Posts by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #9zLdqaLvbVBdCqKa4O by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-09-20T09:54:00Z
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The Legend of Coffee by Paloma Latorre
(DIR) Post #9zmrx6ZlYuBrA7tjfc by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-10-03T03:47:58Z
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#inktober 1: Fishor as it’s called in nz, “fush”
(DIR) Post #A5taASDvCHyFHhsMvw by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-01-23T01:43:54Z
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don’t let anyone pressure you into believing emacs or vim is good “once you get past the intimidating learning curve”, it’s absolute nonsense. there’s at least 10 or 20 more deal breakers past that. “getting past the learning curve” only constitutes inflicting on yourself the brain damage you need to fail to see their obvious faults.
(DIR) Post #A5taATbM4eJFYfqb68 by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-01-23T01:44:24Z
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i am reminded of a promotional film for a “new” (at the time) model of linotype machine. it promoted a safety feature which would prevent you from setting the machine in a way that would result in molten lead being sprayed into your face. i feel like if its primary audience were unix fans they would complain about this feature being too restrictive, and mock people using it as babies who can’t handle the occasional face full of molten lead.
(DIR) Post #A8U2oCuorYbg5hnGXw by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-06-26T02:19:56Z
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50. We use too many damn modals. see also: 10., 23, 29 and 30.need to use a confirmation box? are you sure? cancel, okay.https://modalzmodalzmodalz.com
(DIR) Post #A8U2oDUGjkxlreNZnk by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-06-29T14:10:11Z
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51. Humans make mistakes. It’s no use pretending they don’t. You’re just going to have to deal with it. So just make them easy as possible to fix. Include infinite undo, back button, home button, version control. Autocorrect, I am not so sure about. I for one don’t like the computer to insist it knows better than me and then provide no way to easily insist i am right. Let me make mistakes! just make it easy to fix them.
(DIR) Post #A8U2oDyOvj49N6Tdlg by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-07-17T16:29:00Z
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52. The Perception - Action Loop.A principle from psychology, it describes a method by which humans interact and learn from their environment. it goes:1. Perceive situation2. make prediction about it3. take action4. observe result. if it matches prediction, reinforce that mental model. go back to 1.this principle relates to constraints and affordances, in that the perception step can exploit pre-existing experiences, and observing a result can either reinforce or contradict them
(DIR) Post #A8U2oEUJ16aQy3P7Uu by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-04-03T02:49:40Z
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53. https://mastodon.social/@zensaiyuki/105315099515119662
(DIR) Post #A8U2oF0Z5AOIa6UsmO by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-04-03T02:50:04Z
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54. THE BLANK PAGE problem-if a user is presented with a blank screen, a blank search field, or a blank page, it can be very difficult to know what to do or what to try. In this case it is better to lead by example, not by patronising tutorial.
(DIR) Post #A8U2oFUhH8Ug5YawkK by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-04-04T00:36:35Z
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55. All manufactured things should be designed to be used by one hand. either hand. there are safety features of some industrial equipment that require both hands so that both hands are no where near the dangerous hand mangler part- use best judgementvia @space_cadet
(DIR) Post #A8U2oG2NFvQrm0LqEq by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-04-09T02:54:16Z
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56. on Unskippable Cut Scenes.Game UI seems to live in an alternate universe, immune from both the advances and blunders of mainstream computer interfaces. unskippable Cut Scenes and dialogue bubbles are a staple annoyance for Video Game Afficiandos. What everyone secretly wants is for story cut scenes and dialogues to just be presented with ordinary vhs controls and scrolling text planes to read at our own pace. The game industry is to cowardly to do it for reasons.
(DIR) Post #A8U2oHht34EUx2mVaC by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-04-10T10:22:22Z
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59. Please don't use confirmation dialogues, but if for some reason you absolutely must, don't sleepwalk through writing the the messages and the button labels. Don't just label them "okay" and "cancel" Without thinking about whether that wording harmonises with the message text. If possible, label the buttons as what they actually do, specifically.
(DIR) Post #A8U2oJNkotJi9BNSTo by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2021-05-09T01:46:26Z
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via @GNUxeava
(DIR) Post #AJIQvZcnSITLMDfvlo by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2022-04-28T10:11:16Z
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64. never steal focus, never generate a button directly under the cursor, never enable a button immediately after it is displayed, never disappear a button immediately after it is pressed.
(DIR) Post #AJIQva8LYzi2w4R7wm by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2022-05-10T02:06:11Z
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65.IF YOU PROGRAM A "NO" BUTTON TO SAY "MAYBE LATER" YOU HAVE FAILED AT BOTH INTERFACE DESIGN AND BASIC CONSENTvia @HTHR
(DIR) Post #AL4qSisnFeFzM0jeS0 by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2022-06-19T23:04:33Z
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67. don’t do whatever the fuck this is. bad reddit. this made me replace “www” with “old” so fast.
(DIR) Post #AN1MIND0103Fod4ClU by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-06-12T06:24:45Z
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prime offender: twitter auto refresh
(DIR) Post #AN1MIO5ak1iiXwbnrE by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2020-12-03T07:34:48Z
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53. reiterating the point, is @enkiv2 “Hot UX take apparently: interactive elements should never change position except in direct response to a user-initiated input event, and should never appear or move while such an event is taking place; while they may change color or contents (for instance, a button inverting in response to a mousedown), their bounding box should never change shape during the course of any event.”
(DIR) Post #AN1NgtU9lKyEpALeDY by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2022-08-14T23:05:58Z
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70. your ui should not passively animate for anything less important than a carbon monoxide leak.it's effective at getting attention, often way too effective.via @binarycat
(DIR) Post #AOPIOMXMgJXn7KNtiK by zensaiyuki@mastodon.social
2022-10-09T01:01:49Z
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71.When you require a mobile phone number for authentication, you guarantee that unhoused people will permanently lose access to their email when their phone is lost, stolen or destroyed (roughly every 12 weeks).via Chad Loder