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Questions tagged [usability]

the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments. This covers ease of use and learnability of software applications, websites, processes, or anything a human interacts with.

The ISO definition of usability:

The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments.

Effectiveness: the accuracy and completeness with which specified users can achieve specified goals in particular environments.
Efficiency: the resources expended in relation to the accuracy and completeness of goals achieved. Satisfaction: the comfort and acceptability of the work system to its users and other people affected by its use.

Wikipedia:

Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. [...]

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How can I handle time zones in my webapp?

I'm looking for better understanding of the following user story: John works in Sidney. At 9:00 in the morning, he logs an event in a web app that runs on a server in Zurich. The next day, he travels to New York for an emergency meeting in which the…
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What's the best UI for entering date of birth?

What is the best method for date of birth selector? 3 text inputs (month / day / year) or one mask input. User MUST use keyboard 3 select boxes. User can use keyboard or mouse. One nice datepicker. I want to know what is the most usable and…
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Separators for Navigation

I need to add separators between elements of navigation. Separators are images. My HTML structure is like: ol > li > a > img. Here I come to two possible solutions: To add more li tags for separation (boo!), Include separator in image of each…
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Eclipse's Ctrl+click in Visual Studio?

After working for a few days with Eclipse Java I totally got addicted to pressing Ctrl and clicking on an identifier to go to its definition. Since then I've been looking for a way to achieve this in Visual Studio as well. I realize VS has right…
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Eclipse: quick search on filename

Very often while working in Eclipse I realize that I remember class name, but forgot in which package this class is. Using Search is not very convenient. Too many clicks and key presses. I wonder, is there a plugin to simplify this process? For…
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Delay HTML5 :invalid pseudo-class until the first event

I recently discovered that the :invalid pseudo-class applies to required form elements as soon as the page loads. For example, if you have this code: