#PetPeeve: I hate that "Music" is one of the standard home folders on desktop computers. I love music, but I want it to be "Audio" -- not all audio is music (plus "audio" pairs better with "video"). When was this default established, in #MacOS X 10.0, #WinNT, earlier? (I think NextStep or BeOS might have had a "Sounds" folder.) Now, seemingly every #desktop uses this default: #Windows, #Mac, #FreeDesktop environments (#GNOME, #KDE), are there any exceptions? Like the #DesktopMetaphor itself, we're stuck with it, even though it chafes.
#GUI #UserInterface #Legacy #OldManYellsAtCloud
#UnreasonableExpectations
What UI first distinguished radio buttons from checkboxes with circles/squares?
I really dislike the flat design that has come to overpower everything since 2013. I prefer the old iphone Skeuomorphism, pixel art icons from the '90s (e.g. #BeOS), and the new #neuomorphism (but with more contrast than shown in the pic). But flat design, no, thank you.
Google has just launched #Android16 for supported Pixel devices, packed with new APIs and updates!
Some changes will impact existing apps, and require developers to update their code.
Dive deeper into the updates: https://bit.ly/4egLSNv
Something I really hate about the UI on my phone, most of the setting shortcuts are toggle something on/off. Not so the notifications mode icon, which toggles from Noise to Vibrate to MUTE and /then/ back to noise.
This has caught me out repeatedly and added a not insignificant amount of stress to not only my life but people trying to get hold of me.
Okay which idiot at Microsoft thought it's a good idea, to show me the game card, if I klick on the game in my Dashboard, I want to play, that is already installed on my Xbox and how do I deactivate that shit?!
I want to play and not study the statistics of the game or get information and adds for that game!
Edit found it.
Press the Xbox button logo, overlay menu pops up. Go right to your profile picture.
Move down to settings.
Go to general followed by personalization.
Guides & apps.
On the right side choose from which sources game hub will open automatically.
If you deactivate all the marks it won't open automatically.
The whole point of this shit update seem to be to drive sales because you can see on one look if you have the DLCs and everything other shit. How long you have played ball bla bla.
Next step will probably be full advertisement before playing.
Google begins testing AI Mode button directly in homepage search bar https://ppc.land/google-begins-testing-ai-mode-button-directly-in-homepage-search-bar/ #Google #AIMode #SearchEngine #TechNews #UserInterface
Google begins testing AI Mode button directly in homepage search bar: Google homepage AI Mode button could mark biggest interface change since site's inception. https://ppc.land/google-begins-testing-ai-mode-button-directly-in-homepage-search-bar/ #Google #AIMode #SearchEngine #TechNews #UserInterface
Steam Updates Store with Accessibility Features Search Filter
#accessibilityfeatures #gaming #onlinestoreupdates #Steam #userinterface
https://blazetrends.com/steam-updates-store-with-accessibility-features-search-filter/?fsp_sid=50319
Great to hear the stories behind some of the Apple Design Award winning apps from this year at The Interface event with Tamia James #userinterface #userexperience #design
Just imagine if all the light switches, sockets, door handles, drawer handles, doors or kitchen and cupboard fronts in your house or flat were made of this ‘Liquid Glass’. Not only would that look stupid, it would also be a complete UX disaster!
So why should it be any different in the user interface of an operating system? How can a designer who takes functionality and user experience seriously believe that this would be a good idea?
ap-components
I want to share some information about a repository we just published. ap-components is a set of Web Components for building interfaces for the ActivityPub API. I built it as I was making a sample application for handling the acct: URI scheme. I found myself making more and more components for the UI, and realised that they would probably be useful for other applications, too. The library is available on npm at @socialwebfoundation/ap-components. It currently covers some of the simplest […]L'app Google si rinnova: arriva la scheda Attività per tutti
#Aggiornamento #Android #App #AppGoogle #Cronologia #Google #Notizie #Novità #NuovaScheda #Raccolte #Restyling #TechNews #Tecnologia #UserInterface
https://www.ceotech.it/lapp-google-si-rinnova-arriva-la-scheda-attivita-per-tutti/