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nikitonsky: Attention! Thank you for your attention. Just got a notification about the fact that notifications have moved. Why does password manager even need notifications?

#1Password #Notifications #NotificationFatigue

nikitonsky: That’s one case where you DON’T want to use QR code

Thanks @mx_tlgrm for the picture

#QRCode #Evacuation #Instructions

nikitonsky: Everything I need is in a document I’m trying to open

Thanks @komarovman for the picture

#Popup #Onboarding #Confluence

nikitonsky: Generally speaking, main button should be brighter, despite the branding

#ApplePay #BVG #Button #Contrast #DarkMode

nikitonsky: Exactly what I need when I open your app in a rush to rent a scooter. A promo banner!

Why do these people think I open their app? Casually on a couch, to check out what’s new with my favorite service? Completely delusional

#Dott #Banner #Popup #Ad

nikitonsky: It’s good to have fallback... s?

#GoogleMaps #Zoom #Fallback

nikitonsky: Get details how? By clicking Dismiss?

#Windows #CallToAction

nikitonsky: Microsoft, no. Button text must be centered. In a world where any control can look like anything, this is the final rule that distinguishes one rectangle from another.

#Button #MicrosoftStore

nikitonsky: You know what? One notification system is enough. We don’t need three different color-coded types of notifications

#EpicGames #Notifications

nikitonsky: Times I saved videos to Watch later playlist: thousands

Times I used save button to add videos to any other playlists: exactly zero

Come on Google, we deserve a separate “Watch later” button!

#YouTube #WatchLater #Bookmark

nikitonsky: Pro tip: most users are unable to see invisible controls

Thanks @James_Kirk for the picture

#Form #TextArea #InvisibleControls #Minimalism

nikitonsky: No wonder I could never remember where the Save button is.

Pro tip: keep controls at the same place so that your users can form a habit

#YouTube #Watchlist #Save

nikitonsky: Famous Apple quality. Clicking on Apple Coverage:

- Selects Apple Coverage (That’s what you expect, because everything else in left panel works like that)

- Then selection goes back to Account

- Finally selection jumps to General (?)

- A window with a spinner appears. It’s empty but still overflows the parent window.

- It has a Done button in it (Done what? Done with waiting? Because, by definition, I have not accomplished anything by watching spinner)

- Something takes a long time to load

- Finally, content loads, and window changes size! And layout! Buttons are all different?

- Exiting popup (!) window navigates you away from where you were in main window

- Somehow it manages to shows another spinner there

#AppleCare #AppleQuality #Popup #Loading #macOS #Apple

nikitonsky: Very classy, Spotify

Thanks Hudson for the video

#Hover #Spotify #Button

nikitonsky: Yo dawg! I heard you like tables in your tables, so we added tables to your tables!

Thanks Gamlor for the picture

#GoogleSheets

nikitonsky: No wonder nobody can remember what these icons mean

#Telegram #Button #Toggle #Mute #Video #Enabled #Disabled #StatusOrAction

nikitonsky: Not sure why but on Figma home screen there are three buttons to create new document. They all work differently (selection screen, dropdown, immediate action) but eventually create the same empty document.

#Figma

nikitonsky: I didn’t think this pattern still exist anywhere: you have to manually “Save” settings before navigating away, otherwise you’ll get this annoying popup.

But the question I have is: do you really expect “Discard” to be the most useful action here? Like, people mostly go to settings to change them, not to discard them, right? At least (at least!) add a “Save” button somewhere too.

#Todoist #Settings #Popup #Confirmation

nikitonsky: This is exactly backwards! Checkbox (top) should be square, radio buttons (list of reasons) should be round. Come on!

Thanks @chuhlomin for the picture

UPD: You can select multiple reasons, so checkboxes are correct there. My bad

#Amazon #Checkbox #RadioButton #Unsubscribe

nikitonsky: This is unacceptable. Burn it to the ground

#Notification #Dot #Habr #Animation