I was wondering whether a login system that implies that have to upload a certain file and then the server verifies that this is equal to the one stored in the server would be useful. I was thinking that to its advantage, it would have that the "password" (the file) could be quite large (without you having to remember it). Also it woul...
hello, i am writing a financial application and i need to write a specialized file open dialog for the user to be able to load stock data files in two different formats: Computrac and CSI. my dialog has a list view where i need to show these data files. the format of CSI files can interpreted in three different ways and i need to ask ...
Hi, Being mostly a software developer I find that the hardest thing for me is to produce usable user-interface. I did read some books, including The Smashing Book and Web Design For Developers. But those are mostly concentrated on the Design rather than on building more complex interfaces (like allocating many-to-many items with search...
I'm working with a product that has a web-based interface. The functionality is huge and is divided into modules. Access to each module is via a drop down menu available on all pages. Each menu item has at least 2 levels of drill downs (vertically) Problem: Too many top level menu items Solution 1: Group Elements (Logically) so that ...
In the field of Web Dev, I've heard plenty of blogs and people say that users tend to ignore (or be irritated by) content which is flashy/unnecessarily animated, adversely affecting usability, but are there any studies to support that statement? ...
Hi, I am developing a ERP software inhouse and one of the requests is to have the the username of the person creating any document to appear on the window title when that document is opened. It will be something like [USR] - Transport Order 123456 Are there any usability rules that I am not adhering to by doing this? It just looks a bi...
Ok this is a bit of a rant and a question combined - Why the hell is magento so reliant on javascript?? This goes agaisnt all usability guidelines. WHats so annoying is that it even uses buttons instead of correct form submit elements. Why? This makes no sense what sense at all to me. Why is this and is there a way around it? ...