ui-design means User interface design. It is the design of websites, computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, and software applications with the focus on the user's experience and interaction.
Questions tagged [ui-design]
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How to get users to read error messages?
If you program for a nontechnical audience, you find yourself at a high risk that users will not read your carefully worded and enlightening error messages, but just click on the first button available with a shrug of frustration.
So, I'm wondering…
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Java CLI UI-design: frameworks or libraries?
I'm currently working on a small utility program that only requires a command line interface, and I started wondering if Java provided any standard way of creating the CLI, in a similar way that Swing and the likes exist for GUIs. I'm not really…
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DockPanel Tab Order
I have a DockPanel set up in the DataTemplate of an ItemsControl as below:
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How do I center JavaFX controls
More specifically, why are my JavaFX controls not being centered? Here are two screenshots, the first just after starting (I moved the window into a more visible spot but have not yet resized it), and the second is just after resizing it to show off…
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"My account" or "Your account" labels
I have somewhat of a strange question that is not really technical, but I do hope to collect meaningful advice.
I'm building a large web application, basically a photo sharing community site. As part of this site, logged-in users can go to their…
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Xcode 9 simulator remove frames
The new simulator comes with the frames that make it look more like a phone in Xcode 9 beta. Is there any way to remove this frames and make it look more like the simulator in Xcode 8?
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What is iOS 9.3 system font name?
I would like to know the name of the default system font on the iPhone. It used to be "HelveticaNeue" I guess , but now?
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Android UI Design tool
I am looking for a UI designer tool for android. I have tried many sites, but cannot find anything useful.
Some designer tools are only for wire-framing
e.g. http://www.fluidui.com
But they do not give me an XML layout source.
I know about:…
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What UI design makes sense when the userbase is obsessed with spreadsheets
In the first iteration of the software I am working on, we wrote tons of js to simulate an excel spreadsheet like experience. Now the users are not happy with the amount of scrolling they have to do. Their favorite UI is excel spreadsheet. I am…
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effective UI styling for iOS app
My question is a simple one. In android, we can separate xml stylesheet from layout so that it can be reuse everywhere and edited easily for UI design change.
Is it also possible in iOS xcode? if can how (prefer if not from controller)? need…
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Pure CSS gradient circle border
I have this UI requirement
At the moment, I have a working solution of a div (with a fixed height and width and a background image for the outer gradient border) and a pseudo element, positioned absolute with a background image of the inner…
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Is there any research on numbered vs. star voting systems?
Has anyone done any research on user acceptance of the following voting systems for different target audiences?
Or
I'm not interested which is more accurate or how the votes will be used for ranking. What I'm interested is from a user…
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OnePlus 3 & Oneplus 5 viewport size for chrome Emulated Devices
I wanted to add OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 5 as custom devices in the emulated devices list of Google Chrome. Please provide the viewport size so that I can test my website with it.
Example for pixel 2 display dimentions
Thanks in Advance
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Why is the save button needed?
Software like OneNote has shown that auto-save can be implemented, and it works just as well (or better) as the manual save button / CTRL+S.
Anyways everything that you work on you want saved. Its just if you're trying out something destructive that…
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How to implement Vertical dotted line below image in Android?
How can I achieve this kind of layout without using any library??
I tried something like this but was unable to get the exact layout
my_layout.xml
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