In a #UX meeting a one woman has said “delightful” 6 times. I am defiantly not the touchy feely UX panacea guy. Does the thing work and is it easiest way we can achieve it. Then let’s worry about animations and if they are appropriate.
In a #UX meeting a one woman has said “delightful” 6 times. I am defiantly not the touchy feely UX panacea guy. Does the thing work and is it easiest way we can achieve it. Then let’s worry about animations and if they are appropriate.
Design your app like the screen isn’t visible.
For blind users like me, the screen reader is the interface.
When apps lack labels, have poor focus order, or ignore accessibility, they break fast.
Ask yourself: Can someone use your app without seeing it?
It’s not about perfection—it’s about intention.
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #BlindInTech #MobileApps #UX
It’s pretty telling that in this HackerNews discussion of Jack’s new _Bitchat_ (proof-of-concept vibe-coded bluetooth p2p meshy messaging app), the chat was having a very tough time thinking outside their box of privileges for use cases. Maybe at concerts or sports, they said, or on airplanes? Too small a market.
Hello?
Disaster zones, behind enemy lines, circumventing censorship and surveillance, and the truly unthinkable: internet down.
"Think outside the box”
Gestern Startschuss zur #Sparkscon auf der Innovation Night der Stadt #Augsburg im DZ.S. Nach der Begrüßung durch Oberbürgermeisterin Eva Weber und Wirtschaftsreferent Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle durfte ich das Panel „Wie bleibt unsere Gesellschaft zukunftsfähig?“ moderieren.
Carsten Kraus: #DigitaleSouveränität braucht Mut.
Prof. Thomas R. Köhler: Sicherheit schafft Vertrauen.
Fabian Ziegler: #UX reicht nicht – wir brauchen BX.
Tolle Energie, klare Kante, starke Impulse.
#Digitalisierung
Another bug filed under 'once you see it, you can't unsee it' has been fixed in Ubuntu, this one concerns the curved corners on the desktop dock.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-gives-the-dock-a-rounder-radii?v1
During #Money2020 last year, I had an opportunity to appear on #TheSource by dailypay podcast. I totally missed it when they published our chat in February of this year.
Check out this fun chat. We talked about the evolving landscape of #DigitalBanking, highlighting the growing demand for personalized and seamless #UX across all #Banking sectors.
@zenbrowser Uh, where did system dark mode go in the latest update on Windows...?
Apple: "You can share notes!"
Us: <sets up a joint shopping list>
Me: <edits shopping list>
Notes: "Your husband has just edited the note!"
Later...
Me: <does nothing, hasn't opened list in 3 days>
Notes, to my husband: "Preston has edited the note!"
a short while later
Notes, to my husband: "Preston has edited the note!"
a short while later
Notes, to my husband: "Preston has edited the note!"
#UX for notifications started poorly and continued to decline. Every time we hit rock bottom, companies find new and inventive ways to keep digging.
Re: The upgrade
The main problem is the UX degraded when using mobile browser, AWI mode, and importantly, reading in Landscape mode.
Previously, in Landscape mode, the buttonbar would be on the right, and you could pinch-zoom and make it disappear to the right. This was good. More reading space, and can avoid accidental clicks.
Now, it is stuck at the bottom, and pinch-zoom to hide it just makes the UX even worse.
Maybe AWI mode is being ignored on mobile?
Maybe nobody uses Landscape mode?
Such is life in Alpha code land.
@scott
Restaurant / café websites has to have easily accessible:
1) Opening hours
2) Menu that one can search through, including alergens and diet preferences
3) Address
4) Contact that is anything but contact form
Everything else is optional. Sadly most websites fail on this today. And it's never the business owner's fault.
Dear #UX designers, if your web app opens composer windows (looking at you GitHub issue creation dialog), please consider updating the page `<title>`. Those of us hunting across many browser tabs will thank you.
Did a bit of User Experience testing on some #Mastodon #Fediverse printable materials. (thanks to @davidrevoy for the beautiful images)
So far, it's a 100% fail.
Users can not be linked from printable materials to an installable App which they can sign up to a local instance. i.e. If you run an instance and want to hand out invites at the farmers market, no one will be able to easily navigate the app store, the sign up process. There is context breakage.
1/2
Spent a bunch of time today user-testing with people in a government org for their design of a website that some people are required to use - there's a section to put a 13 character numerical string, which is usually expressed as sequences separated by hyphens (which don't count to the total number of characters).
They aren't storing it with the hyphens.
Their form has a hard limit of 13 characters.
See where this goes? You can't paste the string in, because you hit the character limit. #UX
Hey, I've got a great idea! How about light switches that disappear until you move your hand over them? Otherwise they're just invisible!
Great idea, right?
Then why did you do it to the SCROLL BARS?!
LisaGUI attempts to be a perfect recreation of the Lisa's iconic 1-bit UI in your browser. I kicked the tires and it seems really well done!
Downside of getting one-time gigs; I am now no longer eligible for state unemployment.
Ooof. So, remember: looking for more permanent work, US remote, ideally in #accessibility or #UX . 8+ years experience in those fields. Ask me for my LinkedIn! #GetFediHired #fedihire
I like Freitag's nylon recyclable backpack a lot, but I wonder whether my user experience might be better addressed with padded shoulder straps.
https://freitag.ch/en_CH/products/a010-mpa6?v=7640306956378 #ux #sustainability
The Lotus Ring, is a “wearable, waterproof ring that controls objects at home by pointing.
"No app.
No rewiring.
No WiFi.
"1 Put on the ring. No need for speakers in every room.
2 Snap on the switch cover. Magnets eliminate rewiring.
3 Point & click. Infrared eliminates apps, smartphone, internet.
“Convert any space into an accessible space in seconds.…Usable in hotels/AirBnBs!”
https://core77designawards.awardsplatform.com/gallery/PKaoLQJy/VKXpjkoX?search=57a843fa92ed95da-12 #a11y #ux