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@mahryekuh@hachyderm.io · Jun 02, 2026

Re: flat web design. Buttons that don’t look like buttons. I blew someone’s mind today. She’s about my age, competent at her job, but not much into technology. She complained that she always needs to scroll past the weeks in her web-based calendar. I pressed the current date shown in the top-left corner above her appointments, which pulled up a big date overview by month. She was so excited, asked me how I did that. Mind you, the date was shown as simple black letters on a white background, with only a black, downwards-pointing chevron a bit to the right. It hardly suggested interactivity, especially to those not knowledgeable about web design. I often think that flat design was a mistake, and today’s situation was a good example of bad user experience (UX) stemming from non-intuitive controls. #UX #WebDesign #WebDev #accessibility

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Graham Perrin

@grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe · May 22, 2026

Not all users of FreeBSD agree that cohesiveness is a strength Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

Quoting Will Orr @worr@bsd.network at (April 2025): ＂… My impression as a user is that FreeBSD isn't concerned with providing a cohesive OS experience for end users. Other BSDs like OpenBSD (the other server OS I run), NetBSD, etc. are much more concerned with this. One of the big examples has been talked about here: jails. There isn't a cohesive end user experience for jails in the base OS, instead you're given some of the low-level building blocks, and expected to build it yourself. There are a number of jail managers that work various degrees of ok. Another way this manifests is the 3 different firewalls they ship, with differing feature sets and ways of interacting with them. More debatable would be bhyve, in that the tools for it are quite low-level, and even the docs refer you to an example script for common operations. The user experience pains around tools like these end up pushing people towards 3rd party tools, which kills a lot of the cohesiveness typical of other BSDs. That's not to say that low-level tools aren't useful, but there seems to be a huge gap between tools targeted towards end-users and what the OS provides out-of-the-box.＂ Cc @encthenet@flyovercountry.social @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social #FreeBSD #jails #UX

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Adrian Howard

@adrianh@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Been unpacking some old storage boxes recently — and I'd forgotten that I had the edition _before_ the title change to "The Design Of Everyday Things" #ux #nostalgia

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ProPublica

@ProPublica@newsie.social · May 05, 2026

You may have noticed things look a little different on our website and social media. We’ve updated our logo and our typefaces, and we made improvements to the design and functionality of our homepage and how we present our work. Here’s why. https://www.propublica.org/article/why-propublica-redesign?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #Design #Journalism #UX #Homepage #Website #SocialMedia

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रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)

@rmathew@mastodon.social · Jul 09, 2025

So true 😓 — Tim Chambers on the #Fediverse: “The Seven Deadly UX Sins Of The Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix)” (https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/18/113327.html) & “The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption” (https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/24/the-seven-deadly-fediverse-ux.html) #UX #Mastodon

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HP van Braam

@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Feb 19, 2026

I do legitimately think that this is just peak computer UX. It is information dense, but still kind of playful. I'm sure real #ux experts would have a different opinion, but I really enjoy this aesthetic and functionality. #irix #unix #retrocomputing

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Dawa

@fwtl@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

https://wedistribute.org/2026/04/the-seven-deadly-fediverse-ux-sins-a-redemption-report-card/ great article ! sad to see @fediway@fediway.com not mentioned tho #fediverse #UX

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abadidea

@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange · Oct 26, 2024

a new frontier in baffling interface design has opened. #ui #ux #uxfail

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Tim Chambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social · Jun 18, 2025

The Seven Deadly #UX Sins of the #Fediverse Web Experience (To Fix): https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/18/113327.html cc: @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @laurenshof@indieweb.social @fediversenews @cheeaun@mastodon.social @rolle@mementomori.social @scottjenson@social.coop @zeldman@front-end.social @imanijoy@mastodon.social

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Anthony

@abucci@buc.ci · Apr 25, 2026

The typical webapp login process for me is anywhere from 5 to 7 steps, and I'd say I give up about 5-10% of the time after the 2nd CAPTCHA. I can't imagine this is good for anybody, and it almost surely does not reduce abuse either. Just a swirling dark pattern feeding on itself. Everyone likes to ape post-9/11 airport "security" for some reason. #tech #dev #SecurityTheater #DarkPatterns #UI #UX #security

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zeldman

@zeldman@front-end.social · Apr 24, 2026

Designers are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton explains why—too much to remember—and offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you’re designing, not after. Homework included. Good designers, bad websites: a proposal by Alan Dalton https://alistapart.com/article/good-designers-bad-websites-a-proposal/ #ux #a11y #accessibility #personas #alistapart #uxui #design #webdesign #productdesign

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Krishna Draws✏️

@krishnadraws@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026

New post: The modern car instrument cluster is a minefield of cluttered distraction. #auto #ui #ux #design #dashboard https://pcweenies.com/the-modern-automobile-dashboard-is-a-mess/

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dusoft

@dusoft@fosstodon.org · Apr 20, 2026

Kids (teenagers) are using computer-assisted development (Claude and others). But what they produce is weak from a system design perspective. Let's teach them about contrast, UI and usability (UX)! Better now than never. #webdev #ux #ui #design #accessibility #a11y #claude #ai #llm

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Tariq

@rzeta0@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 18, 2026

How do you change the default font for LibreOffice spreadsheet app Calc?

This question illustrates how ux and ui design still has a way to go in major open source projects that seek to compete with popular proprietary software.

The method is not where you’d expect it.
It doesn’t change the default for Calc, only for that file.
Normal users shouldn’t have to mess with “templates” and give them “specific names”.
If the above is wrong, that adds weight to the fact that a fairly tech confident person couldn’t find the correct answer.

If I was a billionaire, I’d set up a Foundation to sponsor work on open source UX and UI design.

#opensource #ux #ui #libreoffice #design

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Rosanna Sibora

@RosannaSibora__dup_39407@fosstodon.org · Mar 18, 2026

I just opened a great role in my team at @openproject@fosstodon.org: Senior UI/UX Designer. 🥳 #getfediHired Anyone looking for a full-time, remote* #design & #research role in #foss? In case you would like to shape the future of OpenProject in a user-centric product team, please apply with your portfolio, CV and a cover letter. We want to hear from you and not your #genAI. Thanks! :) *In a location within 2 hours (time-zone) from Berlin. https://careers.openproject.org/o/senior-uiux-designer-1 #opensource #opensourcedesign #ui #ux

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Gabriel N

@wtrmt@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to your reasons are sound from the UX standpoint, but the solution can use some work. As part of the development team, if you agree to something and then sneakily do something else, you’ll will get yourself and the rest of the team in trouble. I suggest that you point out the issue using relevant sources (you may not be in charge of UX) and negotiate that the suggestion can be carried out as a refactor or quick fix. #ux #uxdesign #agile

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EmpyClaw

@EmpyClaw__dup_76742@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

@controlc@mstdn.ca I have a colleague who says that all software is just trying to put a more pleasant UI on top of Excel, and I think he has a point. #ui #ux

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freekmurze

@freekmurze@phpc.social · Mar 06, 2026

🔗 Oh Dear is now mobile-friendly https://ohdear.app/news-and-updates/oh-dear-is-now-mobile-friendly #design #ohdear #ux #mobile #responsive

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Jochen Wolters

@jochenwolters@mastodon.social · Mar 02, 2026

I've been exploring @kagihq@mastodon.social's Orion browser for a bit now. Judging from the overall #UX, I'm beginning to think that Orion is a better (fully #macOS-native) browser than Safari. E.g., Safari shows bookmarks in a browser window, and it closes all folders every time you close the window. Orion has a dedicated bookmarks window and remembers all folders’ open/closed states across launches. There are plenty #IxD details like this one, whose design in Orion simply is superior to Safari’s. Well done!

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Gabriel N

@wtrmt@mastodon.social · Mar 01, 2026

@girlonthenet@mastodon.social online and in real life, there’s this tendency to think that every surface available can/should be used for advertising or to distract the people using the service. The attention economy has this insidious influence over the rest of society. Users will not have space for their own thoughts, or use their senses as they see fit without interference. #UX #uxdesign

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