Top "Usability" questions

the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments.

Can we use just <a href="#"> for "back to top" button at bottom of the page?

Can we use just <a href="#"> for "back to top" button at bottom of the page? I think …

xhtml usability accessibility
How to default the source folder for new JUnit tests in Eclipse?

Most of our Eclipse projects have multiple source folders, for example: src/main/java src/test/java When you right-click …

java eclipse junit usability
Order of OK, APPLY, CANCEL buttons

An extenstion of this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50335/ok-cancel-or-cancel-ok Where should the APPLY button go (clicking the APPLY button …

user-interface usability
Tooltips in the era of touch

Tooltips are an incredibly useful interface paradigm to know an application. They are the mapping between the visual control and …

user-interface usability tooltip touch
POS UI design & development: what should be included & avoided?

I'm having to design & develop UI for a Point of Sale (POS) system. There are obvious features that need …

user-interface usability point-of-sale
How can I use credit card numbers containing spaces?

Some fancy websites show an error dialog when it is detected that an untrained shopper has entered a credit/debit …

java string usability
Best practices for login pages?

I am working on a single sign-on login page using Shibboleth that will be used for a variety of web …

security login usability shibboleth
Web Usability: Save and Cancel ... or ... Cancel and Save?

Windows and OS X have always bumped heads on this, but what is the general concensus on whether a Save …

usability
How to add one-click unsubscribe functionality to email newletters?

I'd like to customize the "unsubscribe" links in our email newsletters so that they remove the recipient with a single …

email usability
What is the best way of formally expressing usability requirements?

I am writing a system requirements document and need to include non-functional requirements relating to the usability of the system, …

usability requirements hci