User Experience Design, Pop Culture, Etc.
- Functioning Form - Signaling Flexible Inputs
… there are basically five different ways a valid phone number could be specified in the United States. A simple script can check to see if one of these has been used and then submit the information in whatever format the back-end system requires. The chore of adhering to a specific format is taken off the person providing an answer and instead given to a small bit of code.
- Usability Post » Interface Features
I think those interface features are the key in selling a consumer technology product. Sure, your computer or mobile phone may have more storage space and a faster processor, but those things are invisible. The user cannot see or touch them — they’re just numbers. Yes, they may feel an increase in performance, but this is nothing like using and experiencing interface features like a buttonless glass trackpad that they’ve not seen on a competitor’s product.
- Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices
A search box should be a box. Reason? Your visitors don’t read the page; they scan it. The most common design for the search function is a box, with the input field being a relatively wide box. Users tend to scan for this pattern on a Web page, so as good practice, try to avoid any other kind of design, such as linked text or a button without a text field.Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
- Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
A search box should be a box. Reason? Your visitors don’t read the page; they scan it. The most common design for the search function is a box, with the input field being a relatively wide box. Users tend to scan for this pattern on a Web page, so as good practice, try to avoid any other kind of design, such as linked text or a button without a text field.Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
- Ahh, they don’t make ‘em like they used to…- 90 Percent of Everything
Nothing says “I am a user interface” than 100 form fields crammed into about 850×550 pixels.Ahh, they don’t make ‘em like they used to…- 90 Percent of Everything