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hey devs, when you roll out that slick new UI where the heir menus have been re-ordered and or renamed, your job is not done until you update the Knowledge Base!
As a new user I Read The Fucking Manual.... but some smartass rearranged the things and didn't bother to record the changes.
example: TFM says " in the navigation menu click Number Management > Phone Numbers"
New Ui, who dis? Now it's actually "Product Configuration > Numbers > Phone Numbers"
(I'm having a bad day porting phone numbers)
This is what I’ve been saying for years, UI slop.
This applies to keyboard shortcuts aswell.
At Vivaldi, we have this saying: "when in doubt, make it a setting". We believe in user choice and we think nobody but you knows what's best for you.
But choice paralysis is a real thing too, which is why we've introduced layout presets that will make your life easier. With just a few clicks, you can compare different combinations of how your browser could look and feel, try them out, and choose the one that feels right for you.
And if none of the available presets is perfect for you...you're always welcome to create your own. 🤗
Wie aus einem Backup-Problem BackupPilot entstand
BackupPilot entstand aus dem Wunsch, die Nutzung des Proxmox Backup Clients für Linux-Anwender einfacher zugänglich zu machen. Der Artikel erzählt, wie aus einem internen Werkzeug der OneSystems GmbH ein Open-Source-Projekt für Desktop- und Server-Systeme wurde.
#Proxmox_Backup_Server #PBS #BackupPilot #Backup #UI #CLI #Linux
https://gnulinux.ch/wie-aus-einem-backup-problem-backuppilot-entstand
Lol, I can't draw lines across my screen any more because #KDE copied #Apple and broke autorepeat
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A piece of code (the code itself is irrelevant), where I am trying to type a comment with a dividing bar by using lots of "=" signs and holding the key down now produces a pop-up menu with Unicode alternatives
@stefano thanks, and for for the record, this (fixed in 2025) was the main reason that I never really got into promotion of Lemmy when it was new to me:
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2908
Attentions spans are short. Taking the reader to the wrong part of a page, in response to a click, was a major downside.
NeXTSpace
A wonderful project
NeXTSpace UI based on OpenStep GNUStep has been ported from Linux to BSD
NeXTSpace is modeled on NeXTSTEP a gorgeous UI on the NeXT Computing Workstation
This article has a lot of information so I would advise you to read it if you're interested
https://stevengharms.com/posts/2026-02-04-a-2025-obsession-nextstep-openstep-and-nextspace/
#Retro #RetroComputing #NeXT #NeXTSpace #GNUStep #OpenStep #UI #programming #XOrg #XWindows #LLM #AI
This is a interesting programming path with lots curves of interest
#Retro #RetroComputing #NeXT #NeXTSpace #GNUStep #OpenStep #UI #programming #XOrg #XWindows #LLM #AI
Browsing in the Midnight BSD git pages
I love the fact that there is a BSD flavour with X preconfigured
https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src?tab=readme-ov-file
#BSD #freeBSD #midnightBSD #wonderful #OpenSource #programming #Xorg #UI #bash #fish #csh #ksh
Five point releases into iOS 26 and we’re still at the “randomly obscuring large parts of the UI” stage of development #ios #ios26 #liquidglass #liquidass #ui #apple #userhostile
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Screenshot of iPhone Health app where a large empty rectangle obscures half the category list
@lproven found: keyword CUA.
(100782 is for the Alt key, not the Control key.)
The rise and fall of the standard user interface — IBM's SAA and CUA brought harmony to software design… until everyone forgot – The Register
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ifxjga/the_rise_and_fall_of_the_standard_user_interface/
Sneak peek of a slide from the talk on accessibility that I’m giving next week.
Please join us as @pdxa11yux hosts me at a local library here in Portland. I’ll do my best to educate and entertain you. And if they let your dog in with you, I’ll pet it.
https://pdxa11yux.org/events/2026/05/27/alt-text-is-the-ocean-you-thought-was-a-pond.html
#Accessibility #A11y #Lecture #Talk #Design #UI #UX #FrontEnd #Portland #PDX #Meetup
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Graphical text that reads “alt text is for people, not capitalism.”
Poll: say you have a table of data sorted in ascending order:
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
… etc
Which icon should appear next to the heading to show that it has been sorted that way?
#UI #Interface #programming #webdev #dev #data #coding #frontend
| Downward pointing triangle like ▼: | 4 |
| Upward pointing triangle like ▲: | 1 |
| Some other thing: | 1 |
today’s adventure in “being smart (?) in the least-smart way possible…”
– buy the latest song from one of my fave artists on #bandcamp
– order confirmation page loads, click the “download your purchase” link
– select the audio format, look for download button…
– look for download button… 🤔
– look for download button… 😕
– look for download button… 😤
– “hmm, maybe one of my malvertising blocker extensions has hidden it…
– disable uBlock Origin, reload page…
– 🙅♀️
– disable Privacy Badger, reload page…
– 🙅♀️
– hmm… 😡
– “OK, I guess I’ve eliminated all the obvious things, let’s see what that help doc says…” 👀
– click the helpful “Download Trouble” link next to the file format picker to read the help doc… 🔗 🖱️ ✅
– file save dialog opens…
– wait, WHAT???!?!? 🤔
– FILE SAVE DIALOG IS OPEN 😠😡🤬
frens, the track that I just bought is called “Trouble”… 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
🤪🤪🤪
there’s a lesson here about checking assumptions, #UI design cues, #EdgeCases, & #XKCD2501 – but I’m laughing too hard to hear it 😆
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a screenshot of a section of the file download screen on the bandcamp website showing a file selection drop-down labelled “Choose format:” with the option “FLAC - 39.6MB”
to the right of the drop-down are two underlined links with the text: “Download Trouble” and
“Need download help?”
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a version of the “Gru’s plan” meme from the movie Despicable Me, where Gru presents a cunning plan in four panels while gradually realising there is a problem with his plan
the text for each panel is superimposed on a blank piece of paper mounted on a display board next to Gru
panel 1 text reads: try to download a song from the bandcamp website
panel 2 text reads: click the helpful “Download Trouble” link next to the file format picker to read the help doc
panel 3 text reads: file save dialog opens…
wait— WHAT???!?!?
panel 4 text reads: the song I’m trying to download is called “Trouble”
meme version & alt-text by itgrrl (@itgrrl@infosec.exchange)
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XKCD comic #2501: “Average Familiarity”
the recurring XKCD characters Ponytail and Cueball are depicted as stick figures having a conversation – this time as two geochemists specializing in silicate chemistry
Ponytail: SILICATE CHEMISTRY IS SECOND NATURE TO US GEOCHEMISTS, SO IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON PROBABLY ONLY KNOWS THE FORMULAS FOR OLIVINE AND ONE OR TWO FELDSPARS.
Cueball: AND QUARTZ, OF COURSE.
Ponytail: OF COURSE.
caption beneath the comic: EVEN WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO COMPENSATE FOR IT, EXPERTS IN ANYTHING WILDLY OVERESTIMATE THE AVERAGE PERSON'S FAMILIARITY WITH THEIR FIELD.
the title text for this comic (not visible in the image) is: “How could anyone consider themselves a well-rounded adult without a basic understanding of silicate geochemistry? Silicates are everywhere! It's hard to throw a rock without throwing one!”
alt-text by itgrrl (@itgrrl@infosec.exchange)
Something virtually no social media service/app has ever gotten right is a solution to I-just-saw-something-a-few-seconds-ago-but-I-scrolled-by-it-and-now-it’s-gone-forever.
Search can seemingly never be scoped to “last 500 posts in my feed” or “posted in the last 5 hours” or “only posted/boosted by accounts I follow”.
It must be a much harder problem than I imagine (“Dammit, Jim; I’m a web designer, not a programmer”) — and I’m all too well aware that “just” is a 4-letter word — but I’d use a feature like this daily. #UX #UI
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #DarkPatterns #UI #UX #UserInterface #tech #dev