Questions tagged [names]
is a word or term used for identification
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Why surveys only ask for only one last name instead of two?
My first language is Spanish cause I was born in a Latinoamerican country. In this country, Chile, we do use two last names, one per each parent. Even when you get married here you are keeping both ...
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How do you display "chosen name" on the UI
My team and I trying to figure our how to best display someone's chosen/preferred name on the UI. The problem we're trying to solve is, how do you make a distinction between legal and chosen name? ...
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Are there easier names for Ripple Editing?
When editing with timelines (ie, mostly audio/video), there exists a very useful but also very obscure concept of Ripple Editing. The idea being that edits you make (primarily: Cut, Paste, Delete) &...
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How to find out what a design pattern is called [closed]
When I see a design pattern that I want to study and use, how can I find out what it's called, so I can research it? For example, I came across this neumorphic ui pattern, but only stumbled on its ...
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What is the name for the single read-only element in a status bar or toolbar?
I would like to know if there is some simple name for single information unit in status bar or toolbar, in a broad context (not connected to any concrete UI framework). Concrete use-case is that I'm ...
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How to name shops, cafes, entertainment centers in one word for good UX?
I'm not sure whether this is the right place to ask this kind of question. We are launching a website for selling coupons. And there user can search coupons and companies(brands), like in google ...
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How to name a product rewrite, without raising too high expectation?
We are rewriting a product named « Module A » with a new technology for thousands of B2B users. It will be iso-functional. This rewrite will open new posibilities on the long run. We would like to ...
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How do I ask for user's first initial and full surname?
So trying to keep data and forms as clean as possible for a university project (online book store). As part of my designs I elected for a user's first initial and surname to address them (e.g. J Smith ...
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Nomenclature of icons e.g. Kebab, Meatball, Hamburger
Is there any logic behind naming icons in UX ? e.g. Breadcrumbs, meatball, kebab, hamburger, doner. Possible logic of the name "breadcrumbs": It helps the user find a "page's location" similar to how ...
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Is it bad practice to change the name of a menu item after the function has been used?
We have a function on our website where the user is able to link a page to other existing pages. When a page has links to other pages, a special icon is displayed on the page, through which the user ...
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What's the best personal email address if the domain is already my first name?
Pretend my name is John; I own the domain name john.me. I will be using this domain for a portfolio site, to host small projects, etc. When setting up the email server I thought through some ideas ...
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How to assign users unique and meaningful identifiers to child users while avoiding various pitfalls?
In my application, we need to assign unique identifiers to users, but this is turning out to be trickier than I would have thought. We load all users from a bulk feed, and do all the assigning ...
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What is the name of this 'alignment' UI element? [closed]
I'm trying to convince a team that they should use this 'alignment thingy' in their drawing software. What is this called? You can find it for example in Adobe Illustrator.
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Names: MCGRADY instead of McGrady and ROLFO instead of Rolfö
This question applies anywhere last names are displayed, especially when displayed without first names. (Some examples: news or sports broadcasts or video games) When is it appropriate to use ...
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I am developing a food applcation for hungry and needy people please suggest me name for application [closed]
Please suggest me names that shows application is for hungry people food.