Top "Usability" questions

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

How does one compile single file Xcode 4?

While I used to compile a single source file with Cmd+K in prior versions of Xcode, how does one …

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Examples of usability disasters?

Anybody have good examples of usability disasters? Here's an example. Hector is a manager with a large team. Department admin …

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"Date of birth" validation: How far/much would you go?

I'm quite anal about form validation. So while creating a validator for a "data of birth" (DOB) field in one …

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Flex ItemRenderer prevents use of tabbing between text inputs

I have a custom ItemRenderer that displays 5 text inputs in each of 3 panels: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <…

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How would you design a good search UI?

I want to provide my users with an 'advanced' search engine. I basically have a lot of search criteria to …

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How to test GUI for color blind person?

Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person? I know that it has …

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H1 in article page - site title or article title?

Within an article-oriented page (such as a blog post), the <h1> element (level 1 heading) is commonly used to …

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How to display a temporary baloon tooltip during input validation?

I'm somewhat used to the GUI idiom where when I type something wrong in a text input field a balloon …

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Should deleting a non-existent resource result in a 404 in RESTful Rails?

In a brand new Rails application with a scaffolded RESTful model, the generated delete code looks like this: class BeersController &…

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<label> on checkboxes: is there a reason why more websites don't use it?

I always try to do the following: <label><input type="checkbox" /> Some text</label> …

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