Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them
Modal 038 Nonmodal Dialogs When 038 When Not to Use Them
Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them
admin
To better understand the difference between modal and nonmodal dialogs, let’s look at what the terms “dialog” and “modal,” mean.
A dialog (or dialogue ) refers to a conversation between two people. In user interfaces, a dialog is a “conversation” between the system and the user, and often requests information or an action from the user.
User-interface modes are special states in which the same system has somewhat different user interfaces. Each mode may come with different commands, or the same command (or action) can produce different results depending on the mode of system. In other words, in different modes, the same input will have different results. For example, a...
However, don’t go overboard with success indicators. Success indicators shouldn’t distract users from filling out forms and should only be used when the additional context helps complete the form faster or more accurately. For example, you don’t need to show a success message when the only
American Century Investments used a conditional indicator to provide information regarding a specific stock’s performance. When the daily change was negative, the indicator was a red arrow pointing down. When the daily change was positive, it showed a green arrow pointing up. The condition of the
Swipe gestures are not deployed consistently in all lists, so people don’t always think to use them and as a result, the gestures become less discoverable. Swipe actions are accelerators intended to speed up interactions for power users, but the actions available through the gesture should also
9 Blockchains Transforming the Way We Pay, Play, and Work
Look past digital currencies’ nosebleed pricing volatility, and you’ll discover a robust, decentralized, secure database. Brands and technologists are quickly figuring out how to put this powerful ledger to good use. Here are several real-world examples that demonstrate cryptos’
The Blockchain Talent Shortage May Be Nearing Its End
There are hundreds of highly-skilled, experienced blockchain developers out there. The problem is, they’re ridiculously expensive. They’re either making a ton of money working on one of the major cryptocurrencies in circulation, or they’re earning lucrative salaries working for major tech
Can the blockchain and IoT solve international freight’s issues?
One team has found a novel way to address these inefficiencies and authenticity challenges through the blockchain. In January Dominik Schiener and his team won first prize at the Shanghai Blockchain Hackathon for their project Cargochain. We saw their work recently here in Berlin where they
Remote Ideation: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous
Asynchronous ideation gives people time and space to think through ideas on their own and frees them from the pressure to be a genius on demand. Often, people need to “mull over” a design problem before they can generate potential solutions. If you have some confident and talkative teammates
modal & nonmodal dialogs: when (& when not) to use them
10 Ways to Use Exit-Intent Popups for Good
KBauthority.com provided an exit-intent popup offering to save unauthenticated users’ shopping carts for later. The wording was polite and helpful. Rather than asking people to sign up for a newsletter, which usually comes off as self-serving, this approach felt as if the company genuinely wanted
Brand Is Experience in the Digital Age
Though interaction has always been important for forming customer impressions in service industries — customers would quit going to McDonalds if they were consistently treated rudely by staff no matter how highly they rate the fries — what’s new is that interaction and user experience have
How to use Screening Questions to Select the Right Participants for User Research
But screening questions that make the purpose of the study obvious can backfire. If people can easily guess what the study is about, some will be tempted to exaggerate their responses just so they can participate (and receive the incentive, if the study offers one). When part of the screening
In-Store & Online: Designing For the Changing Behaviors of Today’s Shoppers
In our research for the fourth edition Ecommerce User Experience report series, study participants moved from the web to the physical store as well. Users looked at websites to direct them to local stores. They also engaged in “webrooming” (the opposite of showrooming) — they began their
Good UX: What I Learned While Working in Restaurants
The familiar comforts people, and they become proud of their expertise and inside knowledge over time. Change can be disruptive on a personal level if it's abrupt, heavy handed, or if it removes a favorite item irrevocably. A completely new menu might as well be from a new business, because
A Look Back at the 2018 WP Engine Summit
In our third round of keynotes on Thursday, we heard from tech leaders about breaking edge technologies and the ethics that accompany them. Barb Palsner, Global Product Partnership at Google, talked about the importance of a mobile-first approach and technologies like AMP and PWA that can work
modal & nonmodal dialogs: when (& when not) to use them
WP Engine: 2018 in Review
New year, new you, did you say? Well, that was our reality in 2018 as we rolled out some of our favorite new platform additions. We took the lead on the Amazon Polly plugin, the first plugin to bring voice technology to WordPress. The WP Engine Digital Experience Platform continued to evolve and
WP Engine Celebrates Pride 2018 .
Austin’s Annual PRIDE celebration is one of the largest opportunities for local non-profit organizations, social groups, and causes to gain exposure in the LGBTQ community. This year marked 28 years of Pride events in Austin. This year’s parade emphasis was awareness, equality and
UX Stories Communicate Designs
After you’ve collected stories from research, you can use them to prompt innovation. Take the existing stories and begin to alter them to uncover ways to enhance the user’s experience. The primary purpose of stories in this context is to be generative; thus, deferring judgement and embracing
When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods
On the other end of this dimension, methods that focus mostly on behavior seek to understand "what people do" with the product or service in question. For example A/B testing presents changes to a site's design to random samples of site visitors, but attempts to hold all else constant, in order
The Role of Enhancement in Web Design
If you are a coder, you’ve likely heard of “progressive enhancement.” Although it’s been introduced way back in 2003, the concept’s popularity surged with the advent of responsive and adaptive web design. Progressive enhancement refers to a strategy of web design that offers basic
Resisting and Reducing Enterprise Storage Downtime
Encryption effectively ensures data security for enterprise workloads. Even if the data is in a private network, on an appliance with restricted access, encryption helps make sure data is away and secure from the “wrong” people. If it’s a cloud-enabled backup solution, then it’s essential
Coming to Terms – Why Terms of Use are Critical for Your Company
For many software and service offerings, the information received from users (i.e., photos, written content, reviews, purchase transactions, behavioral tracking, and other data) serves as an essential element of your value proposition. But have you properly secured the right to the use of this
The Business Benefits of Visualizing Your Data
With data visualizations, however, a much more interactive and dynamic experience is involved. You can present datasets in new and exciting ways. More importantly, you can include interactive components that allow viewers to manipulate and engage with the information in real-time. “Why Do Buses
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Finally, Hathaway sees this as a unique opportunity for the United States to work with countries around the world, and with organizations on an extremely local level. “We cannot succeed if our government works in isolation,” she added. It requires “leading from the top” from
modal & nonmodal dialogs: when (& when not) to use them
How to Differentiate Your Startup in a Red Ocean Industry
To many aspiring startup entrepreneurs, this is disheartening news, and a borderline tragic way to look at things. Coming up with a blue ocean strategy is hard, if not impossible. But the good news is, red oceans and mature industries aren’t as hard to enter as the root analogy would imply; there
15 Incredible Women in Business to Watch in 2018 and Beyond
Harbaugh is the CEO and co-founder of LaunchDarkly, a software developer feature management platform used to control the entire lifecycle of product development and launch. Before starting the company in 2014, she was director of product management at TripIt, where she experienced the problem that
Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them | Ad Placement for Mobile
Ad Placement for Mobile
If possible, only display ads at the real end of content rather than between paragraphs of text. Said one user during a recent usability study, “I don't like advertisements in between. It's distracting and gives me the impression that it's the end of the article.” Of course, we often don't have
Evolution of a Home Page Design: Article by Jakob Nielsen
The users liked the "Entertainment for Propellerheads" motto, but we decided to remove it in order to enhance the credibility of the information. Humor is appreciated in webdesign, but maybe not in that prominent a position. The users did not like too many frivolous design elements
Usability Insights From Sun Microsystem's 1997 Web Design
Sun's web site went live in January 1994 when there were only 700 other sites on the Web. Our first site ran on a "liberated" workstation and was pretty small. Now, only four years later, the Web has about 2,500 times as many sites, Sun's own site has grown to 22,000 pages, and we are on our third
