This list is for people who want to discuss issues, theories, methods, etc. about interaction design practice. http://www.ixda.org/ Custom http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=36010 Morten Just Morten Just. We're asking for the user's birhtday in our profile editor, and are currently discussing if we should use a) dropdowns for day, month and year b) text fields for day, month and year c)... November 27, 2008 6:10am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=34431 Kinjal Kinjal. Hi All I don’t think placement of action button for search form with 2 or more search parameters has been discussed in the group yet. Everyone in the group would have sometime worked... October 16, 2008 12:28pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=33529 Scott Cobban Scott Cobban. I'm designing a top-level product landing page for an e-commerce site. The design consists of a main banner image with marketing messaging spanning the full width of the page, with 4 content boxes aligned... September 25, 2008 11:18am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=33108 Chris Wright Chris Wright. do people have any opinions on these? i know left hand is normal, and i understand its todo with how users scan a page... but can a right hand... September 18, 2008 4:11am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32812 Nick Gassman Nick Gassman. Is there any research on font sizes? Yes, you should build your site so users can change the size, but in reality many who would benefit from doing so don't know that you... September 9, 2008 11:28pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32784 Carolynn Stanford Carolynn Stanford. Jake, I'm not understanding your comment... *You should never EVER input your password into a field that isn't asterisked. This goes way beyond "someone peering over your shoulder".* I've been experimenting with this... September 9, 2008 10:12am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32236 oliver green oliver green. Hi All, Can someone point me to UI patterns or examples of interfaces that allow the user to sort the date by more than one column or more than one variable (i.e. sort by... August 21, 2008 11:06am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32254 Larry King Larry King. Anybody out there ever built a interface that helps users build an advanced search query? I am currently working on a site that has over 5 million articles, and search is the primary... August 20, 2008 8:15am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31603 Jessica Enders Jessica Enders. I've been involved in a few debates about this question lately and would like to write an article summarising the different positions. It would be great if you could spend a few... July 26, 2008 10:34pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31495 Matthew Smith Matthew Smith. I thought some of you would be interested to see what we've got in the wild for interface design inspiration : http://patterntap.com. Its a great collection of over 800 interface design patterns (and... July 21, 2008 7:12pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31360 dnp607 dnp607. I've been watching the growth of contextual awareness in mobile apps recently There are several GPS, positionally aware apps... but I wonder where else this contextual awareness can go? What else... July 15, 2008 11:36am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31318 Selser, Sarah Selser, Sarah. Hey Guys, I'm looking for interesting examples of list ordering patterns (drag and drop, etc.). Thanks! Sarah July 14, 2008 3:44pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31271 Will Evans Will Evans. Call me old school. Call me a dinosaur wandering the earth right before the meteor hit and turned my sorry butt to ash, but I still think a hyperlink should be a hyperlink. Further,... July 12, 2008 2:29pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31335 Rui Ramos Rui Ramos. On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Maxim Soloviev wrote: On Mar 18, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Leandro Alves wrote: A simple thought you could develop and even include on your studies... July 12, 2008 11:46am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31308 AmirBehzad Eslami AmirBehzad Eslami. Hi, I'm developing a new website for a client. The website, like many other websites, requires users to SignUp or Reigster in the website to use many features. Now I'm wondering how to call... July 11, 2008 3:34pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31190 Steven Chalmers Steven Chalmers. I have a design for a new user registration form in which I am proposing to not use a "Confirm password" field and would like your feedback on this decision. The form will have... July 9, 2008 1:25pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=31169 Trevor Thompson Trevor Thompson. Hi folks, The conventional wisdom is that a link should not open a new window, even if it's a link to another site. Neilsen listed this as number 9 in the top 10 design... July 9, 2008 8:20am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=30411 Harikrishna VP Harikrishna VP. Dear All, I would like to hear advice from IXDA members on the format for entering phone numbers in a web application. Should it be displayed as - + |Textfield for country... June 20, 2008 12:40am http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=30393 mike at casadev.com mike at casadev.com. Before I get to my post, I have to apologize to the list. A while back, I posted a request for a website critique and received LOTS of excellent feedback and suggestions. I... June 19, 2008 2:06pm http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=30281 Liou Yamane Liou Yamane. Hi there, I have encountered the following problem several times at my current job as a IxD-er without finding a satisfying solution: "What to do when a search is executed with no input, thus... June 16, 2008 2:42am