I like the idea of OpenID, I really do. But few of my target users have even heard of it - yet. If I want to offer OpenID as an option, my only choice would seem to come down to offering BOTH email/password authentication AND OpenID. I've seen several sites that use this combination and the idea seems unappealing to put it mildly. Placi...
Our WPF application in the current design opens new windows for list screen.We don't have restrictions on the number of windows you open etc.We are using a ribbon control and well it has tab support.Which is better a new window or a tab? (With windows 7 having a better group of window management etc) Should I go in for tab or leave it as...
One of the window dialog of a software I'm working on looks a bit like this : (original screen-shot copied from this coding horror post, other examples available on this SO question) The thing is that none of the options can be removed (those who can have already been), and that they must all be visible at a glance (i.e. no tabs allow...
Hi all, I need to create an user interface like "liquid xml studio" the designer part in c# or something like visual studio class designer interface . I think they are using treeview control but I dont understand how it's possible to have something like expandable groupboxes with other controls inside instead of tree nodes. Thanks ...
Hi guys is there a best way to manage a form in WPF application which has asynchronous execution commands? 1) Suppose you have a form where user enters all his data and clicks on Ok button to save changes. 2) Your WPF app starts an asynchronous method to record those data. 3) Now suppose the database server is do...
I have listbox with a TextBlock bound to a field, and the I have set the AlternationCount="2" this works great for changing the background color of the items control; however, I cannot get the effect I want with my rectangle... I'm trying to have a rounded corners effect on each listbox item. edit: the xaml <DataTemplate x:Key="TaskLis...
Hello guys, I'm actually working in a university-related project where the users would generate the site's content (quite a lot of searcheable static pages), having at the same time a profile's page, that the other users could see. As I work usually with WordPress, I though that I could make use of WordPress Multi User, but I found a b...
I have a PHP site which (as every other site) has some hidden errors. The question is what should happen when an error occurs? I see lots of PHP and other sites where in case of an error the page is a bit broken, sometimes even an internal error message is dumped to the page, but usually the site stays partly usable. The other approach...
In Android, how can I replace the user interface of an emulator by my own interface? I would like to start my own interface immediately as the emulator gets started and that the user can't use the original interface but the original interface is on the background. Update: Now my code looks like this: public class NewHomeScreen extends...
Hi all. I have 16 buttons named button1, button2... etc What is the best way to iterate them and How do I need to store these buttons in( in an array or something)? I like to do something like that; public void func(string[] a) { for(int i = 0; i<16;i++) { if(a[i]==something) button[i].image = someImage...
Is there a standard max for the width of the main content area of a web page? I want to maximize screen real estate without affecting usability. I've seen a lot of sites stick to 980px or less. Anyone have any suggestions? ...
I have a dialog window where i have two nested Tabbook widgets. And as you guess it doesn't look very good. It's the old and ugly FOX toolkit but the basic problem would be the same with QT or GNOME. What would you consider a better GUI design. ...
So I'm working on a basic subclass of Label that supports editing. The editing part works fine--I insert a text box with no background color or border on click, commit changes on enter or loss of focus. The little thing that's giving me trouble is related to some basic font styling. The label is to underline with the MouseHover event (...
Hi, I am trying to open a dialog window onclick for each link with the class specified below. But it's not working. However, the code works if I replace .dialog('open'); with .hide(); I don't understand why it's not working if I can attach the click event with hide() but not dialog. Any suggestions are welcome. :) ty $('.btn_re...
I'm creating message boxes with different states. One for success, one for error. I've using colors ala http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannejanne/2492207808/sizes/o/ But I came up with 2 colors too many. Blue and Yellow. Does anyone know any good patterns/best practices for when to use these standard "Web 2.0" colors? Thanks! ...
The system that I am working on is an Intranet System only accessible within the company network to our staff. This is a primary system for storing data of all our customers. The system is entirely web based. There is a lot of data to be captured and held for each customer. At the moment opening up a customer record brings up all the inf...
I'm having trouble with a combox databinding, this is what I'm trying to have it setup like: 1) Combo box is an item inside of a ListBox control [working] 2) Combo box's "Text" should be bound to a value from the ListBox ItemsSouce [not working] 3) The combo box will have an itemssource bound to a list that is retreived from a databas...
Hi I'm using jQuery and have some interactions with a jQuery UI where I need to get options. However, there's a possibility that the jQuery UI function has not been applied yet to the DOM object. I'm getting a javascript error right now when I access an option. How can I check to see if For example: I have a DOM object that has the...
We are trying to build an application which has a UI like OUTLOOK? Something which has a left navigation pane and then right side there is a details pane. It would be a heavy on data side. We need to access Database numerous times to access the data to be displayed. Is SILVERLIGHT a good option which will provide RIA effect? Or Should...
Where can I find resources related to the design and development of text-based user interfaces (e.g. interfaces exported via serial port from embedded devices to VT100 terminals)? I am interested in any material available - best practices, style guides, frameworks, etc. Note that I am asking about resources related to the design and de...