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nikitonsky: Leave it to Apple to design popup in a popup in a popup

#macOS #Tahoe #Apple #Popup

nikitonsky: Props to Apple for making a simple “Save As...” dialog so confusing

#Apple #macOS #Tahoe #Dialog #SaveAs #TextEdit

nikitonsky: Left: text field, right: button. Obviously

#Patreon #Affordance

nikitonsky: Do you even remember why we were making websites in the first place?

Thanks ethical_haquer for the picture

#StackOverflow #Popups #CookieBanner #SignIn

nikitonsky: Show more options: same 4 options

Thanks @zabolekar for reporting this

#Windows #Menu

nikitonsky: How many times does one need to click on a power off icon to power off computer? 4 times, apparently (last one shows one more menu)

Thanks @zabolekar for the picture

#Linux #Ubuntu #Gnome

nikitonsky: So many icons, so little spa...

Thanks @Svenlaa@mas.to for the picture

#NextCloud #Ellipsis #Spacing

nikitonsky: You know what’s more important than enjoying a movie in the afternoon in the comfort of your home? Samsung’s updated account policies!

#TV #Notification

nikitonsky: Why would you only show description when the option is on?

Thanks @FaviFake for the video

#Android #Settings #Options #Switch #Toggle

dmitriid: There are no justifications for forcing the user to use a mobile device when watching the TV. Especially not for something that already exists in your system.

nikitonsky: Switching to Linux now looks like the least painful option.

#Apple #macOS #Tahoe #Gnome

nikitonsky: Beautiful form design by all means:

- “Required” dropdown in which you can select “I prefer not to respond”

- Asking for details when you choose not to give a reason

#Amazon #Required #Optional #Dropdown #Form

nikitonsky: Attention! You have 1 unread button

Thanks @vanadium23 for the picture

#Dropdown #Badge #Notification

dmitriid: I propose a new design term: "total design failure".

Definition: when every single person in the chain responsible for shipping a product looks at objectively horrendous design decisions and goes: yup, this looks good to me, release this. Designers, developers, product managers, testers, quality assurance... *everyone*.

I nominate Peugeot as the first example in this category.

Every interaction is accompanied by animation that takes several seconds to complete. Since these animations are completely unnecessary the few hardware buttons switch between screens instantaneously.

The cherry on top is that it takes over a second—with a loading animation!—to change temperature by one degree.

And no one in the whole decision chain looked at it and said, "this is unacceptable".

nikitonsky: Another victim of minimalism and low contrast. Developers! Give your windows borders!

Thanks Jay Gillibrand for the picture

#Apple #ImagePlayground #Contrast #Borders #Popup

nikitonsky: Another confusing puzzle. Which slider is disabled? According to Figma, top one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#Figma #Disabled #Slider #GreyOnGrey #Contrast

nikitonsky: Why are modern designers so afraid of contrast? E.g. Figma uses #F5F5F5 and #FFFFFF do differentiate between selected/unselected states. That’s invisible almost anywhere!

#Contrast #Figma

nikitonsky: Imagine a world where you have to buy a whole new iPad because the old one is not powerful enough to RUN NOTES.

Bonus points for “device needs upgrading, device can’t be upgraded”. I have no mouth and I must scream.

Thanks @AzerLive for the picture

#Apple #Notes #iPad #iOS #Update