Android Gallery Widget onScrollStateChanged
How can i set the onScrollStateChanged method for the Android Gallery Widget? I would like to do something if the scrolling is finished. ...
user-interface
Modal/Kiosk UI framework for Winforms/WPF?
I'm currently working on a windows application which is entirely model, that is, it removes the start bar, disables alt-tab, etc. Thus far what I've done is use a maximized, topmost, MDI container and hide/show the child forms as the user navigates through them. This works fine until you start getting into more complex interactions whe...
ALL CAPS IN NAVIGATION? Are there any studies for or against?
Can someone point me to a study that answers this question; Does ALL CAPS help or inhibit usability in navigation? I read one article by Jakob Neilson that touches on this saying "Reading speed is reduced by 10% and users are put off by the appearance of shouting." but I could not find the actual study that proved it. Thanks all! ...
Is there a collection of consistent and nice document icons (e.g. HTML, ZIP, PDF)?
I am looking for a collection of consistent, nice looking, system neutral document icons. For example, if you check the entry of PDF file format or the ZIP file format in wikipedia you find at right side a document icon for the respective file. However, these icons are neither free nor have a consistent design. Systems like OS X, Windows...
Should I use UISegmentedControl or UITableView for navigation?
Fellow stackers, I am developing the interface for my iPhone application and I'm in doubt about an important paradigm that is present in almost every view I am making. I've read the Apple Human Interface Guidelines but I think that my question isn't answered there. The problem is, e.g. in the "My Account" view I have to display all the ...
What headers should be set for Redirect on Post?
I'm researching the Redirect on Post method and it seems that there are a few different opinions on how to approach the problem. I'll highlight what I've found and take your advice on what is truely the best practice: Redirection: Should you use Javascript, or HTTP to redirect the page? If you redirect using HTTP, what type of redire...
Hiding the keyboard when a control loses focus?
now I have this: public void focusChanged(Field field, int eventType) { if ( field == txtAmount && eventType == 1) { getVirtualKeyboard().setVisibility(VirtualKeyboard.HIDE); } } Now my problem is that the keyboard isn't hiding. I think the error is in the eventType parameter. What number identifies a Lo...
Dealing with drawables for various screens sizes.
I have observed from the HDPI, MDPI and LDPI icons from a new Android project, they are in the ratio of 6:4:3 (72:48:36). So would it be a good idea to scale my other drawables in the same ratio? If not what is the best way to scale drawable resources for an application for deployment? ...
Graceful handling of the display of remote images that might no longer be there
Hi folks, i am displaying remote images on my service <img src="http://remote-site.com/imageX"> However, sometimes the image is already gone, so I would get 404s or just a plain text. Question is -> how can i degrade to a generic image as soon as I get something that is not image type? Actual code, whether in jQuery, Ruby, etc mu...
Custom buttons aren't displaying on my UI.
I'm creating a simple blackberry application for testing purposes and my custom buttons do not show on the UI of the simulator. I've created a custom button called CustomButtonField and here is the code: package test.expense; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Field; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Graphics; public class CustomButtonField ext...
[jquery] Loading remote images last in a webpage
I link to a lot of remote images on my service. The issue is that sometimes, retrieving the images takes very long, and the whole page stalls as a result. What can i do to get the images to load at the end? ...
JFace question: Disable some entries in ListSelectionDialog?
I have a ListSelectionDialog. Something like this for instance: Now what I'd like to do is to have some items permanently selected and disabled (Basically I'd like to indicate to the user that these are part of the "core" selections and are not optional). Is there a way to do this? ...
CakePHP permissions management plugin
I'm specially looking for a good UI to manage permissions of users/groups based on CakePHP's auth and acl components. is anyone knows a good plugin (or good working code) to manage users and their permissions? ...
How to create highly themed Android applications?
I'm wondering how the UI of e.g. Opera Mini, Adobe Reader or the new Twitter application is made on Android. Both of them use very different looking controls than what the OS provide in default. Are they using the platform's theming method to create these or a canvas and draw everything byself on top of that or maybe completly "from scra...
JQuery UI clone Image ZIndex Problem..
the following is the code i am using to create a draggable object.But i am able to see the clone image only inside the same div where the image is located not inside other DIVs. Despite i am able to drop it and it works fine. Can someone help me. $(".image").draggable({helper: 'clone', scroll: false, zIndex: '500...
Why do websites ask me to enter email address and password again
I was just looking for a todolist service over the net. I encountered this tadalist site http://tadalist.com/. Now I was making an account for myself. On this page it asked me to enter email address again and password again. Many sites where I have created an account this thing is done of asking the user to re-enter details. I don't ge...
ViewController displaced vertically by 20px after modal is dismissed: iOS4 Only. Example code included.
Hello - I hope someone can help... This issue has been discussed here and I have tried the solutions suggested but to no avail. My problem is best illustrated using the example project which can be downloaded from this URL: http://www.hitsalive.com/tmp/VCTest.zip In the example project I have a main viewcontroller with two buttons use...
If I install a different launcher on Android will the UI of everything be different?
I'm planning on buying a sony ericcson xperia x10 mini pro but I don't like the blueish UI I saw video of it running ADW Launcher and that looked great but, Does using a different launcher also change the UI in the texting/emailing screens? , I want to have homescreens like ADW Launcher and the texting/emailing UI should look like pure ...
What's a good end user message for optimistic concurrency failures.
I'm trying to come up with some good words to explain an optimistic concurrency exception to a user. It turns out it's a lot harder that I thought it would be. the best I have so far is: Someone else has already modified the record you were working on. Their new values are shown below. Please remake the changes you made. This...
Should I hide or destroy UI elements?
I was wondering if, whenever I have a situation in which I have to hide some UI element temporarily, it is sufficient to hide it (many frameworks give this option) or I should delete the object in memory and recreate it later when needed again (with the same parameters). What are the pros and cons of each solution? I was thinking that m...