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'Your' or 'My' in User Interfaces

‘Your’ or ‘My’ in User Interfaces

Reading Time – 3 min‘Your’ or ‘My’ in User Interfaces: This article will help you make the right decision when writing UX copy. We all strive to create customer-friendly websites that are approachable. However, when it comes to interacting with…

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‘Exit’, ‘quit’, or ‘close’: Which UX term should you use?

Reading Time - 5 minFollow the platform. On macOS the App menu says Quit AppName (⌘Q) and the File menu says Close (⌘W). For Windows, the web and anything cross-platform, Microsoft's current Writing Style Guide says to use close — and tells you not to use exit or quit for shutting down an app at all. Keep exit for leaving a mode or a place, not a program.

Designing a Data-Heavy UI

Designing a Data-Heavy UI

Reading Time – 3 minUpdated August 2026. These principles apply as much to today’s AI and analytics dashboards as to the tools of 2021. Density settings, sticky headers and column pinning are now standard in data tables, and the same…

Are Carousels Effective?

Are Carousels Effective?

Reading Time – 3 minCarousels are auto-rotating panels, generally with some form of navigation, usually emphasizing new product launches, specials, or deals. They can be seen on virtually every eCommerce site’s homepage — mainly because such sites need to show…

How to Make Progress Bar Faster?

How to Make Progress Bar Faster?

Reading Time – 3 minA progress bar indicated the progress of a background process. A progress bar fills up based on the proportion of a job completed, thus the term “progress bar.” Programmers develop progress bars tick by assigning a…