The case against conversational interfaces - #UX
https://julian.digital/2025/03/27/the-case-against-conversational-interfaces
What's left unsaid when tech leadership says that we need to reskill the workforce, is that is that I like what I do. I chose it for a reason.
And I do not want to use AI to do my job for me, because doing my job is what I love about what I do.
Иконка показывает 8 уведомлений, при клике показывает, что нет никаких уведомлений.
"Build-measure-learn" - the premise of Big Tech development teams - is an ideology of waste. In reality it's "build, build, build" and all the stuff after that is an afterthought.
This week's issue covers UX designers who are finding ways to start with "learn" instead of starting with waste.
#UXDesign #UX #UserResearch #ProductManagement #softwaredevelopment
Dear people in open source,
Scott is the real deal. Having him offer free consultancy on UX is the gift of a lifetime - and you should jump up and down of excitement here. Most of us are techie developers and WE SUCK at making usable interfaces for non-techie developers. If your software caters to people not-like-you then ... yeah. This is for you.
https://social.coop/@scottjenson/114286381679356543
disclaimer: I was but a fresh Software Engineer when the company I started at after uni had Scott come in and handle UX. If you've heard of "the iPhone before the iPhone" - the Sony Ericsson P800 - then that's what I worked on under his direction.
Looking at support pages for Samsung, they offer this helpful tip for people who note that the light keeps going off automatically after a certain duration as well: you can turn the light back on by pressing the light button.
It's a #UX usability tour de force.
Dear #OpenSource folks, I'd like to offer #UX help to your teams. I've tried "making a small PR" on projects and it turns out that's TERRIBLE advice for a UX designer. The PR is usually misunderstood or ignored. I don't fault the teams for this! It's just the wrong tool for the job.
So I'm trying something different. I'm offering free consulting time to any project that wants it. Sign up here: https://cal.com/scottjenson/exchange
Instead of a ‘like’ button, social networks should have a way of sending appreciation/kudos for a post with an optional emoji. This would be ephemeral rather than appearing in a list next to the post or on the appreciator’s profile, and would be sent only as a notification to the original poster. Then the ‘like’ function can go back to its original purpose of saving posts to a folder for future reference. #SocialMedia #UX
You know, the #UX of #Mastodon would be that much more friendly if only those "Hide" and "ALT" buttons didn't get in the way of every image in one's feed.
So often these days, images have text in them -- and wouldn't you know it, the text is often blocked because of those buttons.
IMHO the hassle of the buttons' impeding legibility exceeds the value as affordances for managing the image.
I wish there were a user setting to hide them. Skeletor agrees!
I want to make a toast for the humble light switch.
A light switch has everything that makes good UX:
There have been attempts at weird redesigns, including touchscreens. Thankfully uncommon.
#UX designers. I get asked all the time for portfolio reviews. The problem is that I just say the same things over and over: respect the recruiter's time, get the point, focus on your impact. I asked a week ago for some suggested posts and got some great links. I'm passing them on here:
https://eleganthack.com/your-portfolio-probably-sucks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii9n95qKHBA
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nickfinck_nick-finck-ux-product-design-coach-activity-7116142103402876928-Vbvt/
You know, I’m not a violent man by any stretch of the imagination, but whatever Apple product manager decided that it was good #UX to reverse the up/down volume buttons on iPads depending on whether you were using the device in portrait or landscape mode deserves a damn good face slapping.
#ux issues for newcomers to #peertube:
- if you make a Peertube account on one website, you can’t use that login to like/comment on another Peertube website (ideal would be persistent login across all PT websites)
- you can’t sign into a Peertube website using your Mastodon account so you can like/comment. But you CAN do that from your Mastodon app.
Quite an alien UX, if you’re used to YouTube.
Building a EV Charging App with Hot Design | Uno Platform.
Do you really need a SPA and full JavaScript framework for that? htmx might be all you need—it's clean, fast, and plays great with Razor Pages. Let’s break down when to use htmx vs the usual suspects: https://woodruff.dev/htmx-vs-javascript-frameworks-choosing-the-right-tool-for-the-job/
Tired of overcomplicated frontends? HTMX is a breath of fresh air for ASP.NET Core devs. Build faster, cleaner web apps with less JavaScript and more joy. Check out how to get started: https://woodruff.dev/htmx-for-asp-net-core-developers-the-simpler-faster-way-to-build-web-apps/
Everyday things that make you uncomfortable? Wait, shouldn't they be usable and make us feel comfortable. Well, surely Katerina Kamprani wants exactly this: make us think! But not only this, since her objects are going to put a smile on your face. Go and see yourself. https://beyondtellerrand.com/blog/speaker-intro-katerina-kamprani
The rate of me clicking on something I don't intent to because #Microsoft things it's amazing #UX to pop up huge boxes based on where my mouse is on the screen is at 5-10 times a day. Major offenders are Azure DevOps and Microsoft Teams.
Especially Teams is bad because the implementation is broken. If the window is small enough the side bar is hidden, which is great, because then I can focus on the conversation. However, if I click where it might pop out, then it sometimes appears when I click (because bug) and I jump to a different conversation instead. This has been going on for years.
Sure, it's convenient not having to go through the arduous task of moving my right index finger 1mm, but being paranoid about where I leave my mouse and routinely clicking the wrong thing because I happened to cross a hot zone when moving my mouse to the intended target is honestly so much worse.
Revertron 
