User Experience Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: Should a progressbar go both ways? I'm developing a long-running algorithm and want to give my users an idea of what is the current state of the calculation. I thought of adding a progress bar indicating the percentage of all the … progress-bar user-feedback   asked by strnk 46 votes answered by Bobwise 64 votes Toilet flush buttons This question has been bugging me ever since I've started learning usability. I am talking about the two buttons for the flush : Full and half container. On one hand, the button shape has to … interaction-design buttons physical   asked by Boranas 41 votes answered by smpl 20 votes Automatic calling system: "Press star" or "Press asterisk"? I'm not a native English speaker and currently have a task on my desk to translate some texts for an automatic telephone calling system. You know the stuff: to confirm your request, press one, to … telephone   asked by Pavel Petrman 27 votes answered by Paul S 56 votes How many required fields are too many? Is there a general number of fields where people will likely be turned off and not even fill things out? When does frustration begin to set in in a long form with a lot of required fields? I … usability forms   asked by myklee 20 votes answered by DA01 50 votes Keeping comments positive I've got a musician for a client. We're trying new stuff to increase interaction with the audience during and after the show. She would love to get more in touch with her audience after the shows and … interaction-design community   asked by Paul 14 votes answered by DarrylGodden 14 votes Is there a logical alternative for the Escape key? I have a game that can be played in your browser. It's a retro game (multiplayer snake) and the menus and your snake can only be controlled using your keyboard. Mouse input is ignored. I was using … keyboard browser close fullscreen   asked by Blaise 14 votes answered by msparer 4 votes Measuring how easy it is for a humans to distinguish two colors From looking at the Hex values green "008000" and forestgreen "228b22" seem to be more different from each other than seagreen "2e8b57" and forestgreen "228b22" If simply add up the difference by … color color-perception   asked by Christian 12 votes answered by Michael Zuschlag 14 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is this side menu called that can be found in many multi-touch apps, and where does it originate from? It can be found for example in the YouTube and Facebook app. gui-design menu terminology taxonomy history   asked by mcb 48 votes answered by Slipp D. Thompson 47 votes Why does the email subject appear before the body when composing an email? Note: I am not talking about reading experience, I am focusing on the experience of composing email. I am very aware of this issue since it happens to me all the time, and I am pretty sure that it … user-behavior input-fields email ordering order   asked by MaX 65 votes answered by JohnGB 50 votes Can you answer these? Implementing Google Material Design on non-digital products Reading through the Google Material Design principles and explanations, it seems like they have abstracted the design of products to a high level that is applicable to a range of traditional and … guidelines standards google   asked by Michael Lai 1 vote Why is scrolling with the mouse wheel (i.e. in Chrome) in discrete steps? Wouldn't it make much more sense to smooth this out? I really have trouble keeping focus while reading and scrolling a bit at the same time, and it really feels outdated. Despite mousewheels are … scrolling   asked by Dirk Boer 1 vote End user impact by frequency and timing of updates and enhancements As an organization, we strive to remain competitive and current. With that, we often discuss UI changes and the impacts they have to our user base. A concern we have is the frequency and extent to … ux-design user-research user updating enterprise   asked by user52330 2 votes

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