"In every study that considered the question"(unsung.aresluna.org)
28 points by zdw | 15 comments
A blog post on Unsung (aresluna.org) discussing a finding reported across usability studies; no page text was captured to confirm details.
#user-interface on Hacker News
25 stories tagged user-interface, newest first.
Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI(mastodon.social)
103 points by jervant | 66 comments
A Mastodon post by Mario Guzmán showing a screenshot of an advertisement appearing in Apple Keynote's inspector sidebar.
Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs(unsung.aresluna.org)
321 points by sohkamyung | 260 comments
A deep-dive blog post on the Unsung software craft blog comparing keyboard layouts, keys, and shortcut conventions between Windows PCs and Macs.
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple" (2012)(greenend.org.uk)
29 points by ibobev | 31 comments
A personal essay tracing the origin of the quote "the only intuitive interface is the nipple" through 1990s Usenet posts attributed to Bruce Ediger and others.
A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts(devblogs.microsoft.com)
158 points by tybulewicz | 101 comments
A Raymond Chen post on The Old New Thing blog recounting the history of Windows scroll bar operations and shortcuts, including the Windows 7 right-click menu.
GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven(ckardaris.com)
981 points by ckardaris | 481 comments
Blog post by Charalampos Kardaris arguing that GUI applications should be fully keyboard-driven, responding to an HN debate about TUIs versus GUIs.
Every Frame Perfect(tonsky.me)
792 points by ravenical | 260 comments
Blog post by Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) arguing that UIs should follow Wayland's "every frame is perfect" goal, avoiding glitchy intermediate states.
Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons(drive.com.au)
801 points by teleforce | 460 comments
Drive news article reporting that Mercedes-Benz will bring back physical buttons for frequently used controls after customer feedback against touch-sensitive controls.
Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)(essays.johnloeber.com)
668 points by phil294 | 362 comments
John Loeber's 2023 Substack essay arguing for a return to idiomatic, consistent UI design like that of the desktop software era.
The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996)(dl.acm.org)
326 points by ksec | 235 comments
ACM Digital Library page for a 1996 CHI paper describing the usability engineering process behind the Windows 95 user interface; captured as a Cloudflare check.
"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces(adamsilver.io)
424 points by Twixes | 207 comments
Adam Silver blog post discussing whether UIs should label user content with "Your" or "My", arguing that often no prefix is needed.
Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface(patternproject.substack.com)
450 points by cainxinth | 269 comments
A Substack essay from The Pattern Project on how Apple engineer Bill Atkinson approached psychedelic experience as a user-experience problem.
Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?
403 points by troupo | 314 comments
Ask HN thread requesting examples of user interfaces, apps, and sites with high information density, with replies like htop-style terminal tools.
Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back(spectrum.ieee.org)
1196 points by pseudolus | 827 comments
IEEE Spectrum interview with Rachel Plotnick about the shift away from touchscreens back toward physical, tactile buttons in devices and cars.
Sanding UI(blog.jim-nielsen.com)
1216 points by roosgit | 371 comments
Jim Nielsen blog post on "sanding" UI: repeatedly clicking around and tweaking an interface during development until it feels finished.
In loving memory of square checkbox(tonsky.me)
1732 points by kevingadd | 461 comments
Nikita Prokopov's (tonsky) blog post lamenting the loss of the traditional square checkbox design in modern user interfaces.
The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster(octodon.social)
717 points by srijan4 | 562 comments
A Mastodon thread by Jason Lefkowitz arguing that the 1988 USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 was partly caused by Aegis user interface design failures.
Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the actual date(grumpy.website)
561 points by microflash | 275 comments
Blog post quoting Nikita Prokopov arguing that relative time labels like 'yesterday' or '2 days ago' are misleading and that older items should show actual dates.
Scrollbars are becoming a problem(artemis.sh)
737 points by dredmorbius | 708 comments
A blog post arguing that shrinking and hidden scrollbars in modern interfaces harm usability, especially for people with motor control problems.
Text editing on mobile: the invisible problem(jenson.org)
1223 points by kaftan-permans | 651 comments
Blog post by Scott Jenson explaining why text editing on mobile phones is a serious but overlooked usability problem, based on his research at Google.
Google Maps has become an eyesore(fastcompany.com)
663 points by nkurz | 575 comments
Fast Company article arguing Google Maps' design has become cluttered, compared with Apple Maps; the page loaded a captcha challenge instead of the article.
Notes on Vision Pro(notes.andymatuschak.org)
494 points by firloop | 538 comments
Andy Matuschak's working notes reacting to Apple's June 2023 Vision Pro announcement, focusing on its hardware, visionOS interface, and computing paradigm.
Slide to Unlock(cs.uwaterloo.ca)
1059 points by ivank | 198 comments
An interactive web toy by Craig Kaplan at the University of Waterloo with a slide-to-unlock control that requires a phone or tablet.
Don’t open the details in a modal window, have it be a separate page(youdontneedamodalwindow.dev)
345 points by return_to_monke | 235 comments
A single-page argument site advising web developers to show master/detail views on a separate page rather than in a modal window.
User In Yer Face, a worst-practise UI experiment (2018)(userinyerface.com)
319 points by onion2k | 102 comments
User Inyerface is a browser game by Verhaert that challenges players to fill in a form built from deliberately frustrating, worst-practice UI design patterns.