Questions tagged [task-flow]
Diagram depicting the flow (a series of steps) of information in an application.
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How to best display flowchart terminators linked to every step of a process?
I have been tasked with creating a flowchart for tickets going through a process, with vertical swim lanes for the process stages and horizontal swim lanes for each resposible team as the work is ...
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Program application and payment processing
I'm designing an a program application flow for a client. If the applicant is approved, they must pay for membership to the service. The application form is quite lengthy and required 4 business days ...
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Where should the back button navigate to?
I am designing a recipe page that can be accessed in two different ways: The favorite section on the homepage has the user’s favorite recipes. Pressing on the recipe name will take the user to the ...
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Help with user onboarding UX
Background : I am creating an app that caters to the new parents to track details about their kid's activities etc. As part of onboarding, I want to capture details about their kid, presently it is ...
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Question, problems around dialog based task flow [closed]
I rarely see an app designed in a way where the app asks you questions about what you want, like a dialogue. Instead, the app leads you to a first option and lets you navigate through the choices. ...
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Should OTP session be suspended if users navigate to another page?
During the password recovery process, once the OTP is sent to a user, why isn't the session suspended if the user navigates to another page in the meantime? For example, if you try the Forgotten ...
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User Research Estimation
What are the units/factors you take into account when estimating or scoping your user research? Other than the business domain's complexity, remote/in-person research and the difficulty of participant ...
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How to improve UX on deeply nested form functionality in the browser?
I have this, which is horribly unstyled but shows the inputs and grouping (which is also described in terms of the HTML structure in more depth here). Basically, you have a form for a "...
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Should a CRUD table mix user tasks?
Let's suppose our user has two primary tasks. Task 1 is to review all of today's apples, and task 2 is to turn the apples into applesauce. She is used to using an Apple Review Queue to review each of ...
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Should I cover every single user flow including error states in wireframes for web and mobile applications?
While creating wireframes, I mostly create the obvious screens and flows, and leave out all the micro flows like error states or less important screens. These are then fleshed out when creating the ...
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Search - autocomplete - hover a result to features in dropdown
I am working on a project where a user has to navigate to any feature for any product. So I came up with a search box component. Here the user can search for a product and when a user hovers on a ...
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Good examples of contextualized/pre-conditioned user flows?
Let me explain the problem briefly: I'm working on user flows for a customer support system. The system is structured to have several (horizontal) modules, namely messaging, contracts policies, ...
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What's the equivalent to a 'visual site map' or a 'product flow'
Basically, if user flows and task flows outline forms of interaction between screens (by tree flows or single linear flows), what is the mapping of all screens (and interactions) that exist in the ...
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How to prevent users from circumventing a form?
I have a multi step form which starts with a question. If the user says No, they are taken to a screen instructing them to call in (since the system cannot process No answers). If the users say Yes, ...
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How to map out user actions with connected features?
I am dealing with a new feature for our dashboard and I am trying to map out all the user's possible actions and connect them to features we have so I could see if we are missing something and improve ...
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