For my application I have an .msi developed with WiX. For the update scenario I want to do the following: if the installed version is never than the update version display an error if the installed version is older than the update version show a button with text Update if the installed version is the same as the update version show a b...
For an internship, I'm gonna have to develop a desktop application. The focus is creating a rich UI ( cool effects, sound etc ). Which tech should I go with ? - Flash ? ( in this case, shoud I go with a flex project ? AIR ? what is the gain between this and a simple raw flash project ) - C#/Silverlight ? Any other possibility ? If expe...
Having issues referencing $(this) from within a the nested ajax 'success' function... I know this is a scope issue, but can't seem to find a clean way to close the dialog on a successful update. Thanks for any help. $("#dialog_support_option_form").dialog({ width: 400, height: 180, bgiframe: true, autoOp...
Still new to Android I want to display some data as an HTML-like ordered list (non-actionable). Example; Item One Item Two Item Three I feel I am missing something obvious. Thanks, JD ...
Hi I'm pretty new to UI designing and was wondering what methodologies/ stuff to think about etc stand out as being useful. I'm interested in common design principles, laws that apply for human computer interaction, i've heard of one that applies to the spacing of buttons and other GUI objects etc. Thanks for any replies. ...
I'm implementing a small web app widget that shows a legend/key for a diagram (or chart/map/graph/whatever), but only during mouseover of the widget. It's basically just going to be a div with a background image. What would be a good icon that communicates "I show the legend" or "I am the legend" to the unfamiliar users? I'm looking for ...
I made an totally custom navigation bar and would like to use the exact same font and size like apple does for the title of their navigation bar. It looks like some kind of fat printed arial, but not sure if that's right. Does anyone know? ...
Is anyone aware of any frameworks for configuring UIs and possibly plugins for .NET Compact Framework (rich client) applications? Ideally, I'm hoping to find something that would allow you to bascially configure an application's UI and screenflow via an XML file, or some other configuration mechanism, and allow you to plugin different "...
I have a control that goes inactive under some conditions in my iPhone app. I can [setUserInteractionEnabled: NO] on it and it doesn't respond to touches. Its appearance does not change however. Other environments I am familiar with "grey out" inactive controls. I wonder what is the idiomatic way to hint to the user that the control is i...
I am creating a program which has an installer-like interface. Is it better to implement it with ShowDialog method of Form class or doing an MDI interface? Below are the ways I tried to do it using the ShowDialog method, and the problems I have with them: 1) First form ShowInTaskbar property is set to true, other form is set to false. ...
We have a number of applications that are now looking tired and a bit drab. Looking at the MS style fluent interface looks nice but seems (to me) to be more document based rather than task based. Is there a nice 'modern' ui style that lends itself to task based applications? ...
Hi! When programming in Eclipse I use small vertical bar on the right side of the editor. When I get errors, they are displayed as red boxes there so I can see if file contains errors and quickly jump to that place. Also warnings and other stuff is displayed there. Question: is there something similar for Visual Studio (2008)? It sounds...
I'm having a problem similar to the one here: Prior jQuery UI Dialogs become nonresponsive.... Here's how the problem happens: If I open one dialog and then a second dialog, and then close the second dialog, hyperlinks in the first dialog no longer work. Here is the code for the dialogs: <script type="text/javascript"> $(function(...
This is the first real programming attempt of mine, and theres some major flaws. It's a learning project, and I'm currently re-writing the entire thing as my php is is really messy. I really want to get an idea on how I can improve the actual usability and accesibility of the site at the same time though - so I know how to implement it c...
I need to put something like a Textarea into a "box" element in Xul. It needs to be multiline. It's for an explanation frame. Is that possible? I can't find anything on the MDC official site. ...
I want to allow users to configure the theme while browsing my web-site(like Joomla uses templates), but it should not be just choosing from the templates I provide them, rather they should be able to choose the visual layout themselves. I think its called end-user-computing or programming by demonstration in research terminology. For th...
This was just what I was thinking for this solution and I would like to know if there's a better approach I could take? I'm creating a simple desktop contacts application. Users have the ability to enter in peoples contact information. I've add a combo box containing city name. The user has the ability to add city to this list and then...
Hi, I know the AFORGE.NET API has motion detection algorithms, but what would be a good book to learn these algorithms with C# samples (the AFORGE.NET code is complex and not commented enough to help). Thanks ...
I am currently involved with an Application where I need to design the UI part of the Application and current I am in the process of implementation of UI which would be displayed to end user while his or her request is being processed behind the scenes. So my question is that: What is the best UI approach/symbol/suggestions to be dis...
My JavaFX app's UI freezes after consecutive times of executing webservice calls. Those process calls are asynchronous. How do I fix this problem? Is there a way to "unfreeze" the UI? Sorry for the newbie question. But I badly need anyone;'s help ...