Questions tagged [browser]
A browser is software to present content on a web site.
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After navigating from page A to page B, if a user goes back is it better to send them to the top of page A or scroll to where they were?
This is of course a very general question and circumstances will vary. But in general, which annoys most users least when they hit their browser's back button - to go to the top of the page they were ...
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Why don't browsers show a dialog when closing a tab?
Is there a specific reason why browsers don't inquire whether users want to close a tab or not? This feature is enabled in some browsers (possibly all, though not certain), but only for multiple tabs, ...
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Statistical breakdown of use of naked vs www and http vs https when users type URLs?
When users type URLs into the browser (i.e. in order to visit a web page), of the 6 possible permutations, what is the percent of the time that each permutation is entered?
example.com
http://example....
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msedge - get feedback for horizontal tab groups
Vertical tabs in browser edge
Currently microsoft-edge has vertical tabs
Proposal for horizontal tabs
I would love to have the groups as normal horizontal tabs. Each Group would render one tab. ...
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Best practice for scroll bars in a browser on iPad
We have a web application which will be used also on iPads.
In some parts content is long and users need to scroll.
On a pc it looks good, however on iPad scroll bars disappear after a few seconds. (...
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How to deal with browser navigation in multi step form with validation
I am not a designer nor UX person. I am implementing an application which has multi-step form. Imagine that in this form some steps (screens) need to be validated before person can proceed to next ...
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How aware are typical users of browser zoom functionality?
Ideally I'm looking for quantitative research on this, if it exists, but I'd also be interested in anecdotal evidence from observing user behavior.
To what extent is the average user aware of, and ...
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What percentage of average users know about Find (ctrl or cmd + f), and Find and Replace, native to applications? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble finding recent data on what percentage of average users use, or even know about, the Find feature native to most applications.
I recently found a mention of a white collar worker ...
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Why do people forget to reset their browser zoom level?
I have come along this behavior quite a few times. A friend shows me something on her computer and I notice that the website looks odd because she forgot that she set the browser zoom to more than 100%...
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Are there stats about height of browser windows worldwide / by industry?
I wonder because I'm working on the design of trade platform and found that a lot of moments need improvements due to the different viewports on different devices and so on. The platform does not need ...
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Best way to suggest enabling cross-site cookies with Brave
For technical reasons (OIDC library uses CORS requests to renew API access tokens), our application requires that when using the Brave browser, the security shields built into Brave be either disabled ...
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Is it good UX to prompt users before closing the browser window on mobile
i'm designing a mobile web based e-commerce solution. If the user closes the browser window, items in their cart will be lost (assuming they rejected the initial cookie request) when they return. To ...
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Do users know what "browse" and/or "browser" mean?
A long time ago I saw a show on TV where they asked random people on the street if they knew what a "browser" was (they didn't). I thought there was more information about that and about the term "...
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Live/interactive elements in browser tab bars
I saw another interesting example of an interactive/live UI element in browser tab bars recently, this time it is a %scrolled value for a page.
A very popular and common example I have seen ...
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Can I omit landing page in favor of direct app access?
I am developing my own product idea, an web/mobile application for forming a long term relationship between two people. It's in the early stages, so I don't want to expose too much information yet. I ...
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