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apps (on pause):
Creating a “what’s new” screen? Stop.
1. I never read them, because I opened the app TO DO SOMETHING.
2. I still wouldn’t know how to use the new features anyway, because this doesn’t even tell me where they are!
Design discoverable, intuitive features. Stop wasting everyone’s attention.
This talk about UI design in Microsoft Office is shockingly good!
• Be predictable, not “smart”
• Limit the area users need to explore
They even call out customizability as a false goal! It adds complexity and doesn’t solve messiness.
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Beyond Menus and Toolbars in Microsoft Office: Jensen Harris, BayCHI Program
❤️ i made a joyride for your eyes because this song is awesome.
choosing start date: beautiful, expansive view that shows surrounding events, because that’s the purpose of a calendar
choosing end date: fuck all that
if you find yourself designing multiple UIs that do the same thing, there’s probably something wrong with its overall structure.
the main calendar view should let you set both start and end times because that’s the whole point.
Interactive storytelling in Rime.
1. It forced me to jump from that side down into the pit, then climb up here.
It’s like the designers were telling me, “in this world, you must take leaps of despair. But you’ll make it out.”