to blink label (queue length) when the number of messages were increased to improve form usability. Should I implement custom control and use additional thread or timer to change color of label? Has anybody implemented so functionality? What is the best solution (less resources and less performance degradation) to implement so behaviour? SOLUTION: Form's component with timer that can restrict

Validating input fields. Usability

痞子三分冷 提交于 2019-12-11 22:25:24
问题 I am doing site, which will help people to collect their water meters readings. At the moment I am doing input form for adding current month readings. Browser is checking data when user input it, not on/after form sending (via jquery). For example, user inputted 123 and pressed d after. After he pressed d error will appear near input field etc... So field is validating on keyup action I am thinking about adding test, that will be passed if user inputted value, that is not lesser then previous

opening links in the same window or in a new (tab)

瘦欲@ 提交于 2019-12-11 18:32:40
问题 It has always been best practice to open links in the same window. Should that still be the rule now that most common browsers use tabs? Personally i prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the backbutton. What are your thoughts? 回答1: If you prefer closing a tab/window over hitting the back button, then by all means, click links with your middle mouse button. But please don't force your surfing preferences on others. Tabs don't change this principle in the slightest. 回答2: I think consistency