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Clarifying template value vs. override value
We're designing a master vehicle inventory* settings template that can be overridden at the individual vehicle dealership* level.The individual dealership Settings page opens in an Edit state so that...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Thresholds in Social Proof
No, it's not taboo to hide the element until it receives a certain amount of votes – Reddit hides votes on new posts, as an example, to encourage users to cast votes independently and avoid a bandwagon...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Could elevators not have call buttons?
I’ve seen elevators that default to having one car return to the ground floor, and the door stays open. No sensor needed. It’s nice.The other floors, though? What if I’m on Floor Five and saying...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Workshopping many needs into one solution?
You can and should workshop this, but it's not going to be quick. You might need several days to several weeks to properly conduct discovery for seven separate customer needs.I'd approach workshopping...
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Answer by Izquierdo for "Show more" vs. "See more"
"Show more" and "See more" both assume the user is sighted. "Load more" sounds like a system command, but it isn't so "system-ese" that an average user would find it off-putting. It's used by top...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Hiding the delete button behind 1, possibly 2 clicks
The user that needs to delete a sub-object, however rare a case, has an intention to delete, not edit. They will probably eventually find the Delete button by entering into the Edit state (because...
View ArticleIs there a name for this flow with deliberately missing information?
This seems like a fairly common flow, but I'm not sure I've ever heard of what it's called:A user has to enter some basic, mandatory information in order to establish a record in the systemBut, in...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Choosing between two UI variations
If there's a Select All button, you need an Unselect All button, because users make mistakes and click on things they didn't mean to click on, and someone who accidentally selects everything and can't...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Hiding layer of player controls automatically after...
The way it's designed today has a big problem - you're letting the user fast forward the scrubber with their finger (a hard gesture to use with precision), or they can tap the "fast forward 10 seconds"...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Table that mixes different type of data
I think your gut feeling about adding new columns to a table upon changing a filter are correct, that's not a common pattern and it breaks some heuristics around consistency and acting like a regular...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Why aren't modal dialogs resizable or movable?
Panels in general can pop up over a screen and be moved or resized, but the purpose of the modal as you're describing it is to force the user to focus on the task. The system needs the task to be...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How do I write good alt text for a comic?
Thank you for making your comics accessible, and for caring about how users with vision impediments might engage with them.I would suggest, if you are really inclined to make these accessible, to...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How to organize duplicated buttons on different sections
Don't repeat the buttons.I see a little bit of content behind your filter panel, which means it's a popover vs. a fixed panel off to the side. So you'll want to allow your users to clear each filter...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Neutrals in web design and how to pick them
A pretty standard model at the moment is to do something like Material's color scale system, where you pick a primary, secondary, and neutral color, and then make gradations that you'd assign a number...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How should I group the users into Personas?
Demographic attributes in personas are important for building empathy for the user, and in helping your teammates remember them (Nielsen Norman Group). However, they're typically not the best...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Is there any study to support gender neutrality in...
There are a number of articles on Google Scholar that discuss gender and iconography. Skimming the abstracts, it would appear that scientists have tested icons for gender, and each gender has more...
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Browse and select from a list at the same time
We're looking for a way to cut down on pogosticking - users popping back and forth between a summary view and various detail views. One pattern we're experimenting with is pager arrows, for when users...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Is this a good login/register flow?
I don't think a "Continue" button is the worst offense in this flow - a lot of authentication screens keep their next step vague, and use "Continue" or "Next". I think the main problem is that when the...
View ArticleHow to test unwillingness to perform an action
Let's say that it's crystal-clear what the user needs to do next and we don't need to test whether or not the user is struggling with finding the action to perform.Rather, they're seeing the action,...
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Are AI-generated newscasters an example of skeuomorphism?
Channel1.ai generates authentic-looking "newscasters" to deliver stories. None of the newscasters are real people, but they look and act like real newscasters.This is not an embedded video, just a...
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