Grumpy Website

nikitonsky: Apps should not sign you out. Websites shouldn’t, too.

Once I’m logged in, I’m logged in. Indefinitely. Until my laptop dies. Even then, I’ll probably migrate all my browser sessions to a new machine, and I expect services to continue to recognizing me.

We have the technology (notice how services can reliably remember your account’s name but somehow “forget” you authentication).

There’s no good reason to sign people out periodically. It doesn't increase security. If it does anything, it forces people to choose simpler passwords. It also makes our lives miserable.

Please. Stop the madness. I don’t want to log into things for the rest of my life.

nikitonsky: Pro tip: one popup is usually enough

#DropboxPaper #Popup

nikitonsky: Periodic reminder: do no...

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nikitonsky: Why do I need Table of Contents if I can see all content in the first 200 px?

#Bing

nikitonsky: Start what? 3 steps to what? At least give me context what this is about

#1Password

nikitonsky: To see previous commits, click Next

#Github #Pagination

nikitonsky: What’s the opposite of “thank you for implementing this feature”?

Thanks Fuchen for the video

nikitonsky: If you know the answer, why ask?

Thanks freegaza for the picture

#Dialog

nikitonsky: 4x smaller buttons (96px vs 44px). How is this progress?

#Figma

nikitonsky: Pro tip: do not show popups AFTER I clicked the button. I can see for myself what it does now

#Dropbox #Popup

nikitonsky: Do you own this website? Ok

#GoogleMaps #Dialog #InvisibleControls

nikitonsky: Redesign rule #1: if you have no good ideas, you can always make round buttons square and square buttons round

Picture from twitter.com/@LukeW

#Google #Calendar

nikitonsky: “Hamburger/three dots/more options” button must be positioned at the far-right end. That’s the law

#Amazon

nikitonsky: Sort sizes by the amount of items with that size. After all, why not?

Thanks @iwannafly for the picture

#sorting

nikitonsky: This is not a video player. This is starship control panel

Thanks @grishka@friends.grishka.me for the picture

#VKVideo #VideoPlayer #Controls

nikitonsky: So... White means on, right?

Thanks @Strannii for reporting this

#Apple #ControlCenter #iOS

dmitriid: Random sort is the worst sort for any list of options presented in the UI.

Here you can see it in Google Home when adding a new device. The list is randomly shuffled every time it's shown.

nikitonsky: When you have so many settings you need two menus for them instead of one

Thanks Zev Eisenberg for the picture

#UPS #Settings #Icon

nikitonsky: Google, please, make up your mind. Does Save button live in the menu or not? I prefer that it doesn’t, but if it does, make it always the case, otherwise I can’t form a habit

#YouTube #Dropdown #WatchLater

nikitonsky: The only thing that’s not letting me view the conversation is the popup about how to view a conversation

#Reddit #Popup #Login