ui-guidelines

What are some good usability guidelines an average developer should follow?

I'm not a usability specialist, and I really don't care to be one. I just want a small set of rules of thumb that I can follow while coding my User Interfaces so that my product has decent usability. At first I thought that this question would be easy to answer "Use your common sense", but if it's so common among us developers we would...

Microsoft Dynamics UI Guidelines

SAP provides UI Guidelines for CRM WebClient User Interface. Is there something similar for Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Microsoft Dynamics in general? ...

What Icon is Appropriate For Sorted by Time?

I have a duplicate bridge scoring application with two different sorting modes. Let me fill you in on how duplicate bridge works so you have an idea what I'm looking for. You sit and play a few hands of bridge against one set of opponents. Then you and the boards move and you play a few more hands of bridge against a new set of oppone...

Modal "Loading..." dialogs not good UI decision?

I've read on Reto Meier's blog that he doesn't recommend the use of modal "Loading..." dialogs in Android applications. Is this a general consensus among developers? If I have a login screen what should I display when the user tries to sign in? Until now, I have used a "Signing in..." indeterminate progress dialog. Should I use the app...

In XAML, what "guidelines" should I use when deciding whether or not a property should go in a style?

When writing WPF/Silverlight applications, I sometimes struggle when determining whether or not a property should go inside a style or be left directly on the element. What guidelines do you use when deciding? ...

Custom search UI (and suggestions View(s)) in Android

Hi everyone! I have a question I've been searching an answer for in the last days with no luck. I'd like to have a search facility in my app - and that's not a problem, I've read lots of stuff on the topic. What I can't find anything about is how can I provide a custom search UI, like you have in the official Twitter app, that allows me...