Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Software Engineering Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [user-interface]

Questions regarding software interaction with its human users.

205 questions
54
votes
24 answers

Why do some programmers hate the UI part of the development?

Lots of programmers that I've met always says that "He is not a UI guy." The fact is that development nowadays, whether web, Windows, Linux, OSX, or any other type of development now comprises software with a good-looking UI. Why do so many…
zero95teen
  • 323
18
votes
3 answers

Would adding award points or game features to workplace software be viewed poorly amongst the programming community?

So one of my responsibilities at work is to build an internal tool that helps the workers enter in all their information. It's an enterprise application that is similar to a Windows forms database tool. So it's not much different than like…
Eric Packwood
  • 713
12
votes
2 answers

How Should "Undo Typing" Behave?

I'm implementing a Java app that includes an Undo/Redo stack. I've noticed that some apps (such as TextEdit on Mac OS X) let you choose "Undo Typing" from the Edit Menu after typing some text. I'd like to implement that sort of thing into my app as…
Thunderforge
  • 2,708
  • 3
  • 24
  • 30
5
votes
3 answers

Apply vs. Ok buttons

Often when configuring settings, applications have both an "Apply" and an "Ok" button. Should the "Ok" button always perform the "Apply" before closing the window out? Are there pros and cons to doing this?
Thomas Eding
  • 1,062
  • 1
  • 11
  • 18
4
votes
6 answers

Most recent vs Most used

We are building a business application (a laboratory management system to be more precise) mostly for internal company use only. To make it easier for users to find items which they work on we are implementing a list of most used items. We had a…
Ski
  • 420
  • 3
  • 9
3
votes
2 answers

How to approach unused parameters in a user defined parameter file?

I have a scientific code that has a parameters.txt file. This file contains 50+ parameters that have default values associated with them. The user has to change the parameters to fit the particular simulation they want to run. Here is a specific…
user2267258
  • 51
3
votes
4 answers

Why is the UI of nowadays application getting so "plain"?

Take a look at Google, Windows 8, etc. Why does everything look so plain now? Looks really ugly to me. Is it all because of smartphones and tablets? Do I have to follow that trend?
Qian
  • 165
0
votes
3 answers

'dock' working in simple words

I would like to know the idea behind the working of 'docking' in applications. I have worked with applications where components from individual forms are docked on a single main form to provide the necessary GUI. But I don't have any idea whats…
Shirish11
  • 1,469
  • 10
  • 22
-1
votes
2 answers

Evaluation of user interface

Many resources regarding the UI always mention that the evaluation of user interface is highly subjective process. So my question is what is the exact meaning of "subjective process" in the context of UI and why the evaluation process is subjective…
Joo
  • 65