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://getlotus.com/

https://core77designawards.awardsplatform.com/gallery/PKaoLQJy/VKXpjkoX?search=57a843fa92ed95da-12 #a11y #ux

I completed the fourth module (UI + Presentation) of the iOS Lead Essentials program !

In this module, l learned
- UI, UX, and Presentation best practices
- and how to develop, maintain, and test a clean UI and Presentation layer in iOS apps
- How to use MVC, MVVM, MVP, and their variants,
- prototyping techniques,
- localizing apps,
- working effectively with designers
- and how to create reusable UI/Presentation components.

https://academy.essentialdeveloper.com/achievements/bb00b879-1fc6-4192-8e72-270a76c08ed8

Visual effects like #MotionBlur, #ChromaticAberration, #FilmGrain, and #Vignette are often overused.

While they can add style, they frequently reduce clarity and distract from the content.

- Motion blur can make scenes feel messy or sluggish.
- Chromatic aberration often looks artificial and strains the eyes.
- Film grain hides detail and can feel like low-quality noise.
- Vignettes overly direct attention and shrink visual space.

#Devs Use them with care — less is usually more.

Whew, I had a lot to say about this.

Clicks Case for iPhone 16 Pro Max - First Impressions https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/clicks-case-for-iphone-16-pro-max-first-impressions/

Oooh, here’s a sneaky #design thing. At certain browser widths, the itv dot com website initially loads with the “Manage, Reject, Accept” button arranged vertically, but shortly re-lays out the buttons horizontally. The effect is that if you were intending to hit the “Reject” button, you end up hitting the “Accept” button.

I’m pretty sure this is unintentional, caused by overeager “responsive” website code, but the net effect is still bad.

Please excuse me, i DO recognise, that i'm not "patient teacher" material.

I've read 1 book about #Web #UI #UX, almost 2 decades ago, and that was quite reasonable.

How do people still get the most basic ideas about #CSS CONTRAST wrong, in 2025?!

edit: they can't ALL be #VibeCoding, can they?

GAAARGH, ze mind; it boggles!

Aktualisierung eines #Linux Desktop Systems. Während links oben die „offizielle" Aktualisierung durchläuft, poppen rechts unten ständig Fenster auf, die zu Entscheidungen drängen - dann aber auch wieder verschwinden.
Es sind so unendlich viele Nickligkeiten und Unschärfen, die die #UX so hakelig machen. #ubuntu

Au-delà des normes, une accessibilité vécue : Justine Nicol reviendra sur ses 10 ans d’expérience UX avec des usagers en situation de handicap.

https://www.paris-web.fr/2025/conference/handicap-et-recherche-utilisateur-des-normes-a-lexperience-reelle

Strava’s #geolocation causes yet another national security incident this week as bodyguards in #Sweden map their run performances for the world to admire.

This problem has happened before, with the #PerverseIncentives of the #gamification and #privacy permutations that violate the least-surprise #ux principle. Here’s how to turn these privacy leaks off: https://lifehacker.com/health/stravas-heatmap-privacy-problem

Heatmaps cause problems
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a44150917/report-strava-heatmap-privacy-loophole/ https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114830114766299781

Time for an update: I have essentially *completed* my book on privacy by design for @rosenfeldmedia.com! There's more to be done (a foreword, blurbs, a cover debut, whatnot), but it's on track to be published later this year. Check the link below for more info and updates!
https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design-for-privacy/
#privacy #ux #design #privacybydesign

Today is the day before I write my weekly newsletter, so of course Brave chooses today to roll out an update that obliterates all of my open tabs by combining "redundant" "inactive" ones. And then automatically opts every user into this feature.

I had a few Mastodon tabs open, now they are just one tab that points to mastodon.social.

So, uhh...anyone write anything good on #Product / #UX topics that they want me to feature this week?

I am using Firefox 140. When I browse to https://www.bankofamerica.com/ I see first screenshot below. When I click the "Learn more or update your browser" link I see the second one. Nice job, #BankOfAmerica!
#UX #fail

anyone come across proposals for redesigning the Godot engine editor UI/X? (even purely theoretical) #godot #ux
after using it heavily for the first time in a few years i feel even more sure we're in a moment similar to blender before 2.80, a big modern change to the UX would bring an order of magnitude of new game devs into the scene