25 stories tagged user-experience, newest first.
37 points by Brajeshwar | 15 comments
Jim Nielsen blog post reflecting on Ben Thompson's remark about tech being too convoluted, sparked by a family member's text complaining about the modern web.
74 points by speckx | 46 comments
Jim Nielsen blog post responding to Marques Brownlee's "Dear YouTube" video on YouTube's A/B test video variants and what it means for software makers.
246 points by pxx | 99 comments
A blog post on the "i hate the future" tech blog arguing that unexplained technology failures have become normalized, opening with a scene from the show President Curtis.
363 points by signa11 | 449 comments
LWN.net article reporting on Scott Jenson's Akademy 2026 talk urging open-source projects like KDE to move desktop design beyond the traditional WIMP model.
736 points by MC995 | 540 comments
TechRadar news article reporting user frustration over persistent promotional 'ads' Apple has added to iOS.
742 points by doubletwoyou | 446 comments
A satirical website parodying common annoying web patterns like popups, cookie banners, and newsletter prompts, asking why every website behaves this way.
379 points by tambourine_man | 148 comments
John Gruber's Daring Fireball post coining "dickover" for modal popovers that obscure web content to force unwanted interactions like cookie consent or newsletter signups.
800 points by ssiddharth | 469 comments
A personal blog post arguing against companies pushing users to download mobile apps instead of using their web versions.
344 points by coldpie | 384 comments
Blog post arguing that while browsers once blocked pop-up ads, modern websites have reintroduced pop-up style overlays that browsers no longer block.
866 points by cryptophreak | 559 comments
A blog post arguing that free and open-source software often has interfaces too complex and intimidating for non-technical users.
618 points by Bogdanp | 418 comments
John Ozbay's blog post arguing that Apple's attention to detail in its products and software has declined over the last 8-10 years.
367 points by jnord | 174 comments
Blog post by Ibrahim Diallo arguing that users only use about 20% of an application's features, illustrated with Excel.
521 points by mgrayson | 492 comments
Blog post by writer Riccardo Mori, titled "The awe keeps dropping", arguing Apple has lost alignment with long-time customers.
343 points by tosh | 132 comments
Mitchell Hashimoto's essay arguing that meeting checklists and requirements isn't enough; builders must personally feel how their work feels to users.
413 points by gm678 | 306 comments
Blog post ranting that devices like cars emit intrusive, non-configurable beeps and alerts, arguing objects should stay quiet unless something critical happens.
1442 points by gaplong | 400 comments
A personal essay arguing that fast software changes user behavior and feels magical, citing examples like quick deploys, AI code completion, and Raycast.
470 points by todsacerdoti | 244 comments
A blog post by Rachel Kroll listing common web page annoyances, such as popups and tracking, that her own site deliberately avoids.
360 points by wscourge | 268 comments
A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking whether a toggle button should display its current state or the state it will switch to.
414 points by wscourge | 271 comments
A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking why the mouse pointer cursor is tilted rather than straight, and whether it is a legacy design choice.
399 points by isoprophlex | 418 comments
A personal blog post venting about the poor, intrusive software in the author's modern car and the broader enshittification of vehicles.
1311 points by ivee | 721 comments
A Substack essay by Ivan Vendrov arguing that consumer software gets worse over time because companies optimize for the least-engaged marginal user.
354 points by cratermoon | 170 comments
A Medium essay by Lucas McGregor arguing that users don't want to interact with company chatbots.
363 points by keepamovin | 268 comments
A blog post coining the 'Fuck You' pattern, describing how Instagram forces logins and blocks anonymous browsing even when users try to bypass the modal.
1112 points by xednir | 567 comments
A r/help Reddit thread where a user asks whether Reddit disabled logged-in mobile browser access, pushing users toward the app.
514 points by Amorymeltzer | 398 comments
Blog post on birchtree.me about Windows 11 design and annoyances; the page failed to load with a Cloudflare 522 connection timeout error.